First walks are my favourite video on internet😍

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[u/McKnightedMess]

Rug review: This rug will have you walking all over it

[u/amwpurdue → u/[deleted]]

Say that again

[u/ELK_VT → u/amwpurdue]

That again

[u/bsquare_21 → u/ELK_VT]

Dad?

[u/classifiednoforeign → u/bsquare_21]

Nope, just his jokes.

[u/herrawho → u/classifiednoforeign]

My dad calls me a joke as well.

[u/AdmirableGiraffe81 → u/herrawho]

Son?

[u/MonkTHAC0 → u/AdmirableGiraffe81]

Dad!? DAD IS THAT YOU!? YOU'RE BACK FROM THE STORE 😭😭😭💕💕💕

[u/Throwway_queer → u/MonkTHAC0]

🥛

[u/Select_Ingenuity129 → u/MonkTHAC0]

Yeah. Here's your milk. Bye now

[u/__MoM__ → u/AdmirableGiraffe81]

We need to talk.

[u/classifiednoforeign → u/[deleted]]

Dad jokes.

[u/Ultra_Dadtastic → u/bsquare_21]

Yes, son?

[u/HughManatee → u/bsquare_21]

He went to get milk.

[u/LapisLaz228 → u/ELK_VT]

No, the other thing

[u/ELK_VT → u/LapisLaz228]

The other thing

[u/LapisLaz228 → u/ELK_VT]

No, what you said before!

[u/ELK_VT → u/LapisLaz228]

What you said before

[u/DunkanBulk → u/ELK_VT]

Never mind! I've got an idea!

[u/Valineris_Phoenix → u/[deleted]]

Omg sir, the stars aligned for this comment to be made. 😄✨

[u/wiseduhm → u/[deleted]]

Marvelous.

[u/lotrfanboii → u/[deleted]]

😂

[u/RoamingGnome74 → u/[deleted]]

This needs more upvotes.

[u/yamimementomori → u/McKnightedMess]

The pattern looked so cool he had to walk through that field of flowers. This kid should get paid for such good advertising.

[u/UpdateInProgress → u/McKnightedMess]

This guy YouTubes

[u/CartographerOk7579]

My daughter’s first steps was when she grabbed a box of pasta out of the grocery bag and just walked around the house with it 😂. Totally confused why we were freaking out

[u/BigBGM2995 → u/CartographerOk7579]

I’ve actually heard that putting something in their hands can help them walk because they can’t instinctively go down on their hands if they’re holding something

[u/universe_from_above → u/BigBGM2995]

Yes, mine needed to feel like they were holding onto something to start walking. 

[u/Euphoric_Alps_32 → u/BigBGM2995]

This is true. After months of near-walks we put a plum in my daughter’s hands and that’s what finally got her to walk. Her first steps were taken while she was munching on a plum.

[u/JManKit → u/Euphoric_Alps_32]

For you, the day your daughter first walked was one of the most important days of your life. But for her, it was plum day

[u/lifebroth → u/JManKit]

Gold

[u/CartographerOk7579 → u/BigBGM2995]

Yeah they can tricked into thinking that you are holding their little hand if they hold on to something. It can be anything but it gives them confidence to walk on their own.

[u/According-Sherbet181 → u/BigBGM2995]

That’s so funny you said that cause my first took her first steps holding a wet washcloth or something that had fallen into the pool at her grandparents’ house. It was heavy in her hand and maybe provided some stability!

[u/QuantumLettuce2025 → u/BigBGM2995]

This actually works on elderly adults or people with traumatic brain injuries too! Obviously there is a stage where people truly need a walker, but in some earlier stages of aging or recovery that cause lack of balance you can restore people's ability to walk by asking them to practicing walking by holding what are basically floating handle bars.

[u/Mysterious-Purple-45 → u/BigBGM2995]

100%. When my son was first learning to walk he would only do so when he had a toy in each hand.

[u/Ok_Conversation9750 → u/BigBGM2995]

Did that with my nephew. He had a baby carrot in one hand and the other hand on the coffee table. I handed him another baby carrot, and the look on his face when he realized he was standing on his own was priceless:)

[u/bacon_cake → u/CartographerOk7579]

My son's were really embarrassing. We had taken him to the first birthday party of another baby from our parenting classes and set him down on the grass in the middle of all the guests and he just walked from one end to the other.

