r/BeAmazed • u/TobiGalem • 21h ago
Miscellaneous / Others Parents watching their kid take his first steps
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u/micaelabutterfly 21h ago
bro that’s nothing, I can walk much faster and people around me don’t make a big fuss
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u/Blunderbutters 21h ago
Do you make big boom booms in your pants to similar result? I’m proud of you either way
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u/Normal-Inflation- 14h ago
u/Blunderbutters this is honestly the energy every kid deserves. Hot take: embarrassing your child is basically a parenting milestone.
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u/Secret_Account07 19h ago
Yeah it’s entirely unfair. I walked over a mile at work today and what my reward? More work
Stupid babies get treated differently
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u/flierflar 19h ago
Aww, who’s a good boy? Walking around all fast and steady. You deserve more praise.
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u/Jibber_Fight 19h ago
You have to crawl around for months and poop yourself…. and THEN get up and walk.
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u/Philosophile42 21h ago
I wonder if most people's first steps are not actually their first steps, but rather the first steps that their parents saw....
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u/TheTackleZone 21h ago
My nursery basically confirmed they never tell people what their kids did because they don't want to ruin any firsts.
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u/Philosophile42 21h ago
Those are some good people.
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u/Common_Mood_8117 18h ago
but also imagine finding out they did that for your kid lol
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u/ItsKingDx3 14h ago
I'd probably be grateful? Like how I feel about my parents lying to me for 10 years about santa
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u/BanditMcDougal 17h ago
Was gonna say the same thing. I know a lot of nurseries do this. It'd be a little weird if you go to pick up your kid and they're doing laps around the place and nobody told you about it, though. I've jokingly asked if the front desk calls back to the baby room: Knock Billy down! The Joneses are here to pick him up!
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u/jIfte8-fabnaw-hefxob 16h ago
I could tell my kid had already walked at daycare just by the way my provider acted when I told her about his “first steps.” Oh well, I made the choice to be a working mom. No regrets.
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u/Foreign_Cobbler_1740 18h ago
I'd be spoiling that shit. You paid us to get results, and boy did we get results.
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u/RankedFarting 19h ago
I recently saw a video of a baby that got caught walking on camera by its parents who didnt know. When the parents were around he acted like he couldnt walk. Scheming little fucker at the age of 0.
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u/Jiktten 6h ago
My friend's daughter was a bit older, but when she first started kindergarten she was physically very small for her age. My friend isn't sure how she got the idea, but apparently the daughter realised that if she just sat down at the foot of the stairs when the class was going to their room, a teaching assistant would pick her up and carry her. It was a good few weeks before this was mentioned to my friend, who promptly ruined her daughter's scheme by being like 'wtf she is totally capable of walking up stairs!'.
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u/No_Temporary_6194 19h ago
When I was really young, my parents would hear my practice speaking when I was alone before they heard me speak for the first time "for real".
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u/TheBabySealsRevenge 17h ago
They basically learn to walk over a period of time anyway. "almost" walking and taking single steps and falling over and over. Also when they have their hands on stuff they cruise also. So first steps is kinda blurry anyway. Still fun to celebrate milestones.
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u/MorePhinsThyme 14h ago
Follow dad's reaction here, and you see this. The kid appears to be taking a step or two before Dad reacts, and only when the kid is clearly walking to the couch separated from any support for multiple steps does he react.
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u/thymeofmylyfe 15h ago
Yeah, this baby looks like he's already taken a few falling single steps before.
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u/CucumberExpensive43 16h ago
At this age you need to be watching your kid like a hawk 24/7, if you leave them for 5 minutes they might kill themselves.
And also there is a very long transition period between not walking and walking, so it's hard to pinpoint a single moment and claiming your kid can now walk.
Source: my son gradually started walking about 2 months ago
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u/MelangeBot 14h ago
I most definitely captured the very first in between steps of my son, a month or so after his first birthday. I know because I was with him 24/7 for 6 months while my wife went back to work (because her wage was significantly higher than mine at that time).
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u/HuckleberryHuman5926 15h ago
My goddaughter used to practice her skills and perfect them before she'd demonstrate them to her parents.
She had a video baby monitor for medical reasons, and they'd see her in her crib doing things like rolling over, clapping, verbalizing, etc. several days before she'd do it in front of them in person.
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u/cohibakid001 21h ago
A quintessential steppingstone in human development
He will survive the onslaught of time
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u/Weak-Ability 21h ago
I heard this in David Attenborough’s voice.
