Mighty bubby

For those of you not familiar with Aussie terminology, “bubby” is Aussie for “baby.”

I was putting away groceries this evening, with one arm holding The Bub on my hip, and the other arm carrying a bag, or a two litre bottle of pop. When I started carrying the pop, The Bub would grab for it and try to carry it, while making “Urrrrg! Urrrrrg!” noises of great exertion (she started doing that a day or two ago).

So, after I’d put away the rest of the groceries, I left out a 1.25L and a 2L pop bottle for her to play with. Impressive! She was lifting both of them, grunting and urghing. The 2L bottle was probably half of her weight, so it was pretty good that she got it off the ground.

She’d also roll them around the ground, flip them end over end, and shake them up. All in all, pretty cheap toys for the kid.

New parents, take note: For kids about 6mo-1.5yrs, a two-litre bottle half-filled with water makes a great plaything. A few drops of food coloring in the water are a bonus.


--GG