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u/HahahahImFine Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

Watching her resist the urge and let the baby take steps instead of snatching them up in excitement is both adorable and hilarious

Edit: and instead of to

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u/Aya_Bean Jan 30 '25

It's her slowly inching forward that gets me 🥰

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u/Ummmgummy Jan 30 '25

Such a big guy doing such a good job at walking! We all are proud of you! Keep it up champ!

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u/elcojotecoyo Jan 30 '25

I have the same thoughts every time I go potty by myself. I haven't crap in my pants in years, yet not a single "good job"

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u/temporalmlu Jan 30 '25

I wish I could say the same. Just had really bad diarrhoea and bad cough at the same time. You know the drill. The streak starts at 0 days again. -.-

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u/elcojotecoyo Jan 30 '25

RemindMe! -1 day so I can tell you Good job on your first day

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u/Fyreforged Jan 31 '25

The streak starts, indeed. 😔

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u/iwantawolverine4xmas Jan 31 '25

/stopshitting It’s okay, just get back on that horse. For those that had a dry January, why not make it a dry year. Let’s do it together.

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u/iamacraftyhooker Jan 30 '25

You need to get around someone who is potty training their kid. Everyone gets a party when they poop in the potty.

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u/deltagirlinthehills Jan 30 '25

Lol ours even cheered our dog on when they saw him do his business outside. Don't think he really appreciated it if I'm honest 😂

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u/RythmicSlap Jan 31 '25

Its such a lie too. It really sets people up for disappointment later in life when everyone gets pissed after you clog the toilet with a massive #2.

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u/bakedincanada Jan 30 '25

I have a bowl of candies on my desk if you need a little potty reward. Just make sure you wash your hands first, please

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u/ChilledFyre Jan 30 '25

Good job dude. Keep it up!

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u/Bloodshotistic Jan 30 '25

I'm glad I'm not alone. Babies shit their diapers all the time but when I want to make arts and crafts in the bathroom while singing to myself, I get no applause.

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u/elcojotecoyo Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

My turds are really talented. They have a tendency to spray paint the toilet bowl. Sure, it is not Banksy but it pains me to remove their work of art, literally the fruits of my effort (although I'm eating more fiber now, so less effort)

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u/Bloodshotistic Jan 30 '25

Hold your head up high, friend. Our masterpieces will never be accepted by society. Art is subjective. My Pollock paintings are the stuff of legends. Corn as a medium breaks up the monotony of colors.

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u/hoosyourdaddyo Jan 31 '25

You could run for President, since he apparently LOVES shitting in his pants.

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u/Ok_Painter_7413 Jan 30 '25

This man knows exactly what he's doing!

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u/Low_List_1967 Jan 31 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/GeekyKirby Jan 30 '25

I have difficulty standing/walking because of nerve issues. I can start walking with no issues, but most days I can only manage for maybe 10 minutes at a time before the pain and weakness starts to set in.

My husband literally cheers me on when I'm able to walk longer than usual lol

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u/Mundane_Bumblebee_83 Jan 30 '25

We don’t always have time to cheer each other on, but know for a fact that people who are decent and loving towards you celebrate even the smallest things.

Even I (a complete idiot) feel a little less alone and more connected to life knowing that.

All of us together, we got this. The smallest step is a step and worth reward so we take more steps!

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u/Flaky-Page8721 Jan 30 '25

This made me tear up for some reason. Whoever, you are, keep staying magnificent ❤️.

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u/demi_dreamer95 Jan 31 '25

Same!! This is so dang wholesome :’ ) Id be bummed if I was the mom for missing that moment but SO OVERJOYED that it was not only celebrated so beautifully but recorded.

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u/Githyerazi Jan 30 '25

Reminds me of the movie "What about Bob" and Bill Murray's baby steps. Every little step brings you closer to more.

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u/reasonablychill Jan 30 '25

I feel good. I feel great. I feel wonderful.

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u/ru-berry Jan 30 '25

You are not a complete idiot. I know that for sure.

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u/Severn6 Jan 31 '25

You are anything but mundane, little bumblebee.

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u/YellowishRose99 Jan 30 '25

Keep walking.

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u/Delphinethecrone Jan 30 '25

Aww your husband's a keeper.

