Sunday, March 04, 2007

7 Reasons not to rush your baby into Crawling

  1. Crawling babies tend to collect ALL the dirt, pet hair and food crumbs from the floor onto their bellies, so if you have a dirty floor, watch out!
  2. Crawling babies disappear without telling you where they are going.
  3. Babies who crawl usually are overly curious, opening pantry cupboards and the cupboards under the sink - none of which is safe!
  4. Crawling babies get trodden on, and they yell loudly
  5. Crawling babies slow down the cooking process, because they have to be constantly moved from the food prep area
  6. Crawling babies put even more things into their mouths (god only knows how long that mushroom has been there!)
  7. A crawling baby means that the next step is not that far away, which means that they are even closer to asking for pocket money!

Matthew update: This crawling baby has two bottom teeth and some top ones on the way. He says 'dada' as well as a lot of other sounds that I never knew existed. He is eating all sorts of vegetables but is still having 4-5 milk feeds a day, so I am still pretty exhausted (but strangely euphoric).

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