[guide.chat] Fwd: Baby's litltle Instruction book introduction
- From: Keith Wines <muckyduck2@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:32:39 -0000
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introduction
We all start our passage through life as babies.
Like it or not, we've all been there, and when we
come to have children ourselves, we encounter
the same frustrations and make the same mistakes
as all other parents, including our own.
If a baby were writing his or her own manual,
describing how best to embarrass or try the
patience of the most swiched-on parent, this
is the book that would result. The 300 or
so instructions are just a few of the inervitable
infuriations babies cause as they learn the
boundaries of social behaviour and push their
parents near the ends of tethers they had no idea
could be so long. The book may serve as
preparation for unsuspecting new parent, but
is probably no more practical than any
affectionate tribute to the ingenuity and
inventiveness of those who shall inherit our
future. Thank goodness they all - eventually -
grow up!
And just what is a baby? As far as A Baby's Little
Instruction Book goes, if it covered oly the first
six months of life, it would likely contain just four
instructions, detailing the processes of sleeping,
crying, eating and filling one's nappy (or diaper, if
you prefer). I have therefore chosen to include
the early toddling years, up to about three and a
half, when most children are canny enough to
have become mini-adults in their own right - they
certainly expect to be treated as such. The
instructions themselves are not arranged in any
particular order - babies develop at different
rates, and some will talk before they can walk,
cut their first teeth before they sleep through the
night, or embark on potty training before they
draw on the wallpaper. To try to impose a
progressive prder in the book would therefore be
quite impossible. Suffice it to say, for those
readers with babies and young children of their
own, if you are not yet familiar with any of the
items of behaviour mentioned, rest assured your
little cherub will be doing these very soon!
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