I've been watching Zoe and Alfie for so many years that I can't even remember the moment I started seeing them truly... I've been reading on and off back on gurugissipier and now here, and I finally decided to register because around this pregnancy I'm just so baffled....
I do like the nursery, but the wallpaper is much to get used to, perhaps if the pattern was more spaced out... And I won't even go about the impracticability of the set up, you all have said it well. I feel like they do realize how they won't get much sleep, how they'll need to change the layout of the nursery if it is to be ever used, how there will be poop and puke and all that, but I think it's all very theoretical in their head... like, when people know that elephants are these very very big animals but you don't really get just how big until you see one in real life.
Also, what's with the cradle/baby lounge's colourless toys? How is this supposed to be high end baby gear? Color is stimulating and proven to be important... Never mind, what I actually wanted to say is about the teddy bear, I noticed how Zoe said something of the sorts of "she'll keep this one for life" (not exact quote)... Well, what if Pay is not as sentimental as you? What if she cuts it when she is five or tears it while playing? Or just doesn't like it... I felt like it was a weird way to say it. You can hope she will keep it, or make sure she does, but to straight out say she will... just because you have this dream image of what having a daughter is.
Also, while babysitting my niece had a thought - I can imagine Zoe and Alfie with a baby. I can imagine them with a child of over 4 or 5, but for the love of me I can't see them with a toddler... the tantrums, the disobedience they sometimes show (normal for the age), I just can't picture Zoe with a screaming two year old, I don't know if it's just me. After all, babies will stay put while you watch your christmas movies, a child will self-occupy or play, but a toddler - nope.