https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:08:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031969 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 07:07:52 +0000 blackbird 2031969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I always wonder if authors "plan" their books out like this! It's so well thought out, despite the crazy. Or if someone is just....breaking something down and finding things in a book that never actually were put there intentionally (i often wonder about that with metaphors in older classics. Like, does X really mean X? Or did the author think "ohhhh a waterfall would be pretty" and then we extrapolate all these fancy metaphors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031884 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:22:09 +0000 BabyMats 2031884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too funny! Loved the couples therapy session with the bears :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031881 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:56:34 +0000 MrsMccarthy 2031881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Goodnight Moon and always will but the bears couples therapy session bit was hilarious!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031872 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:26:11 +0000 Chuckles 2031872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to think Goodnight Moon was ridiculous until I read this short article by Aimee Bender (an author I love) <a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2014/07/19/what-writers-can-learn-from-good-night-moon/" rel="nofollow">http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/opinionator/2014/07/19/what-writers-can-learn-from-good-night-moon/</a></p> <p>ETA: ok, I read the Ugly Volvo page about the book and was laughing so hard I was crying. That was awesome </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031866 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:14:10 +0000 mrskc 2031866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>lol that post was funny. I do have to defend GM a little. I personally love the book. I think it's cute. The little bunny is saying goodnight to everything in his room (including nobody, I think that part is funny). I guess I'm weird. :silly: </p> <p>@ShootingStar: @Mrs. Lion: @twodoghouse: @Mrs. J: @cascademom: @birdofafeather: OMG! Yes! I never understood why they take a bath then go exercise! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031864 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:12:12 +0000 StbHisMrs 2031864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I always skip that part. So freaking weird!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031818 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:52:25 +0000 birdofafeather 2031818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: @Mrs. Lion: @twodoghouse: @Mrs. J: @cascademom: WHY DO THEY GO EXERCISE?!</p> <p>i love tearing apart kids' books. but the book was written a long time ago, so i give it a little leeway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031786 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:11:34 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2031786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: I mean seriously...do I really want to teach my kid that running around and jumping rope is part of bedtime?? But it's so darn catchy. We read it anyway haha :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031776 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:03:46 +0000 cascademom 2031776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: Drives me nuts too. Way to stink up their pjs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031769 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:55:54 +0000 Mrs. J 2031769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: @twodoghouse: @Mrs. Lion: YES! They all need to bathe together again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031639 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:22:50 +0000 twodoghouse 2031639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: @Mrs. Lion: That's my favorite part! It makes me laugh every time, but it totally annoys DH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031619 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:10:16 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2031619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I think about that every.single.time! Who does that?!? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031610 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:53:54 +0000 ShootingStar 2031610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Haha, the going to bed book bothers me so much because they all get ready for bed and *then* exercise. WTF? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031480 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:59:28 +0000 tinyperson 2031480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm reading this and I have tears in my eyes...LOs asking if I'm okay :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031453 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:40:58 +0000 Mrs. Deer 2031453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So so great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031450 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:34:39 +0000 Anya 2031450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hehe. I love goodnight moon, but it is super weird! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031416 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:02:14 +0000 twodoghouse 2031416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to give this book as a shower gift, but then I read it as an adult once I had my kids. It's so weird! We change the words when we read it "Good night creepy lady who inexplicably has bunny ears." Now I give people The Going to Bed Book for showers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031403 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:53:02 +0000 cascademom 2031403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, the fireplace safety always bothers me. I don't like that they name the older bunny as "old lady." I change it to "mommy" when I read it to LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031400 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:52:03 +0000 travellingbee 2031400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: oh I skimmed some of that lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031372 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:32:18 +0000 Astro Bee 2031372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed. Super weird. Although I did have tomato and black speckled commercial 80s carpet in my teenage room (My brother and I moved down to the basement after my parents separated the den). After I moved out my parents had the sense to install laminate flooring down there. That was the stuff of nightmares, just like this book. And for some reason I wanted purple walls. Sigh - the 90s! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031370 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:30:37 +0000 .twist. 2031370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I feel like sometimes I need to get high/drunk to read this book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031369 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:30:13 +0000 mediagirl 2031369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: mommy bunny fishing for baby bunny in The Runaway Bunny where the mommy bunny at one point tells the baby bunny she is going to blow him. Both of these books have issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031368 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:29:57 +0000 Ree723 2031368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol! I have to admit, I never thought about most of these things, and we read this book a lot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031367 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:27:31 +0000 blackbird 2031367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: apparently, we need to high and/or drunk, write a children's book, and retire in style while we laugh at all the SUCKER PARENTS who now have to read this weird book to their kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031364 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:24:53 +0000 .twist. 2031364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: The rug was mentioned in the interior design comments!! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031360 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:23:52 +0000 nana87 2031360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031359 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:23:40 +0000 travellingbee 2031359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Funny! S/he didn't mention the animal skin rug. I've thought most of these things before too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031357 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:22:54 +0000 Smurfette 2031357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate this book! It is so weird! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031356 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:22:11 +0000 .twist. 2031356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I remember when we first got it and I flipped through it, I was just like "wtf happened here... how is this a book? Mush? nobody? good night air? wtf. my eyes. wtfffffffff". </p> <p>But L loves it and the more I read it the more I don't mind it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/issues-with-goodnight-moon#post-2031353 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:20:51 +0000 blackbird 2031353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to stifle laughter at my desk. I was cracking UP! I'm glad you all find it funny! What a terribly illogical children's book, now that I've read this! </p>