Posted on 05/19/2006 8:37:01 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Britney Spears' child-care techniques seem to be growing positively "Toxic" - she nearly dropped her 8-month-old son on his head yesterday as she tottered out of a posh Manhattan hotel with a glass in one hand and the tyke in another. The baby-bobbling bungle began at about 6 p.m., as the "Not That Innocent" pop tart left the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Central Park South, holding her kid, Sean Preston, and what witnesses said was a tumbler of water and ice (photo, far left).
While heading to a car, her long pants appeared to get tangled in her open-toed shoes (inset, far left) just as she stepped past a pothole, witnesses said.
Then - oops! - Britney started to tumble. Sean Preston's head whipped back in what a witness called a "violent manner," his chubby arm swung up and his little hat went flying off .
"Her bodyguard had some good reactions," an onlooker said of the quick catch . "[He] grabbed the baby before he hit the floor."
Despite the tumble, Britney managed not to spill a drop of her drink. Then she muttered to fotogs in her Louisiana accent, "This is why I need a gun."
The incident left her clearly shaken up - afterwards she was seen in tears at FAO Schwarz (right inset).
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I've dropped my babies a couple times, not to mention turning my back while they take a leap into space. I've also walked through doorways just as they lunged their little heads out. So glad I wasn't trailed by a camera crew.
I agreed with you all in every way (except I was willing to believe it was water) until I went to the photo site link above.
WHAT mother doesn't drop her drink and grab her baby harder? WHAT mother doesn't immediately soothe her infant when he's been jerked around and almost falls?? Hmmmm? Something is wrong here. I looked and looked to see if there was some gap in time that was not shown, but it looks as if she was just unaware of the baby completely.
You can disagree, and I will listen to other parents, but it looks as I have described to me.
Yea, that's easy to say. You wake up the morning, look at your wardrobe and think, Hmm...what can I wear today that, if I accidently trip, won't get in my way. Please.
Is it Britney? NO. (See my post #71).
Is it hideous? Yes.
Can't this piece of white trash afford a nanny or an assistant to carry the baby?
Why doesn't she just leave the baby at home? Kids don't have to go everywhere with mommy and daddy until they're a little older.
I think she's trying to tell the reporters something.
I think she's trying to tell the reporters something.
So, do you think she's trying to tell the reporters something?
Yes, how many times do I have to say it!!!!!! :)
Since I'm tall, long pants have never been a problem.
Neither, I'm fortunate enough to say, has a dearth of common sense :)
I would also say it's a definite photoshop job. Consider the stomach area, it's pretty easy to believe it's a paste-in.
I'm not excusing the fact that despite her professional achievements Britney is still an unstable ditz and a flake. It's just that she's in the constant spotlight, so every misstep she takes is recorded for criticism. That's a harsh environment for anyone.
God forbid somebody had been watching me 24/7 when my daughter was an infant -- I certainly made missteps too. The early years of parenting are a learning experience like no other.
Britney is kinda trashy, but there are a lot more trashier people in the world with far less achievement under their belts at her age, reproducing at even greater rates. I'm not going to worry about her much.
Now I have to go clean up my keyboard and screen, thanks a lot.
And while we're at it, let's not mention Ms. Hilton either until her next ... her next ... um, er, what exactly is it that she does? Make movies?
TS
Thanks for the info.
My impression of celebs with babies is that they hire all the help they need, use the kid for occasional photo-ops, and let others do the real parenting. At least she's spending time with her baby when it certainly would have been easier to leave him with a nanny.
I know, I can't disagree with you about the constant watching, spying...but if she wasn't pg, I'd swear that was a drink in her hand. Surely she wouldn't drink while pg!! It's a highball glass, i think they call it, and just the passive look on her face....well, no one even asked me so....
And I don't wanna know. sigh. Just pray for that baby. (and the next one)
Yes, I do. Dead as a doornail. If one of my favorite characters, (whatsisname), can't come back from being knocked off, neither can (mumblemumble). It wouldn't be fair, and I would have to call the author a Name.
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