Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I dropped by a baby present for my friend's daughter, who is due this week.  Us grandmas are greatly relieved when the baby is born.  We know too much, have too many stories in our heads, to be sanguine about birthing.  It will all turn out fine I'm sure, but my friend is tense and jumpy, because that's the way it is.  We discussed the marvels of the development of babies from birth to one year old.  She'd just had her friend stopped by with their eleven month old grandchild, and before their eyes he figured out how to stand up from sitting.  They are amazing.  How the brain does what it has to do is extraordinary.  My personal favorite for amazement is how the heck babies learn about humor.  It seems so complex and depending on so many signals.  But they all know what silly is and that if grandma puts a pan on her head that's cause for giggles.  Yes, babies are the ultimate entertainment!  And boy do they like an audience!