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- From: nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci)
- Subject: Re: More humorous developmental milestones
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:43:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.154351.21008@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- References: <1jmn6oINN3m4@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <LOWRY.93Jan21160201@rotor.watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <LOWRY.93Jan21160201@rotor.watson.ibm.com> lowry@watson.ibm.com (Andy Lowry) writes:
- <Humorous child-development milestones mantioned>
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- >A common instance of the above milestone is when the baby develops the
- >skill required to consistently wake up from a nap at the exact moment
- >Mommy and Daddy are sitting down to dinner. The drive to prevent
- >Mommy and Daddy from enjoying a simple meal together can be very
- >strong.
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- This drive can also manifest itself when single-mommy is cooking dinner
- for her very first post-divorce date. Just about the same time the
- Amaretto is cascading into the stemware, the fireplace is responding with
- soft crackles and sparks, and the lights dim with a mind of their own ...
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- "MOMMMMM-EEEEEEEE!" comes the call to duty. Even if it's well past midnight,
- they have this radar. It's why some of us learn to envelope ourselves with a
- circle of friends who are in the same predicament for practical babysitting.
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- And we learn quickly!
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- Nance Colucci att!ihlpl!colucci
- "Babies feel a lot better going in than they do coming out."
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