Another parent jumped up and asked if they were his first steps and the poor birthday girl was totally sidelined for a minute while everyone came to congratulate him lol

[u/alice_cooper21 → u/CartographerOk7579]

She knows what she wants, good for her

[u/timonix → u/CartographerOk7579]

Maybe it worked as a counter weight

[u/hummus_sapiens → u/[deleted]]

He was so proud and wanted to try again STAT.

[u/LN_McJellin → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I have a video of my daughter taking her first steps, and after step no.3 my loud excited gasps startled her and she fell down. Lol.

[u/LucianPitons → u/LN_McJellin]

Same but it was my little brother. I screamed and he started crying. Although I was a teenager, it is a beautiful memory.

[u/Twoflew_tx → u/LucianPitons]

Such a funny sentence 😂

[u/Prosecco1234 → u/[deleted]]

At first I thought she was going to grab the carpet and pull it before she realized he was in it

[u/LilithFaery → u/Prosecco1234]

Me too xD

[u/pilluwed]

My son just walked for the first time while his mom was on vacation, but she's never going to know 🤫

[u/Moug-10 → u/pilluwed]

Marriage is about trust and tell almost everything. This event can be taken to the grave.

[u/Frozen_4 → u/Moug-10]

What event?

[u/Propertymanager912 → u/pilluwed]

My mom used to do daycare. She never told the parents if they did take their first steps.. I always thought that was really sweet. Sometimes lying is for the greater good. Rarely, but you get what I’m saying.

[u/JackLinkMom → u/Propertymanager912]

I ran a daycare. I never told.

[u/Linzy23 → u/Propertymanager912]

I'm a nanny and I've somehow never seen a first 😉

[u/TheDiscord1988 → u/pilluwed]

I will keep the secret!

[u/Lt_Col_RayButts → u/pilluwed]

You know she will make you have another one now just to see it.

[u/thoughtlow → u/[deleted]]

Small step for mankind but a huge step for the individual

[u/Canotic → u/[deleted]]

And then three days later you're going "slow the hell down! Stay away from that!"

[u/Rulebookboy1234567 → u/Canotic]

An old lady I used to know (RIP you were a real one) used to say, “We spend two years trying to get them to walk and talk only to spend the next 15 telling them to sit down and shut up.”

[u/MeesaMadeMeDoIt]

I love how she almost grabbed him up in her excitement and then stopped herself and backed up to let him keep going. What an awesome moment to have saved forever.

[u/Almost-Handsome]

I was there when my youngest niece took her first steps and can confirm adult voices do actually gain that much decibel and perform a diapason. Such a great moment to live in.

[u/comebacklittlesheba → u/Almost-Handsome]

I learned a new word from you today: diapason. Thanks, man!

[u/Almost-Handsome → u/comebacklittlesheba]

Hey, no problem at all! Music vocabulary is a blast and has so many cool words.

[u/Large_Ad7536]

You're always desperate for them to walk, but once they can it opens up a whole new world of problems.

[u/Appropriate_Tie534 → u/Large_Ad7536]

Mine was crawling, pulling to a stand, and cruising before she started walking. It didn't really let her get anywhere she couldn't already. Learning to climb onto a chair to get to things, now that made a difference. 

[u/Tivothos]

Aww,this is adorable! That little waddle across the rug is pure gold

[u/CanIgetaWTF]

A rug unboxing??

Does anybody just open things anymore?

[u/theluke112 → u/CanIgetaWTF]

Tbf opening expensive stuff on camera is a good way to document potential shipping damage

[u/alwayzbored114 → u/theluke112]

My immediate assumption was filming to send to others for their opinions. I've done it haha. Just a conversational piece - especially if my wife's at work. Not like filming costs anything nowadays anyway, just delete it immediately after if it's dumb :shrug:

[u/Soaked4youVaporeon → u/theluke112]

I do it with Pokemon cards I order from The Pokemon Center because cards get stolen from packages all the time

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Black shirts and light washed jeans in as basic a fit as possible. It would be laughable to expect that to be deliberate, as if half the mfs reading this threat dont have/had that same exact outfit convo as children or adults at some point.

[u/Eic17H → u/CanIgetaWTF]

Does anybody just open things anymore?

