Pianos and a plastic baby

[primsong]

Big day for my darlin' daughter - we got a Yamaha Clavinova digital piano today, and she is utterly delighted to finally have the tools she needs to compose her music as it ought to be, different instruments and all. It sounds *sooo* neat! I want her first cd. :-D The "regular" piano has been moved downstairs for her younger sister to practice on - she couldn't wait to play it -

BUT

She had a baby to take care of. A plastic baby. A plastic, computerized, realistic baby that cries, needs to be changed, fed, burped and held. It will record if it has been frightened by loud noises, hit or otherwise "abused," or if it was left for a long time without being cared for. It's really quite amazing... They have 10 of these at the school and volunteers for extra credit get to take one home and care for it round the clock for 2-3 days. Gives them a real glimpse of what it's like to have an infant!

Results so far? "I'm *never* having children!" Hee hee... And "Mom! Help! How do I burp him?!" as the infant wails with it's very realistic cry, getting louder.

Haha!

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[primsong.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's what we had in our school also. I didn't have to do it, but I remember my brother having to tote around an egg for an entire week. He abused his egg when he took to decorating it with a face, etc. and one of the pens cracked it a little. I know of another school that used bags of flour swaddled in a baby blanket.

I'll be going to wake her for school in a few minutes - we'll see how she survived the first night.