Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The pros and cons of having a mobile baby

Pros:
It means she's growing up. Awwww!
It's so cute when she follows me around.
It's exciting because fully-fledged crawling/cruising/walking is just around the corner.
No more worries about pressure sores from sitting in the same spot all day. (Just joking - like a baby can get pressure sores!).
Look forward to buying her shoes and calling her a toddler.

Cons:
Nappy-free time is problematic (if you know the answer to this quandrary, please please please leave a comment and tell me what it is).
It's really inconvenient when she follows me around. Like, to the rubbish bin for instance.
I might have to find a way of containing her when I want to shower or go to the toilet.
More run-ins with furniture than ever before.
We'll have to shop for playpen walls and stuff RIGHT NOW.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

JJT sometimes wore blue training pants from Baby Factory which still allowed movement but can still catch pee. As soon as it was wet, it got changed. Othertimes it was easier to be free. The pants were made of a towelling on the outside and had a thickish crotch area and I used size 1 even though he was smaller than that.

Jon said...

You could use a leash, but social services would not be pleased.

I think all babies are like this, at least the several hundred I've fathered have been ^_~

Anonymous said...

I don't understand the nappy free problem. Do you still wear nappys..

Violet said...

eb: hmm...probably more effective for toddlers, whereas our TLM would be shuffling about, ensuring that ensuing wees are "ground in", so to speak.

charlotte: so far I haven't had to deal with separation anxiety - she only wails when I leave the room if she's hungry. It doesn't sound like fun. And thanks for reading!

juliabohemian: that might work with your house, but ours is so small that we can do all that moving and it wouldn't change a thing.

jon: I always knew you were a stud, jon, but I never thought you were straight.

happy and blue 2: well I would, but they don't come free.