Kimya Dawson
The singer on her passions: attachment parenting and poop songs.
by Caitlin MacRae
September 22, 2008
And not having to worry about people saying their house is childproofed and then having it not be.
Which has happened, quite a few times — showing up somewhere and being like, "Really? You've never been around babies, have you?" We got to one house, once, and the guy was like, "I figured it would be really cool for you guys to sleep up here," and it was a twelve-foot-high loft with no railing, and I was just like, "What? That would be cool if you have a death wish for my baby."
Do you think your relationship with your fans has changed since you became a mom?
There have been certain people who have been like, "Oh, you're not keeping it real anymore." But whatever, you don't have a kid, you don't know. And ultimately she's the most important person.
I noticed on your MySpace that you're advocating for reusable diapers. Are there any other alternative parenting movements that are really dear to you?
When I got pregnant, someone recommended the website for Mothering magazine, which is an attachment parenting and natural family living magazine, and their website and forum is so phenomenal. There were a lot of things that I figured we would do, just naturally. I couldn't imagine putting my baby in a crib, and I knew that I wanted to cloth diaper, and feed her healthy foods, not use a stroller for the first many months, and carry her or have her in a sling. 
"I couldn't imagine putting my baby in a crib." We don't vaccinate, and if we had had a boy we wouldn't have circumcised.
Do a lot of your friends have children too?
We had her birthday party the other day, you know, three-year-olds were still nursing, everybody was running around naked, you have people trading diapers, "What size do you need now?" And that's just sort of what's normal for us, and it's what I like, being out in nature a lot with the kids, letting them all pee in the grass together — taking it easy, and being really gentle and really in touch with them.
©2008 Caitlin MacRae and Nerve Media
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Caitlin M. is a recent college graduate, a former Californian, and a maker of wild excuses (freelance). She is an avid knitter, a trained bookbinder, and spends more time than she’d like to admit trying to perfect cooking with both chocolate and cayenne pepper. In addition to her more grandmotherly hobbies, she spends her time writing flash fiction, defending the city of Los Angeles, and daydreaming of Wyoming. |
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