When I was a child, my dad was the kind of dad that would build us stuff we needed and stuff we didn't know we needed until he built it. On Friday afternoon, I became that type of dad, too, and e.baby is only 6 months old.
E.baby loves to stand up. She can't do it all on her own, but she loves to practice. She knows we're holding her up. Then, she stood up while holding the toy-holder on her overstimulation gym. She didn't know that I was holding the bars to keep it from falling over, so she seemed to be even happier that she was holding herself up. Yes, a big step in the world of a tiny child.
This gave me an idea... I could build her something that would be perfect for her to stand with. So, I stopped at the Lowe's on the way home on Friday and purchased $7.98 worth of PVC pipe and fittings. Add about 20 minutes of work (including clean-up) and we had a new toy.
She seems to like it, even if it does have bar-codes and "PVC-1120 SCH.40 PR 600 PSI @ 73deg F [ASTM D-1785]" written on it. And thus, I have become my dad, building toys for my child from industrial supplies.
2 comments:
Too cool!! I am very proud of you and your idea.
Our Dad also built us our own Skinner box.
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