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u/nicwolff84 Jan 31 '25

I have dysautonomia and nerve damage from the waist down. I’m so proud of you!!! I know how hard walking can be. Celebrate it, you deserve it!!

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u/crimsoncricket009 Jan 31 '25

Haha me too!! At one point he used to have to carry me up and down stairs or to the bathroom when I was too weak. So like now with medicine that lets me gain some of that strength back, I can do stairs on my own and he makes it a whole ass thing… to the point that now even he’s not around, my dogs will get super excited for me when I go near the stairs lol

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u/Thalionalfirin Jan 31 '25

I do too. I have to use a cane if I have to walk anytime I think it's going to be longer than 5-19 minutes. I have to take a lot of breaks for rest.

I'm glad your husband cheers you on. People generally don;t have any idea what we have to deal with.

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u/Ginzhuu Jan 30 '25

Hey, good work and keep on steppin'.

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u/Sexycoed1972 Jan 30 '25

Kid went like 4 feet. Gets a freaking parade...

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u/MysticLunaer Jan 30 '25

A whole event for four feet? I need that kind of hype in my life!

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u/ignatius-payola Jan 30 '25

Well, I expect a woman to get that excited over four inches, so….

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u/gavinkurt Jan 31 '25

It’s the kids first steps. Usually a baby’s first steps are only a few feet. Shortly after, they are able to take more steps and just be able to walk on their own like any other kid.

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u/sowinglavender Jan 30 '25

ifu i'm disabled with chronic muscle spasms in my calves and glutes and nobody fucking cares when i walk either. 😤 lol.

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u/pdoherty972 Jan 30 '25

I do - way to go!

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u/tonytonZz Jan 30 '25

Valid. But post proof.

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u/unclejosephsfuton Jan 30 '25

I'm proud of you!

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u/dhuntergeo Jan 30 '25

The smartest and most important people are saying that you are the best walker

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u/Icy_Two_5092 Jan 30 '25

😂👍🏼

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u/Calm_Programmer9148 Jan 30 '25

Here you go: YAAAY!! 🎉

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

You made a big poo poo. Good boy.

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u/TopGinger Jan 30 '25

WHOS A BIG BOY?!

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u/Aurori_Swe Jan 30 '25

You could always do what I did and crash really horribly on a motorcycle. It took me 4 months to get back to walking and I was cheered on by a nurse who absolutely tortured me every day with massages and gradually increasing challenges.

So yeah, all you have to do is lose the ability to walk again, and then walk again. Learning to walk again is actually quite hard and it fucking sucks when muscles gets used to not being under constant resistance.

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u/BruciePup Jan 30 '25

Tell that baby to get a job. Then I’ll be impressed. /s

With all the horror stories you hear about daycares, this momma found a gem!!!

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u/GraMacTical0 Jan 30 '25

When my son was a toddler & I was just peeing real quick with the door open, he walked by, stopped, and enthusiastically cheered, “GOOD JOB USING THE POTTY, MOM!! YOU’RE DOING SO GOOD!” And you know what? The recognition was really nice.

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u/OneHallThatsAll Jan 30 '25

I know, makes me Shake Head My my head too...

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u/amandahulbs Jan 30 '25

Right?? I only fall sometimes.

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u/Funny_Librarian_4625 Jan 30 '25

“Shake head my my head”

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u/moyela Jan 30 '25

great walking lord famous substance!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

get this guy a baba stat!

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u/gkhamo89 Jan 30 '25

You're such a great walker buddy, don't let anyone tell you otherwise

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u/Different-Race6157 Jan 30 '25

To upvote or not to upvote? It stood at 666 votes and I was undecided at first...

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u/Beliriel Jan 30 '25

People only cheer the first time you do something:

First time you take a shit.
First time you eat solid food.
First time you take a step.
First time you speak a word.
First time you graduate school.
First time you have sex.
First time you die.

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u/The_Alchemist606 Jan 30 '25

Famous Substance I saw you walking the other day when you thought I wasn't looking, and I couldn't believe it. It was like your first time and it brought me back to the good old days when we all crawled like lizard people on all fours then we suddenly reached up towards the stars and began our journey of wonder. Thank you for inspiring such beauty and gratitude in me. Truly a blessing you are to us.

