This weekend I took care of my friend's (E & P) little baby boy (T). T is only 9mnths old and looks so Norwegian!
The things that I discovered were as follows:
1. If it can be chewed it will be chewed (this includes electrical wires and my shoulder)
2. Screaming = communicating
3. Babies do not sleep anywhere near as much as their parents pretend they do
4. The most fun toy is the dustpan handle but the brush is just too scary
5. The washing machine is fine when it is off but when it is on it is tragic
6. Small children are remarkably efficient at removing scraps of wallpaper.
7. Their arms are elastic - they may look short but the reach is phenomonal
8. Let sleeping babies lie
9. When the baby is awake you are awake, when the baby is asleep you are tidying up the mess you made trying to be entertaining
10. I can only play peekaboo for so long and that is not as long as the baby
errr...DONT HAVE BABIES OF YOUR OWN?!?
ReplyDeleteWell that post was a bit odd - tried to send it from my email and it got chopped ...
ReplyDeleteAlso am still recovering from the shock of baby (not feeling very maternal right now).
i love this list by the way, another 10 good reasons for not having your own kids - just borrow everyone elses.
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