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u/Big_Bookkeeper1678 20h ago
I did Pediatric Physical Therapy for about 15 years...
Watching children walk for the first time is one of the joys of my life I will never forget.
Downfall of parents' peace, though. I once had a mom complain to me that I taught her child how to crawl and now she had to 'watch him'. I laughed at her and said, 'Welcome to parenthood'.
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u/Shwiftygains 19h ago
It's funny how unleashed these babies becomes once they become mobile. My son hasn't learned to walk yet but it's so funny/great to see him on the go. Even funnier seeing him turn on the jets to see a "hidden" or "sealed" place that gets opened less often
All I tell myself is, wait until he starts walking lol ..
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u/YpresWoods 15h ago
My nephew only started walking a few months ago and he’s already a little goddamn menace who can and will grab every possible (potentially hazardous) object in sight. Best of luck
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u/Obsidiated 13h ago
Get locks on all the cupboards. Even the ones you think they can't reach.
Do this now. Right now.
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u/Rosti_LFC 9h ago
4-6 months is peak baby from a parenthood perspective.
They're old enough that they've gotten chubby, they respond to you and can smile and giggle, and they can have an established routine for naps and hopefully sleep a few hours between feeds at night.
But importantly they're not old enough to move and you can do basic things like make a coffee or go to the toilet on your own (not something I expected I'd ever consider a treat until I became a parent), and not have to worry about what might happen while you're out of the room for five minutes and not watching them.
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u/Secret_Account07 19h ago
I was happy for the parents then all my happiness transferred to the baby. He was so happy!
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u/oldmate30beers 20h ago
I can feel their joy, just experienced the same thing myself!
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u/Weights-Run 21h ago
This is sn awesome moment in a parent's life. To take the first steps is progression for their little ones. Great video capture!
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u/concept12345 20h ago
I documented mine. It was amazing. Our entire church saw it on the big screen as well.
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u/The_best_husband 11h ago
Why are there CCTV cameras pointing to their living spaces or deliberately some furniture such as couches or tables etc. I can understand the logic of having security cameras inside the house but not having them cover entire rooms from a single vantage point. Can someone explain why?
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u/ScaryLettuce5048 9h ago edited 9h ago
This is somewhat common in Asian countries, but most common in East Asian countries, notably so in China. This is where most westerners misunderstand, and redditors with narrow and contraint world views like to dog on. But for all the negativity and misunderstandings, most of it stems from having vastly different cultures and values, and the lack of understanding different cultures (sometimes unwilling to do so).
Most home cameras in the US and other westerners would have them at the door, drive way, lawn. Places around their property, maybe within the vicinity, or perhaps leading up to their private quarters. US citizens are especially strict on their privacy and their own space. They place lots of value on whether they're being "seen" or recorded, which they feel violates their personal space. They feel like they can't be themselves and do what they would usually do, in the presence of a camera (regardless if it's locally hosted, stored and managed), definitely see more downsides than upsides when it comes to cameras in private places.
The Eastern, Asian counterparts view these cameras slightly differently. It's not to say that Asians don't value privacy, we absolutely do, and we have the same reaction as our western counterparts, if we were being spied on or recorded without permission. It is to say that we weigh the upsides of having such devices, willingly sacrifice the idea of "freedom" westerners have, and accept it's presence and just forget about it in the background. When we see cameras in public spaces, it just fades into the background. It doesn't bother us as much, and it doesn't prevent as from being ouselves or think that we should act differently,
In developed cities in China, due to work and the cut-throat competition there, many parents have kids (old enough to be left alone) that will be alone at home. There will also be situations where the opposite, where older parents are left at home. These cameras and agles ensure the safety of both the young and old, and many of these systems have live feed where they can connect audio. So if anything happens and the user is alerted, things can be said through the cameras or emergency services could be contacted.
And the most obvious reasons for such camera angles is this. In developed and highly dense cities in Asia, you are most likely living in an apartment (many are small ones too). So you can imagine through the main door, you are already in view of the whole living space and by extension private spaces too. So any camera for security reasons (be it break-ins or theft), would have a view of the entry point (main door), along with the rest of the living spaces because that's just inevitable. And since there are valubles stored in the rooms, bam! Now you have cameras in the rooms where the bed and closets are also in view. To us, it makes perfect sense to have them at these angles, but to a US citizen, it's more of a spying device than a utility device.