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u/Artistic_Kangaroo989 Jan 31 '25

"Sir,m'am, this is a Wendy's."

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u/jeroh1407 Jan 31 '25

"trash ass baby walks" hahaha, that is so fantastic 😊

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u/fazlez1 Jan 31 '25

But can you do it while wearing a diaper?

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u/Skootchy Jan 31 '25

Reminds me of the old Aziz joke about not being impressed by babies walking

"Look at me do this advanced shit"

Starts dancing

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u/Successful-Winter237 Jan 31 '25

👏👏👏

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u/catalinaislandfox Jan 31 '25

Why does this read like a tweet from the US President? 😂

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u/Altruistic-Notice701 Jan 31 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Yankee6Actual Jan 31 '25

Is that you, Mr President?

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u/im2high4thisritenow Jan 31 '25

You made me snort. Nicely done.

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u/Altruistic-Skirt-796 Jan 31 '25

Bro I feel ya. I put together a dank ass spreadsheet earlier today and no one even said thanks.

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u/NO_LOADED_VERSION Jan 31 '25

It you trying your best to do a good thing then you're doing a good job man.

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u/FluffMonsters Jan 31 '25

You remind me of when I was talking to a cashier and she asked if my baby was sitting up yet and my jealous, 13-year-old daughter, under her breath mutters, “I can do that, too”.

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u/AusCan531 Jan 31 '25

We all smile and clap silently when you walk,,

away

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u/kkkhhjdyhrthhhjft Jan 30 '25

Wym that baby walked far as hell

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u/fullstar2020 Jan 30 '25

They also usually fall on their butts which doesn't hurt them.

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u/Dyolf_Knip Jan 30 '25

They don't have as far to fall, and their mass is so low that it's not enough to damage their proportionally thicker bones.

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u/Environmental_Art591 Jan 30 '25

Unless you my eldest who fell forward head first into his grandfathers solid timber chess coffee table. His first steps were quickly followed up by his first lump on the head (it was huge). It didn't faze him though and he tried again 15minutes later after his snack break

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

Indeed. The diapers and poo protect them. The diaper box reads "Up to 10 lbs" so I would weigh my son, subtract his real weight and see he still had 9+ more pounds of pooping to do before I needed to change him again. Saves money as those Huggies add up.

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u/fme222 Jan 31 '25

Except my son, who tripped at the park and hit his nose causing it to bleed. Wipes were in the car and not my bag, thankfully he wasn't hurting or crying, but man what a mom walk of shame holding him running through a park holding a child who was EXCITEDLY waving and saying HI!!!! 😁to every single person we passed, oblivious to the fact his face was COVERED in blood to greet them 😭 I tried not to look, but I can only imagine their reaction as they contemplate what just ran past them 😭🤣

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u/Farting_Champion Jan 30 '25

That girl is adorable. That was cute as shit.

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u/ImmoKnight Jan 30 '25

She fought herself hard there... you can tell she wanted to give the baby the biggest hug ever but had to fight the urge.

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u/FOSSnaught Jan 30 '25

Soon

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u/Organic-Remove9512 Jan 30 '25

Right?! Like she’s trying so hard to respect the baby’s independence but every fiber of her being just wants to swoop in! 🥰

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u/Stormy8888 Jan 30 '25

If there was audio we'd hear things like "OMG! OMG you're walking! Come on, come on, you got this, you're doing so great! Come to me! YESS!!!"

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u/SunriseSurprise Jan 30 '25

Not sure if difficulty walking or "holy shit she's acting crazy, I don't know if I should..."

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u/harm_and_amor Jan 30 '25

Or maybe the baby inspired the worker to finally take her first steps too!

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u/CurrentPossible2117 Jan 30 '25

The wiggly fingers, for me 🤣 So much restrainy and enjoyment in those moments

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u/Cosmic_Quasar Jan 30 '25

He was siphoning her ability to walk and channeling it through his body. She had to pick him up to regain her ability to walk. ^{^/s}

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u/Farting_Champion Jan 30 '25

She's an angel. That smile warms me. She can watch my kids anytime.

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u/Yupthrowawayacct Jan 31 '25

She’s an earth mama. There are some of them and they are magical. And when they hug you it’s amazing.

