Today we brought out the baby gates for the first time. With Madeline scampering around faster and faster every day, we knew it was time for some barriers - it just took us a couple tries to find gates the right width to fit our halls and doorways.
Today, when confronted with the gate, she didn't whimper or whine for the other side, as I thought she might. Instead she accepted her confinement with the stoicism of the British and, after a moment, cheerfulness. She pulled up on the gate and started singing and pointing at everything in sight, blissfully lost in her own little world.The gates are the latest attempt at making our home mostly childproof. Every day Madeline discovers another object or latent danger that needs to be addressed. We've come a long way just in the past couple weeks, but I imagine there will be more comfort casualties along the way to living in a completely kid-safe zone.
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I love the picture with her mouth open like she was singing. She seems like she is enjoying her gated community.
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