Now back to the video posted. This camera angle seems to be zoomed in, and if you zoom out, it would cover the living space and also the main door (entry point) which I described earlier, would be the setting of most security cameras in apartments. So to your point, yes it may seem weird at first, but I suspect it's because this is selectively edited to zoom into this moment that is captured on a CCTV.
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u/ShiftDue7967 21h ago
To everyone saying this isn't particularly amazing - to a parent watching their first child do it, I can assure you it is
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u/Antique_Knowledge902 20h ago
Those are some excited parents. Wait until the kid graduates from high school.
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u/Drongo17 20h ago
First step is a billion times more exciting. High school graduation is scheduled and a known quantity, and also by then you're old as fuck and too tired to be excited
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u/TheMooseIsBlue 21h ago
Who has a camera in their living room recording while your home just chillin? I mean I get that it worked for this awesome milestone, but I can’t imagine sitting there on the couch with a camera on me all the time.
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u/badderdev 18h ago
Lots of people. We bought a new house in a big village in Phuket, Thailand and all houses come with installed CCTV as standard. Couple outside which we have kept, two inside that we have unplugged in the lounge and on the landing and 2 WIFI ones that you can put anywhere.
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u/ShustOne 18h ago
I used to not understand this but then my siblings had babies and it's helpful in many ways. No one is actively watching them but it's nice to capture things like this. And it's helpful for tumbles where we can see if the baby hit their head or not. It's also surprisingly nice to check in on the kids/parent if you are working and miss them while gone.
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u/Key-Monk6159 20h ago
Their joy will soon be tempered as he starts walking and running everywhere. 😛
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u/crazyKatLady_555 14h ago
I absolutely love that the Dad’s laugh sounds like Santa on crack!😄
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u/Kerry-4013-Porter 20h ago
In Korea, there is a tradition where parents are happy, family and relatives celebrate, and neighbors share in the joy when a child takes their first steps.
I guess it's not like that in other countries?
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u/ThePerryPerryMan 18h ago
Nope; absolutely no one else besides Koreans are happy when their children start to walk
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u/grumpyoldmanBrad 20h ago
The big question is tho, why the fuck do they have a camera trained on them on the couch at home
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u/mightylordredbeard 16h ago
Idk man but as a parent I’d give anything to go back in then and put a camera in my living room to record every moment of my child. Especially since, for some reason I’m too afraid to find out, I can’t remember much of either of my kids childhoods and it’s so much a blur and blank space.
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u/im2high4thisritenow 20h ago
I remember this moment with all three of my kids. It looks silly, but believe me, it's a huge thing to the parents!
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u/PeteyMitch42 20h ago
My kid barely crawled and then one day right before her first birthday, she just decided she was going to walk everywhere, and then run everywhere... my back hurts
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u/RandomCollector 20h ago
The joys of being a parent, ahhh...
Too bad I won't be experiencing it in my current life, sigh.
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u/IntrovertMoTown1 20h ago
On one hand it's a joy for parents. On the other it's the first step in blinking at the wrong time and bam they're gone, SMH. lol I use to look down at parents that used leashes on their kids in public. Then I became a parent myself and was all oooooooh. 😄
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u/Fantastic_Key 20h ago
They had to play it cool while the kid started to walk so they wouldn't fall.
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u/M1ck3yB1u 20h ago
It is so stupid, like, of course your kid is going to walk. But when it happens to you with your own kid it really does feel like magic.
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u/cakingabroad 20h ago
My daughter just started walking and it is indeed the best thing ever to watch.
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u/Fluid_Actuary1729 19h ago
Very sweet. Parents minding their own business, and all of a sudden, the baby walks.
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u/Funny-Presence4228 19h ago
My wife sent me a text: “He started walking today”. That was it. I was 1000 miles away on a business trip, and all I got was a text.
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u/Joan-of-the-Dark 19h ago
Get this family a pair of oversized gray sweats and it's the gift that will keep on giving.
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u/NowWeGetSerious 19h ago
They looked so exhausted and tired, but they immediately lit up when they saw him walk.
Good tired parents.
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u/loaf_dog 18h ago
I’ll never forget this moment for my daughter. Such mixed emotions too. Bc my brain wouldn’t let me just enjoy the moment without reminding me that this basically ended her stint as a baby
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u/dxcman12 18h ago
they are happy now ... wait 6 months when you are chasing him to keep the little rascal out of the road. :-)
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u/Logos1789 18h ago
Kids walk at a younger age when left connected to the umbilical cord longer and then resting chest to chest with the mother for the first few days whenever possible.