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u/1CaliCALI Jan 30 '25

Love this

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u/InlineSkateAdventure Jan 30 '25

I'm more interested in the kid playing next to the worker. He couldn't care less 😂

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u/Amannderrr Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25

I love that the worker is down on the floor actually playing with the babies & not in her phone ignoring them 🫶🏼

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u/Initial_Ground1031 Jan 30 '25

First thing I thought as well!

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u/gavinkurt Jan 31 '25

Yeah exactly. At least this worker was actually doing her job and engaging with the children.

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u/Hot-Audience2325 Jan 30 '25

the camera that parents can potentially view remotely likely helps with that

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u/aredditusername69 Jan 30 '25

Why would she not be? It's her job

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u/BaerMinUhMuhm Jan 30 '25

"It's your job" isn't enough for a lot of daycare workers to not just be on their phones.

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u/DonnyTheWalrus Jan 30 '25

Are you telling me you've never been on your phone when you're supposed to be working?

Not excusing it with daycare workers, of course. But it's a thing people do sometimes.

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u/FredMist Jan 31 '25

I’ve walked pass daycare workers at the playground who are just on their phones while the kids play. Same with nannies. It’s annoying because the kids end up coming over to the involved parent (me) and wanting to play but I’m trying to stay focused on my younger 15mo who is more likely to take a tumble.

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u/back_to_the_homeland Jan 30 '25

I also think the woker couldn't get too far from the other babies

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u/wemustburncarthage Feb 02 '25

also the kid walking has no idea they did anything special, lol. They're probably just like "oh hey, I got taller."

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u/Extension_Shallot679 Jan 30 '25

Pretty sure that's a girl my dude.

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u/DarkStrobeLight Jan 30 '25

You can tell because the shirt is ruffled on the bottom edge 🙄

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u/Icy_Bad_8585 Jan 30 '25

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

U.S is fucked up.Moms shoud skip such a beatifull moments.My country moms,have 2 years with their babies.

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u/datGAAPtho Jan 30 '25

As a Dad, i would also like to witness this moment. - Sad American

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u/banti51 Jan 30 '25

I'm the same, I was there when my daughter was born and I was so fortunate to be there when she took her first steps.... I'd be gutted to have missed it

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u/munchkickin Jan 30 '25

I was working when my son said his first words and took his first steps. In fact I missed all of his milestones. I’m a sad American mom.

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u/Matzie138 Jan 30 '25

Oh I’m so sorry. And mad on your behalf - if she had any firsts at daycare, we did not hear a peep about them. They let us have those moments.

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u/Initial_Ground1031 Jan 30 '25

I worked at a daycare part time in college and we never told the parents if they took their first steps. We wanted them to have those moments. They would come in so excited the next day. I just could not take that away from them. 🥹

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u/brackenandbryony Jan 31 '25

I know this is often advocated so I was really explicit with my daycare that I want to know if he does something new haha I want to know about it when it happens, and I don't like being lied to. I assume I'm in the minority 🤣

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u/kmc6989 Jan 30 '25

I worked in an infant room at a daycare and then as a nanny in college. The closest I’d ever get to telling the parents was saying their child looked really close to taking that first step (or whatever milestone) that day so they would be on the lookout even more. I never wanted the parents to feel like they were missing all of the moments.

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u/Invisible_Friend1 Jan 30 '25

Yeah! I’m shocked they share this video- I’d never have said a thing.

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u/corkscrewfork Jan 30 '25

Might be a place where parents can watch the cameras, so they'd have been able to ask for the footage to save at pickup. I worked at a place with a similar setup, and the worker waving at the camera and trying to get the kid to do the same supports that to me.

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u/Inevitable_Phase_276 Jan 30 '25

It looked like she was pointing to the camera afterwards and waving, so they likely know that the parents are watching or will tell them to.

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u/MaryQC Jan 30 '25

My parents watched my oldest when I worked. She did all her firsts when I was around so said my dad. I’m just choosing to believe him.

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u/MamaBird828 Jan 31 '25

Never stop believing him!!! My son was in the NICU and I missed things. I have to remind myself that it’s about our memories together. He will not remember and I will choose happy memories for us both!

