Gabi's Snugli

Papa carrying Gabi in her Snugli

As mentioned previously, baby Gabi is now big enough to ride around in her Snugli carrier. That's not to say that she particularly likes doing so, but she's certainly allowed. She tolerates the Snugli quite well about half the time, which gives Mama and I the unprecedented experience of being able to use both of our hands while still keeping her "pick-me-up" needs satisfied. Here, you see me using both of my hands to fill out some (unforgivably late) thank you notes for baby shower presents.

Of course, Gabi prefers to be carried the old-fashioned way, and she certainly lets us know that. She let me know that for most of Friday night, for example. I was remarking to Melissa that being cute must have been an evolutionary advantage for babies, because otherwise parents might not bother to take care of these little fussbuckets. She replied that pandas apparently have this exact problem in that baby pandas are rather ugly when they are first born. As a result, mama pandas have been known to run away from their little squealing cubs rather than take care of them, compounding the panda's status as an endangered species.