Having babies on the mind these days, we watched the Netflix streamer 'Babies' last night. It is a short documentary, highly recommended, that tracks some moments in the lives of four babies as they progress through their first year. Two live close to nature in Namibia and Mongolia, and two lead high tech baby lives in Tokyo and San Francisco. Of course, the conceit is how similar the babies are in spite of their obviously very different life styles. They all reach their crowning achievement, the ability to stand up and walk by themselves.
We noticed a couple of useful props. The SF baby was thoroughly enjoying a jumping seat suspended in a doorway. Debby recalls it was called a 'Jolly Jumper' back in our day, and I recall O and B spending blissful hours in one bouncing off the door jambs. Also, the Tokyo baby used a Bumbo seat. Debby and I had never seen one until B&J sent us a picture of Sasha in one.
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