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u/MechEJD Jan 30 '25

I got so lucky with my first. He had been cruising on the coffee table for what felt like months. I was working from home one day and my wife was screaming my name. I panicked and walked out to my son who stared me down and took his first 10 steps over to me. Can't believe I didn't miss it.

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u/meanteeth71 Jan 30 '25

Right? My former boss was back at work 10 days after giving birth. It’s crazy!

That said, America has always had a weird relationship with work.

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u/avlopp Jan 30 '25

That's no excuse though. In Japan, who has a notoriously toxic work culture (some would even say the worst), employers must provide 14 weeks of maternity leave, 6 weeks of prenatal leave (before the expected delivery date), and 8 weeks of postnatal leave (after the birth).

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u/sibre2001 Jan 30 '25

I think they did all that because their birthrate is so low. And it didn't help. Though God forbid we help families for the sole reason of helping families.

One of the best reasons I've seen for our plummeting birthrate around the world is that we've always had a hard time getting animals to breed in captivity.

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u/avlopp Jan 30 '25

I think parental leave for both parents should be considered a human right. A child needs time to bond.

I am so glad I live in Sweden where this is the norm.

First off, since my wife has a physically taxing job she could apply for pregnancy leave from the 60th day before the estimated birth date.

When my daughter was born I was first of all granted ten days of IMMEDIATE leave to bond with my child and help take care of my wife once we left the hospital. All I had to do was message my boss and tell him my wife had given birth.

One child equals 480 days of parental leave. Ninety days are reserved for each parent and cannot be transferred to the other parent.

My wife stayed home for a year, and then I took over for three months before my daughter started kindergarten.

Now I'm using up the remaining days for school breaks and the odd long weekend, since I can use them until my kid is twelve.

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u/sibre2001 Jan 30 '25

God, that sounds amazing. My wife got six weeks of leave because she was in the military.

I got to finish my deployment and meet my firstborn when he was six weeks old.

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u/gjoeyjoe Jan 30 '25

a society that cares for its children, cares for its future. i could only DREAM of my tax dollars going to something as tangibly beneficial as having kids cared for and fed.

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u/chicken-nanban Jan 30 '25

The other person is right. They did that to try to encourage people to have kids.

Some notes on this:

All of that is unpaid.

As a woman of childbearing years, you’ll probably not get a decent job in the first place because they assume as soon as you have a kid you won’t be working.

They don’t have to keep the job open for you to return to if they can justify needing you replaced. And the justifications are flimsy.

Because of the birth rate issue, one way the big brained government here has decided to tackle it is by not teaching anything about sex Ed. They actively want teen pregnancies.

There are a whole lot of problems with womens lives in Japan. To a great extent, I think Americans have it better, save for the insurance costs. At least in America, you only marginally less likely to be hired for a job you’ve trained for because you’re a woman. Versus Japan where you’re the oddity to actually have a job with upward mobility if they know you are planning on or have children.

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u/avlopp Jan 30 '25

Thanks for clearing that up. That's really sad. One would think that it'd be greatly encouraged if increasing the birth rate was the stated goal.

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u/meanteeth71 Jan 30 '25

I did not say it was an excuse. I'm offering it as an example of what's toxic about current American work culture. But thanks.

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u/avlopp Jan 30 '25

I didn't mean it like that. I meant that the American government shouldn't use Americans weird work relationship as an excuse not to give you guys federally funded parental leave. I'm sorry if I came across as rude.

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u/meanteeth71 Jan 30 '25

I appreciate your apology. I was taken aback. We are making the same point.

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u/Dav136 Jan 30 '25

They're given all that but they're still very pressured to not use it

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u/Invisible_Friend1 Jan 30 '25

Not to be annoying, but none of that would allow for a parent to see first steps.

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u/kel174 Jan 30 '25

I couldn’t imagine..10 days!? My down there would not have been ready for that. I didn’t even want to get in a car because sitting was painful. Don’t get me started on the massive pads I had to use afterwards too, so much blood 😳

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u/meanteeth71 Jan 30 '25

It was insane. Her (male) colleagues (all fathers) weaponized her pregnancy to get up to shenanigans. We contained it for 10 days.

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u/Cultjam Jan 30 '25

Not surprising at all.

