Efficient Baby

That's our nickname for Libby, who is three feet of pure efficiency waddling purposefully around our house.

Need something thrown in the trash? Efficient Baby will do it with gusto.

Help with the laundry? Efficient Baby will be there in the thick of it all before you can ask. Doesn't matter if the clothes are clean or dirty: They are going into that washing machine if EB has anything to say about it.

Just want to take a picture of an adorable little girl with a bow in her hair? Bring out the camera; and before you can turn around, Efficient Baby will be standing (smile and pose ready) in one of the three main "picture takin' " spots in our house.


Don't leave the gate off the bottom of the stairs even for a minute. If Efficient Baby notices, she will climb those stairs with lightning speed -- whether she wants to go upstairs or not. It would be a shame to leave those steps just sitting there unclimbed. Someone should be using them.

Say the word "bath," and Efficient Baby will hurry as fast as her chubby little legs can carry her to the tub. It is especially hilarious when Efficient Baby is in naked mode.

Here is Efficient Baby multitasking (it's more -- you guessed it -- efficient). Chewing all her pieces of sausage at once (why expend all that energy needlessly opening and closing your mouth for separate bites?) while simultaneously carrying her quickly emptied dirty plate to the dishwasher and putting it in*. Breakfast and cleanup accomplished in 38 seconds. Wow, that is one Efficient Baby.

*You may notice that EB is putting her dirty plate into a dishwasher full of clean dishes. I do not bother arguing with her about this. It wouldn't be...well, you know.