August 10th, 2009
We’re gettin’ goo-goo geeky-ga-ga talking about technologies surrounding birth and parenting. It’s fascinating thinking about how far technology has advanced in this area of our lives — or hasn’t in some cases. We’ve gone from polaroid pictures to online web albums; from paper journals to websites and blogs. We’re curious to know what it was like when you were having kids? What kinds of tech was available for new moms and moms giving birth 10, 20 or 30 yrs ago? We want to know what was something you thought revolutionary for its time? It’s all about Baby 2.0 Tech and how we’re ga ga for baby gear — all this week on Moms Gone Geek.
Can you identify the musical reference to a John Hughes movie at the end of the show? What was the name of the movie, song title and artist?
Pay close attention to the lyrics and I bet you can guess the geeky reference it also points to. The answer is at the end of this post for attribution. Don’t cheat now!!
Special Guest
Pat Fauquet of MacMousecalls.com and Partner of Dr. Mac Consulting with Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus
Thanks for the awesome feedback to Freida, Jodi Spangler, and SwitchingGranny just to name a few.
Geeky Parenting Meme
Share with us something geeky you did or are currently doing as it relates to conception, pregnancy, parenting, grandparenting, etc.
For example, TheMacMommy used Apple’s iCal to track her fertility for both pregnancies. (Tip: don’t email your husband calendar invitations from your fertility calendar, it’s just not sexy.)
Uber Geeky Mom Allison Sheridan showed Melissa the spreadsheet (pre-Excel days!) she saved of her basal temperature when she was trying to conceive her daughter. What an adorable little memoir!
Baby Registries
Suggestions for Baby Registries
External Hard Drives for backing up all those precious memories and all the data our kids now generate
Products
Resources
Awesome Geeky Dads at DadLabs.com
Reviews
TheMacMommy Reviews Diaper Pails
TUAW Reviews Parenting Apps for the iPhone
iPhone/iPod Touch Apps
My Baby (for saving your favorite baby names)
Special Thanks to Aaron Griffith of Baby Activity Logger for the iPhone.
TheMacMommy will be reviewing the app to report on later. Thanks for the review code!
For Fun
Bonus Trivia Sound Clip Answer
The Song: “Full of Love”
Written by Stephen Duffy and Roger Freeman
Performed by Dr. Calculus
The Movie: “She’s Having a Baby” directed by John Hughes 1998
Babies Don’t Keep
Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.Oh, I’ve grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekabooThe shopping’s not done and there’s nothing for stew
And out in the yard there’s a hullabaloo
But I’m playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren’t his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I’ve learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I’m rocking my baby and babies don’t keep.- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton