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u/CPUforU Jan 30 '25

Weird? That's putting it mildly.

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u/meanteeth71 Jan 30 '25

Hey . . . we're on a thread that is supposed to make us smile.

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u/Aksi_Gu Jan 30 '25

America has always had a ~~weird~~ puritanical relationship with work.

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u/Unusual_Sherbert_809 Jan 30 '25

Same here (Canada). Only here it's 1 - 1.5 years.

Sadly we were in the USA when we had our daughters and didn't know any better. The USA excels in making sure you don't know there's a better world out there.

Truly if there is one thing that exemplifies just how messed up the USA is, it's their paternity leave. We had to send our babies to daycare when they were only a couple of months old. Some moms have to be back at work within weeks (if that). It's so incredibly wrong.

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u/chicken-nanban Jan 30 '25

My friend was working up to her due date. Her water broke as she was heading for work that morning.

She had a tough birth, and was in labor for 26 hours. Full tear down there, major sutures. Do not Google episiotomy if you’re a woman and squeamish.

She was discharged from the hospital the following day, about 16 hours after giving birth.

She was lucky in that her family was around to help with the baby, but she needed to work to have a place to live.

She was back at her job 3 days after giving birth. She could barely walk, was still bleeding all over, and in pain because her milk hadn’t come in yet. But she had to work at the grocery store she managed the bakery in, or they’d be homeless. To say nothing of the bill from the birth she got (roughly $800 in 2015 monies) after her (surprisingly good) insurance.

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u/BarefootandWild Jan 31 '25

This breaks my heart. I don’t think i’ve stopped to realise how fortunate I am. My first born was 31hrs, a full episiotomy and was born with a previously unknown birth defect, requiring several lengthy surgeries as a baby. I thought I had it bad (yes of course it was painful and emotionally traumatising) but I didn’t have to return to work and could be by his side fully for every single moment. I couldn’t even BEGIN to imagine how excruciating this would have been for her. 😞

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u/khaleesibrasil Jan 30 '25

Cost of living here is too expensive to have people stay at home usually. Or the fear of losing their job and not being able to find a new one because of a gap in their resume if they do take a break.

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u/Hunger_Of_The_Pine_ Jan 30 '25

Think the commentor is saying they give 1) statutory parental leave, which means an employer can't fire you etc for taking leave, 2) probably have better employment protections overall, so you are unlikely to be dismissed whilst on mat leave for some bogus alternative reason, 3) the government pays and/or company's give paid leave so you can afford to stay home. Because you're still getting paid.

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u/gcsmith2 Jan 30 '25

But comment or is saying their country is still biased against dads :-)

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u/littlemsshiny Jan 30 '25

And gap in health insurance. Employer-based healthcare is dumb.

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u/Militantnegro_5 Jan 30 '25

Yet Americans will swear up and down their cost of living is extremely low because they believe Europeans are being taxed into poverty.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

Thats what im saying capitan obvious....America is fuckedup

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u/khaleesibrasil Jan 30 '25

I was agreeing with you? No need to be rude

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u/Garviel_Loken95 Jan 30 '25

Why are you being a jerk about someone agreeing with you

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u/Fit_Hospital2423 Jan 30 '25

Or you could do like i and my wife did. She stayed home and raised the kids and we lived very very frugally in a little place with an old car… and I worked my ass off 70 hours a week. Now 40 years later, the kids are grown ….And we’re in a way better place financially and she has all those sweet moments and memories.

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u/Inevitable_Phase_276 Jan 30 '25

That takes a certain type of marriage, and health. As ideal as it might seem it’s also very dangerous for a stay at home spouse to put faith in that. Finding a job with flexible hours for a single parent after a decade out of the workforce is very difficult, and usually means starting in a lower position then you were in when you left your career. One salary also is no longer enough to raise a family on in most cases, at least not in the US.

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u/Fit_Hospital2423 Jan 30 '25

Yes indeed. The kind of marriage that God intended. One that is till death do us part. And you mentioned health. Actually by my mid 50’s I was unable to work…..And my wife carried us thru to retirement age. And you say it takes a two income marriage these days. That’s a ridiculously broad-brush statement.

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u/haterofslimes Jan 30 '25

The fact that you don't even seem to comprehend how fucked this is really drives home the point on how brainbroken a lot of Americans are.