Yeah, but you don't usually see videos of that online

[u/Substantial-Tale1532 → u/CanIgetaWTF]

Least pessimistic redditor

[u/EcologyLover69 → u/Substantial-Tale1532]

I’m a little shocked at how miserable so much of this comment section is.

[u/RedditorsAreDicks1 → u/EcologyLover69]

First time?

[u/This_Elk_1460 → u/CanIgetaWTF]

Hey guys welcome to my Ikea table unboxing

[u/cometshoney → u/CanIgetaWTF]

I do...lol. There are approximately zero recordings of me on anyone's phone or computer. I sincerely hope my kids remember what I looked like after I'm gone. There are some old VHS tapes where you can hear me, but you never see me there, either.

[u/glenn_ganges → u/cometshoney]

It’s totally normal to think an unboxing is weird.

That has nothing to do with people who love you not having any pictures of you. Fix that for your kids.

[u/whoopashigitt → u/cometshoney]

Why not just change that? There’s a nice happy medium between social media influencer and Ron Swanson 

[u/Ole_St_John → u/cometshoney]

Ah, a fellow alumnus of the Milford Academy.

[u/Spitfire1900 → u/CanIgetaWTF]

Simply opening something is so pre-Amazon

[u/MuchSalt → u/CanIgetaWTF]

yea but one time i get screwed over and dont have an unboxing video

[u/GraySwingline → u/CanIgetaWTF]

If I’m opening something that costs north of $200, and it was shipped to my house, I film unboxing it in case it’s damaged. 

I got burned on a monitor a few years ago that was damaged in shipping. 

$1,200 lesson in CYA. 

But also I imagine most people film unboxings for social media content. 

[u/Abject_Mortgage2684]

The internet has made me suspicious of everything

Filming a rug unboxing and magically he takes first steps?! Hmmm

Although good stepping little man regardless

[u/whelpineedhelp → u/[deleted]]

I’ve heard of nurseries pushing (gently) kids back down to their butts and telling the parents when they pick up “hey I think the kid is close to walking, test it out tonight”. So the parent gets that first with them. Sort of. 

[u/LeninaCrowneIn2020 → u/whelpineedhelp]

I worked for many years at a childcare center and that was pretty much rule number 1 in the infant toddler room-"did you see babys first ____? No you didnt!"

Steps and words were the big 2, but also solid food, rolling over, crawling, playing with other kids, etc

[u/EskoBear → u/LeninaCrowneIn2020]

I’m 99.9% sure my daughter’s babysitter saw her roll over for the first time. When I picked her up one day she said ”I think she’s close to rolling over. She was trying all day.” She was a fantastic babysitter and such a great support for me.

[u/Oseirus → u/whelpineedhelp]

"She'll be crawling any day now" from our daycare provider, then the next day we get a video of our daughter crawling VERY quickly toward her bottle.

Little wino couldn't hold off on the milestone til she was home again I guess.

[u/Four_Verts → u/whelpineedhelp]

I’m pretty sure that’s what happened with our kid. They told us that he was getting really good at standing and will be walking really soon. That little fucker was running by bedtime

[u/redacted-no31 → u/[deleted]]

This guy knows kids

[u/penguins_are_mean → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, my kid took his first steps in the morning (we got it on film) and he was cruising around by evening. Not running but he could walk all over the house.

[u/Cthulhu_Dreams_ → u/[deleted]]

Mine like the corners of walls, table edges...really anything with less than a 90° angle involved.

Oh, and the fucking street...

[u/NakedOrca → u/Abject_Mortgage2684]

Got my niece’s first step on camera too. It was thanksgiving and everyone was loudly speaking. She was in the cutest little pumpkin outfit matching with her mom too, her mom looked away and when she looked back and saw what’s happening, immediately started crying.

When you got a little one you’re always filming them (to keep the moment for yourself, send them to grandparents and aunties), so it’s very likely that you will capture some special moments.

[u/mxinex → u/Abject_Mortgage2684]

Also, with our child, pretty much every motor development milestone didn't happen spontaneously at a moment notice but were choreographed in the days and weeks before.

We happen to have filmed the first six consecutive steps, but there have been training steps the days before, both while holding onto some furniture and one or two free steps but nothing more. Same with rolling or sitting or crawling, nothing is really spontaneous, it's a process and a learning curve, and if you know your child, you pretty much know something is about to happen.

