Yeah, all babies go backwards first - it's easier to push back with your arms than the other way around, I guess. Forward mobility is pretty exciting! And scary!
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Feb 15, 2008 5:21:09 am PST #9599 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flea - Feb 15, 2008 5:28:44 am PST #9600 of 10001
information libertarian
He's plenty slow still. You probably have a few days before the OMG emergency baby gate run - so plan ahead, and get them this weekend!
Speaking of baby-proofing, this article in the NYT cracked me up: [link] The people who had to remove their designer chairs with "razor-sharp edges" when they had a kid... what about before they had kids, when regular old klutzy people like me came to visit? Or do they only have graceful friends?
msbelle - Feb 15, 2008 5:28:57 am PST #9601 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
OH! I've been meaning to say that I have drawer baby guards as well as stove knob baby guards if any b.org parents are in want of them. They were never used since mac was 5 and not a 2 year old.
Jesse - Feb 15, 2008 5:31:37 am PST #9602 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hate the NYTimes's "lifestyle" articles.
Ailleann - Feb 15, 2008 5:35:23 am PST #9603 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
what about before they had kids, when regular old klutzy people like me came to visit? Or do they only have graceful friends?
Maybe they just don't like their friends?
Dana - Feb 15, 2008 5:36:20 am PST #9604 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I hate the NYTimes's "lifestyle" articles.
Yeah, I got about three paragraphs into that yesterday before I realized I didn't care about people whose kids put a cramp in their interior decorating.
flea - Feb 15, 2008 5:36:57 am PST #9605 of 10001
information libertarian
I think the Style section should be read from the perspective of three glasses of gin.
Jessica - Feb 15, 2008 5:38:25 am PST #9606 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, people who put up silk Shantung curtains in the babies' room are either too dumb to breed, or too rich to complain about it. Seriously.
msbelle, thanks for the offer, but we're planning to just put up a gate and make the whole kitchen off-limits.
My biggest worry right now is the TV shelf. Like his Mom, Dylan is drawn to shiny blinky things with buttons on them, but I'd rather the Tivo not turn into a teething toy.
amych - Feb 15, 2008 5:39:53 am PST #9607 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think the Style section should be read from the perspective of three glasses of gin.
Given that I suspect it's written from that perspective, you're probably right.
Still, I'm proud to know that I'm squarely in the prime fine-furniture-buying years. It gives me a powerful sense of identity that I feel my generation has always lacked.
SuziQ - Feb 15, 2008 5:41:59 am PST #9608 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My kids are 11 and almost 18 (!!!!!). We still have child locks on the drawers and cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms. Now we view them as earthquake safety devices.