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u/Fit_Hospital2423 Jan 30 '25

What? That people have to work hard and be very careful of their budget in order to raise a family? I believe it’s been that way for thousands of years, buddy. I don’t know what fantasy world you live in.

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u/khaleesibrasil Feb 02 '25

That’s not something to proud of. If you’re working 70 hours a week, how much time did you get to spend with your child?

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u/Ocsh21 Jan 30 '25

Agreed. In the US here. When I had my child I only had 6 weeks off before I had to go back to work. My mother watched my child while I worked. She probably saw all of their firsts. But she pretended she didn't. And so the first time I saw my baby walk, those were their first steps. We both know that my mom saw them first, but it means a lot to me that she would try and make me feel like I was there for it.

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u/MarionberryBoring740 Jan 30 '25

Exactly 💯

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u/LinwoodKei Jan 30 '25

It would be nice

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u/Particular_Worker109 Jan 30 '25

I think here in Germany it's one year and in that time you get paid 60% of your income

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u/Zealousideal-Sir-560 Jan 30 '25

School is really great for a toddler if done right. Socializes them with others, gets them used to not always being attached to mom, can teach them independence

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u/rumbleindacrumble Jan 30 '25

Literally my first thought. I’m Canadian and got 15 months with my baby and got to be the one she walked to when she took her first steps.

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u/Basboy Jan 30 '25

Yup...funny thing is that because of COVID, I was able to go full time remote and see my daughter's first steps. Thanks Obama.

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u/RGB_Muscle Jan 30 '25

I agree. Wish there was a good/easily obtainable solution.

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u/MamaBird828 Jan 31 '25

I agree. But, I’m so thankful for this beautiful lady and her excitement for this sweet child. That baby should have her momma, and dad if possible. But, since she didn’t, I’m glad she had this wonderful human!

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u/Kowai03 Jan 31 '25

It's fucked up in most places

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u/Impossible_Door_8925 Feb 03 '25

I spent all of 23.5 hours with my daughter on the day she started walking. It was the 30 minutes I went to the supermarket alone that she took her first steps towards her dad. Can’t catch all those moments unfortunately.

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u/Organic-Remove9512 Jan 30 '25

It’s like a real-life boss battle between pure joy and self-control—she’s barely holding back the urge to scoop them up like a prize!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

Seeing this remotely and on video isn't ideal in my opinion. As a parent I was able to see that our child would soon be taking his first 10 steps (the standard that the Dr. told us to judge by). I spoke to the day care staff and told them to not disclose to my full time working wife ( I am a consultant and primary ) that our son was walking. This is something I wanted both of us to witness together. Luckily, before he broke 10 we had a trip to Paris planned and we set up a video camera and got three steps in front of the Eiffel tower. Thinking the grass was a problem, we tried the flat gravel paths but he was more interested in eating small gravel at that time. Two days later were were in a castle when he finally put 12 steps together in front of both of us but not recorded. Before we left the castle he was moving all around the place and even playing peek-a-boo behind the columns in the great room. We've been back to the castle twice since then and he knows that he was raised (partially) like a French royal. BTW - we did the same when it came to speaking. His first sentence was co-witnessed by us at dinner one evening.

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u/kwhitit Jan 30 '25

that's a woman who's in the right job! i hope they take good care of her there.

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u/Neat_Try6535 Jan 30 '25

My fav…the person who is your day care nurturer is so important. Ours is our daughter’s person and she is so excited to see her.

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u/TootsNYC Jan 30 '25

she gave up the effort at the end, but she held out a long time!

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u/Endorkend Jan 30 '25

That's exactly how and why my neighbors first kid had a marked delay in learning to walk.

They kept snatching the kid up every time she tried to walk, so after a while she just kinda didn't bother trying anymore.

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u/l_i_t_t_l_e_m_o_n_ey Jan 30 '25

Watching her resist the urge to let the baby take steps

what?

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u/Master-Extension2475 Jan 30 '25

Her energy is so contagious 👏

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u/artgarciasc Jan 30 '25

The amount of self control is amazing.

Wholesome Moments Daycare CCTV captures a baby's first steps, and her mother is overwhelmed by the workers' excitement.

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