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u/ahumblecardamompod 18h ago
This is one of my favorite videos on the internet. Just so much joy. Right up there with the lady getting proposed to at the baseball game and the cat saying “well, hi!”
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u/diskodarci 17h ago
I wasn’t prepared for how fast they go from a few steps to fully walking. I figured it would take months but it’s more like days once they take those first few steps. This all goes by so fast
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u/Powerful-Mud3439 17h ago
So damn cute 🥺💖, even though the dad had no idea what was going on at first 😅
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u/LukeOnMtHood 16h ago
Maybe the first steps they saw. Bro looked like he’d been practicing for a while.
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u/happensonitsown 16h ago
But isn’t this completely normal and not a rare phenomenon?
I think for most people, a child is what they feel they have created, and like an engineer who creates something with effort and feels good when it works, human beings feel the same.
I think babies give humans a false self of creation.
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u/Junior_Bill_4691 16h ago
It really is amazing seeing it the first time. I was at an AA meeting. My son was loud so we went to the church nursery. Tons of toys. He went from sitting next to me to walking over to the toys. I was shocked 😮
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u/Annalog 16h ago edited 15h ago
I’m a new dad of a 10 month old little girl. She’s my world. I love her so much it’s honestly sickening. Watching your kids grow up is equally amazing and heartbreaking. Each new thing they learn, they leave apart of their old self behind. I’m gonna bawl when she starts walking.
Sorry lol just emotion because her one year is coming up and I’m not ready at all
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u/myshtree 16h ago
More fascinated by a family that all dress the same lol ! Parents are like “yay he is walking, now we can get the kid a grey tracksuit”
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u/Harbinger_Kyleran 15h ago
All well and good until they learn to run and you spend your days chasing after them. 😉
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u/Bitter-Football4141 15h ago
I am going to have this scene soon😭😭only a mumma can understand how much happy and heart touching moment is this
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u/LucidMoments 15h ago
They will now spend the next 17 years trying to get him to sit down (and be quiet).
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u/HUNG_AS_FUCK 14h ago
My 16 month old has recently gone from crawling absolutely everywhere, to walking, and their reaction is such a great representation of how proud I feel as a parent seeing him learning and growing!
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u/UnicornMilking 14h ago
More evidence that having children is all about the parents making themselves feel good i.e. selfishness.
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u/dingdongbannu88 14h ago
I never understood this moment until I saw my own son doing it. And then I was blown away by him achieving it. I love him so much.
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u/Lemon-Accurate 11h ago
The experience with my kids is that after they do the first steps, there's still like a month or so before they do the second steps. And this is applicable to almost everything. The first time they roll, talk, walk... it's usually an accident. Then it takes several more weeks to start doing it regularly and on purpose.
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u/scooches66 11h ago
I missed my son's first steps, my mum was babysitting him at the time. This was 1991 so they didn't have a mobile phone to get footage. Mum did manage to get a photo of him in mid step but I wish I had video evidence of it!
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u/Visual_Advantage_243 10h ago
I remember the first steps of my daughter and it was a very happy day for us both :)
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u/Itchy-Hearing9263 10h ago
I love the dada reaction. first he's like "hey don't fall" then the mom's like: "omg look!!" And dads like: "What?" Baby moves "alright neat" baby starts walking "wait what...." Baby walks to the couch "OMG YOUR FIRST STEPS!!!" ❤️❤️
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u/TabulaRasaNot 9h ago
Can't remember, of course, but willing to bet that my dad scolded me for not walking far enough or leaning on the coffee table or something. He was quite fond of negative reinforcement. Makes for interesting adulting.
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u/Avid_Reader87 9h ago
We have our daughters first unassisted steps and my reaction recorded.
I said “come to daddy” and she smiles, turns around and walks right towards me.
She was walking at 11 months.
Just wish her speech wasn’t so delayed. She’s 21 months and only says about 12 words.
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u/SpartanOneZeroFour 7h ago
Funny story. For a month, my mother didn't know I could crawl. I would crawl for everyone else but her.
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u/BruceMartinez21 6h ago
This is so sweet. Mine’s 6 now and I still go back through old photos and videos all the time. Parenthood really makes every tiny change feel huge somehow.
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u/TonyInNY 5h ago
A cool moment.. followed by terror as you realize you have to be 10x more vigilant as the kid can get into way more trouble way easier.
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u/RedIcarus1 3h ago
Kid takes his first steps….
Then mom has to put him in his place by showing off.
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