When I have a baby, I will be taking them on set in a cradle board. I will be giving direction to actors while breastfeeding. This is literally my dream, if anyone takes it upon myself to ever knock me up. I want to decolonize production.

Ok so a crying baby would ruin a take for sure. Though I’ve noticed babies don’t cry as much in cradleboards because they mimic the feeling of being held.

On my current set, producers are in a separate office watching on a screen bc of Covid protocol. So that’s an option.

I just think about how women (and frankly men) spent thousands of years incorporating childrearing into their work lives. Strap a baby on your back and go to the field. Ask a kid to hold down a plank of wood while you hammer.

I remember at my first ever job as a teen, I had to work in the home office of my employer at one point. I was at the computer when her baby woke up and fussed. She wasn’t around so I picked the baby up, put him in my lap and kept typing. She came in later and was so surprised.

I was used to it because I have younger sisters and a working Mom and we basically tag-teamed everything cause my stepdad was uninterested in children. There are photos of me with a sleeping baby on my shoulder and a math book in my hands.

Sometimes Tina’s kids would come to the Kimmy offices and I always loved it. They played independently and quietly. One time I looked over and her oldest daughter had a whole pretend movie boarded on the wall just like we were doing. So cute. I loved watching them grow up.

But I also understand that there shod be separation. Adults need that as much as babies/kids. If I ever run a show or a production company, I think I would make avail a caretaker for my own, or any other young children that might come into the office/set. And a room for them.