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25 October 2007

He cannot be contained! →[More:]So I just put the boy in his Johnny Jump-Up and settled down with a cup of coffee to check my e-mail when all of a sudden I hear SPROING! and look over to see the wily little bugger crawling toward me!

He's totally uninjured and oh-so smiley proud of himself, but I'm having a freakin' heart attack. I have no idea how he managed to get out of that thing.

Aaaaand...now he's trying to eat the cat. Good lord my spa weekend cannot get here fast enough.

post by: jrossi4r at: 08:31 | 14 comments

Duct tape.

posted by tr33hggr 25 October | 08:32

That might have worked a few weeks ago, tr33, but he's now got the four perfect bitey beaver teeth. He'd chew right through it.

posted by jrossi4r 25 October | 08:36

And this is a Johnny Jump-up, for those unfamiliar with modern baby containment methods.

posted by jrossi4r 25 October | 08:37

Duct tape.

A+. You're gonna be a great dad ;P

My JJU saved me when my son was a baby. It was the only thing that kept him happy for more than 20 seconds. It was shaped like an airplane and it was sooooo cute.

posted by iconomy 25 October | 08:47

Go down, kiddo, way down in Jump-up Land,
Tell my mama, "Let my people go!"

posted by Hugh Janus 25 October | 08:50

Looks like a great investment; will bookmark that for the baby shower!

And thanks ico! :)

posted by tr33hggr 25 October | 08:50

I always though a Johnny Jump-Up was a cider and whiskey. Shows what I know.

We should market all kinds of kid products named after alcoholic drinks.

posted by These Premises Are Alarmed 25 October | 09:20

We should market all kinds of kid products named after alcoholic drinks.

I love that idea. First move: we rename "Rubber baby buggy bumpers" as "Harvey Wallbangers."

posted by BoringPostcards 25 October | 09:23

Walker. Yeah, they're supposed to be dangerous nowadays but the hell with that; just don't use them upstairs. My son lived in his and survived intact and he wasn't as determined to get out of it because he still had some mobility. He zoomed all over the place in that thing; it was awesome and besides, when he banged hard into the wall or something it was hilarious.

posted by mygothlaundry 25 October | 09:29

A walker is a good suggestion, MGL. I'd kind of forgotten about them since they are now "taboo."

And a Johnny Walker for mama would also be helpful.

posted by jrossi4r 25 October | 10:26

I had a little wooden giraffe with wheels that I rode around on until I started throwing it down the basement steps and crying to get my mom's attention.

For get my mom's attention, feel free to substitute freak mom out, cause palpitations, or get my mom to come running and hug me and smother me in relieved kisses while I played innocent.

Eventually she got wise to it and giraffe disappeared.

posted by Hugh Janus 25 October | 10:58

Hey I had one of those jumpy things. I can't tell you how I felt about it though, as I don't remember.

posted by CitrusFreak12 25 October | 11:48

I had one too, HJ! I liked to wrap my towel around the horns after I had a bath. My first memory is of the morning of the day my dad had an assignment for a photography class to follow someone around for a day and chose me...there's a picture of me doing this in the collection.

posted by brujita 25 October | 11:53

We used to have a cardboard box that our baby liked to sit in. Big enough so she could sit upright with her legs stretched out, touching the other end, but no bigger.

She loved it.

posted by danf 25 October | 12:23

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