Robotic Baby Experience Essay

During the semester I was given the task of taking care of a robotic baby. Now I must write my experience of when I was with the baby.
While having the baby, I got less sleep than what I usually had at the time. I was easily irritated and stayed in designated sleeping area. The baby didn’t affect much of anything because, at the time my sleep schedule was already atrocious, I wasn’t in school because it was the weekend, I only get to spend time with my friends while at school, and I don’t do sports. I gave up nothing while doing this assignment because my life is nonexistent while out of school. I was emotionally not phased, although there were times when I couldn’t figure out what the baby needed so I got frustrated.
While I had the baby I had some people laugh at me, (mainly friends) while others gave me a look of pity. I personally wanted to laugh and cry at the same time, because, while my social life doesn’t exist, personal circumstances made my life frustrating already. The people I was staying with just let me deal with it, because they wanted nothing to do with it. The only “public” place I went to was to visit with someone, and the people who saw me had gone here and knew what I was doing, so they didn’t …show more content…
My views on being a parent haven’t changed, I still think it’s hard for one and for two I know what it’s like to be a parent to someone , I’ve dealt with my brothers. I don’t believe it was that worthwhile because there’s more to parenting than a baby crying, like the unconditional love you’re supposed to feel. I don’t think empathy was a problem for me because I know that being a parent is hard. If someone told me they wanted to be a parent I would say, good luck, because of how hard I thought it was for being with the baby for two