RE: [MLUG] baby!

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Spurling, Shannon wrote:

> I think it's when they turn around and start "working" the mouse
> themselves when the problems start. ;-)

Ah.  You mean like this:

http://www.davelloyd.com/gallery/album27/IMG_1143

> I think that, even though you feel you are ignoring them, you are giving
> them contact. They know you are there, and that should help them develop
> better. In fact, I bet if you didn't hold her while you surfed the web,
> she may have been worse off. I always think of the studies where they
> had the baby monkeys and the terry cloth vs. metal surrogate mother.
> Just by having a warm, soft, nurturing figure the baby with the terry
> cloth surrogate grew up to be more balanced and better adjusted.

As a parent, there are all sorts of jokes you can make about being the
wire monkey.

> Besides, why else are geeks prone to grow a cushion around the middle?
> "I'm not fat, I just grew some padding for the baby to rest on. It's for
> the baby!" :-) 

I think it serves the same purpose as hips on a woman.  It's easy to
balance a kid there.

--dlloyd

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