My Mother's "Philosophy"

I can so clearly remember from the time I was a young girl; probably 10-11 years old, hearing my Mother say the same thing at every Baby Shower she attended. The mother-to-be would be opening her gifts and someone would always have the latest "thing" for babyies as their gift. Then my mother would ALWAYS say, "You have to have a new baby every year in order to keep up with all the new things!"

This week-end, while sitting and talking to my niece, Lindsey, who was holding her 9-month-old baby, Lincoln, the subject of feeding table food to babies came up. I was telling her that my daughter, Heather, who has 7-month-old Regan, bought this "little thing" that she can put pieces of fruit in and Regan can suck and chew on it... and Lindsey interjected, "the net thing?" "Yes", I said. My sister, Jodi, who has only a 2-year-old granddaughter, Esther, said, "What is it?"

So Lindsey and I explained it to her. We told her it could be put in the freezer for teething or just used for food - and the net keeps the baby from choking, because they cannot get pieces big enough of any food out of it to choke on. Then I looked at Jodi and said, "Like mom always said, you must have a new baby every year to keep up with all the new things~!"

We laughed - partly because we were starting to sound like our mother! That circle has a way of coming around, doesn't it???