Baby advice to a co-worker

One of our team’s engineers is about to go on maternity leave, so I emailed some advice to her. It’s too important not to share with my vast audience. Plus, it’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog:

Hey <name redacted> – I’m working at home today because my washing machine broke again last night. So here’s some advice that you won’t get anywhere else.

Buy one of these, or something like it:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3502301

Use it. Because you’ll need to wash lots of baby stuff, including baby socks. Baby socks, it turns out, are tiny and get sucked into the pumps of washing machines.
I’ve spent about $300 now on various fixes over the past two years – each time has been due to their damned little socks getting stuck. The one the guy pulled out today is a 3-12mo. sock, meaning it’s been in the bowels of my washing machine, unnoticed, for over a year.

Anyway, enjoy the ride. It’s little stupid stuff like this that drives parents insane. The kids are easy.*

– Steve

*They are not easy.