Ooh, bad bad bad news!

The baby. Was walking. Today.

Several times - once three steps and then sit (not fall) down, once five steps, once ten steps, and on like that.

Ana was having a bad case of the grumpies in her room, and I called her out because "LOOK! YOUR SISTER IS WALKING!" and she got so excited she forgot she was in a bad mood, and screamed up and down that she wanted to tell her daddy and mommy.

I mean, walking!!!!!!

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I got me my new wrap today. I'm torn between psyched and completely lost - I've done wraps on Ana, with her dolls, but not on me, with a baby large stuffed bunny. (Well, I haven't done them with a baby either, but I'm not going to try it on her until I know the large stuffed bunny can survive it :P)

And it's an undyed bit of cloth, which is why I was asking about dyes earlier - I'm not sure if I still want to do that or not. At any rate, I need to embroider or paint or stain it somewhere around the center, that's for sure....

Apparently, today's children (unlike all the children in generations past)

Are having their childhoods ruined. (Unlike all the times we've said that in generations past, this time it's true!

"The childhood experienced by today's children is significantly different from that of previous generations,"

Yup. Today's kids aren't expected to be working on the farm (or in mines, or in factories!) by the time they're six or seven. They aren't lucky to have *one* doll, either.

As for "dressing them like adults", at least we're not putting them in hoop skirts or small swords anymore, like wealthy children in ages past apparently did, at least to judge by old paintings. (Which the children no doubt had to sit through - talk about a lack of activity!)

Does that mean that this is a perfect age for children nowadays? I doubt it. But I don't think it's all that much worse than all the other times people have said that it's worse than when they were young.

Doing a favor for mayna

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Check it out. Apparently, the rules are quite flexible, and furbabies count as well.

You may now go about your daily business.