CRAP. My daughter is so close to crawling. She is on all fours rocking back and forth. Did I say CRAP already? I know lots of other first-time parents would be excited. I am not so much. I like being able to run to grab x,y,z and have her be in the same place when I return 30 seconds later. I said CRAP, right?

We put the child locks on the cabinets last Saturday after the girl found the Cheerios. *sigh*

(About an hour ago, I heard the dog yelp in pain because the girl was pulling his tail. *deeper sigh*)

My first never left my side. My second started exploring from the minute she could crawl. I knew the security procedure for a lost child at every major department and grocery store within 20 miles. That kid could get out of a stroller or grocery cart in 3 seconds flat.

At 18 mos. she crossed a major thoroughfare following a kitten who came across our yard. We were frantically searching when luckily a woman with her own small child saw her, picked her up and drove her back home.

So, yeah, enjoy the crawling phase.

I watched the whole video hoping that she wasn't going to bang her head into that table...

I have twin boys who are now 10. Keeping track of them was a nightmare, so...yeah. You have my sympathies.

Ugh I have no kids, but I'm feeling the stress from just THINKING about keeping track of two little ones! But it was quickly alleviated by that ADORABLE, adorable video. Omg, when she goes from crawling to sitting up I died a little from the cuteness. Awwww!!

You would think after having seven kids, I would have my house babyproofed, but I have had to call poison control four times on my two year old. She can scale a kitchen cabinet in the blink of an eye. It doesn't matter how well you Marlo proof, if she wants it, she will find a way to get it.

My son is just a bit younger than Marlo and has been full on walking for over a month now. He is my 4th baby but my first boy. I have never had to really baby proof before this. I am thinking of just mounting everything to the ceiling although I am sure that he would find his way up there too!

We put our fireplace tools away for about five years. We totally forgot we even HAD them. Our kids are two years or less apart and we have three of them. Imagine one mom running THREE WAYS while her husband was at work.

ARRRGH!

They're now 12, 14 and 16. The only thing we worry about them putting in their mouths is ALL OUR FOOD.

Ahhh, have fun with that!
My son is almost a year ago, and I'm fairly certain I ONLY WANT ONE!

He's started standing up in the blink of an eye -- like, one minute he could barely crawl, and the next minute he was crawling into the dryer and chasing after ants (and most likely eating them, but I figure ants are OK, compared to some of the stuff he's eaten.)

Have you tried giving her a pair of scissors and a plastic bag? That oughta keep her occupied.

Let her get into the liquor cabinet, then you both will get some rest!

Oh, and for those table corners, giant maxi pads work wonders. They should use it in their ad campaigns.

I really never considered the brain machinations required to manage two mobile children.

That statement right there is why we stopped at two children. We were terrified to push anything beyond the man-to-man defense (that we could barely call successful).

Oh dear. You have my sympathies as well. My son is a month younger than Marlo and is already cruising the furniture. I was seriously surprised to see stuff on your coffee table still. Mine has only one lone coaster left. Sigh. The other day he managed to pull the kitchen trash can down onto himself and was covered in chicken grease. Hang in there! It won't last forever...right?

My 25-month old has long known how to push a kitchen chair over to the counter. Where the knives are. Welcome to hell.

All I can think as I watch this is "TAKE THAT FRAKKIN' SODA OFF THE COFFEE TABLE - IT'S A TICKING TIME BOMB!!!" Not that I'm scarred from own experiences or anything.

Um, you know your supercute house? In a few months, it may resemble a padded cell as you learn to put everything breakable/dangerous out of her increasing reach. Our son got so he'd be showing us how to undo the childproof locks etc, and we ended up getting rid of every little knickknack and non-essential (those were up high)- we got it down around our house but taking him elsewhere was a nightmare. Did you know regular people have photo frames, with glass...they have wineglasses on the counter, they have expensive Cdplayers on the floor ... what are they thinking!?