The Coffee Table

Riok absolutely ADORES the living room coffee table!!! As soon as he could move, his goal in life was to reach the coffee table. After all, it is the optimal fort of all 8-month-olds!


Of course as soon as he learned how to maneuver into the bottom part of the coffee table, getting out was an entirely different story.

Once he figured out how to get in, he proceeded to make everyone crazy as he yelled at the coffee table for not letting him out and for constantly hitting him on the head. No matter how many times he tried to sit up inside the table, it would continuously strike him down for no good reason!

He found this unacceptable, yet could not escape it's grasp. I would constantly drag him out and explain that if him and the coffee table could not play nice then they were not to play at all.

Over time they have found a common ground and the coffee table has even went to such lengths as to try and help Riok reach his developmental goal of pulling himself to standing.

Lately, Riok has found out that the coffee table lends an entirely new and exciting aspect to his life. Not only is it the BEST fort in all the land, but if you put one leg under the table, the other on top of the first shelf, and position yourself JUST RIGHT, it is optimal toe-sucking territory.



...And now you know the tale of the boy and his coffee table. His wondrous magical fortress of all that is right with the world!!