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**Title:** Mock Parenting Experience
**Summary:**
* A group of individuals, including "Colins" and "Lesl", participate in a simulated parenting experience with a borrowed baby.
* The group takes turns caring for the baby, with challenges including:
+ Feeding
+ Soothing
+ Making the baby laugh
+ Changing a diaper (with mistakes made)
+ Taking the baby on an outing to a park
* Throughout the experience, the group members evaluate each other's parenting skills, providing feedback and humor.
* The exercise concludes with a reflection on the experience, with one participant feeling more prepared for potential fatherhood, despite acknowledging the challenges of caring for a baby.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, without opinions, in short sentences with numbers:
1. **Participants**: The text involves multiple individuals, including Colin, Lesl, Rafael (Rafa), Karen, and others (referred to as uncles).
2. **Baby's Involvement**: A baby (referred to with both male and female pronouns, but ultimately revealed as a girl) is part of the interaction.
3. **Lesl's Hesitation**: Lesl was initially hesitant about lending her baby for the interaction.
4. **Activities Conducted**:
* Practicing being a mom with a borrowed baby.
* Evaluating parenting skills.
* Feeding the baby.
* Making the baby laugh.
* Changing the baby's diaper.
* Taking the baby for a car ride (with emphasis on proper car seat use).
* Visiting a park with the baby.
* Introducing the baby to nature (including ducks and possibly a garden/orchard).
5. **Challenge Highlights**:
* Difficulty in making the baby laugh initially.
* Struggling with changing the baby's diaper (putting it on backwards).
6. **Method of Soothing**:
* Using aromatherapy (specifically, lavender) to calm the baby.
7. **Baby's Reactions**:
* Liked aromatherapy (lavender).
* Enjoyed being in nature (e.g., seeing ducks).
* Was initially hesitant or cried in certain situations (e.g., car ride, specific foods).
8. **Conclusion**:
* The experience helped participants understand baby needs better.
* Participants felt they became more ready for parenthood/uncling after the experience.