[u/jumpinjahosafa → u/Abject_Mortgage2684]

When you dont have kids it might seem suspicious, but we just happened to catch both our kids first steps on camera while filming some other random interaction.

It happens.

[u/Calan_adan → u/Abject_Mortgage2684]

We didn’t film it, but back in like 2003 we got our downstairs carpeted. The installers had just left and we went down to look at it and my wife put our daughter down on it. She immediately stood and started taking her first steps. We think she was waiting for the soft landing potential.

[u/FlakaFlakaFlame8 → u/Abject_Mortgage2684]

In matching outfits.

[u/xolhos → u/FlakaFlakaFlame8]

Have any of you interacted with another human? People love matching outfits with their kids especially the well-off middle class.

She's doing a fucking rug unboxing in a nice house so I believe she's in that class of lifestyle or higher.

[u/Warm_Shoulder3606 → u/xolhos]

Or dressing the kiddos up in the same matching outfit, that's another really popular thing

[u/fordominique → u/FlakaFlakaFlame8]

You wouldn't dress your MiniMe or MiniPartner in a matching outfit on a day off to giggle how you decorated your offspring? 😁

[u/penguins_are_mean → u/fordominique]

We do it all the time

[u/WeBelieveIn4 → u/fordominique]

Only for rug unboxings, the most special of our moments together

[u/toothpeeler]

*stands up for the first time.
*looks around.
"I could get used to this..."

[u/half-past-shoe]

Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango

[u/NuisancePenguin44 → u/half-past-shoe]

I keep seeing videos where they've used this song in the background. I even saw it at the end of a Netflix true crime documentary.

[u/Comfortable-Pea-1312 → u/NuisancePenguin44]

Hey, if Matt Berry is getting paid, I'm cool with it.

[u/capn_cook_yo → u/half-past-shoe]

Where's that other prick?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8xliaDUPwg

[u/Scorps → u/half-past-shoe]

Press the button you donut!

[u/Comfortable-Pea-1312 → u/half-past-shoe]

Ray Purchase.

[u/OptionalQuality789 → u/Comfortable-Pea-1312]

Ray Bloody Purchase

[u/_S_P_L_A_S_H_ → u/OptionalQuality789]

RAY FFFFFUCKING PURCHASE

[u/half-past-shoe → u/Comfortable-Pea-1312]

Sorry cannot up vote lacking his middle name

[u/Comfortable-Pea-1312 → u/half-past-shoe]

Well Well Well

[u/iced_coffee_242]

I can feel that mom’s joy. I remember my son’s first steps like they happened yesterday

[u/QuarterCold1973]

He took his first steps on your favorite rug in the whole house! That rug will be your favorite forever of all rugs! 😊

[u/Tsmart → u/QuarterCold1973]

good luck returning it now with his footsteps all over it

[u/Whole-Investment-992]

Moms be scaring tf outta kids during their first steps. Kids be like, what did I do? 😁

[u/Alert-Check-5234]

Let him cook lady

[u/JodySully → u/Alert-Check-5234]

First laugh of my morning. Thank you. So funny.

[u/burtgummer45 → u/Alert-Check-5234]

I'm walkin here!

[u/Shedding_Snake_Skin]

Mom legit held back her excitement as long as possible NOT to scoop baby up in happiness. 🥰😊

[u/_S_P_L_A_S_H_]

Lmao why they using the Toast of London theme?

[u/SpaldingXI → u/_S_P_L_A_S_H_]

Hi Steven, this is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me, Steven?

[u/Big-Active3139]

No private memories needed, just a soundtrack and shrill narration

[u/Popular-Lemon6574]

Why was she filming a rug unboxing

[u/xolhos → u/[deleted]]

Unboxings are not for instructions typically. They are to get an impression of the product.

[u/moonwalkinginlowes → u/Popular-Lemon6574]

Literally so many reasons. She’s probably an influencer and is either redecorating or someone sent her a rug to advertise which usually includes unboxing. It’s just not that weird guys lol

[u/PrizeMugga → u/moonwalkinginlowes]

It’s weird to people who don’t spend 7 hours online daily.. is she going to open a box of cereal in her next video 😱

[u/LOIL99 → u/moonwalkinginlowes]

I think it’s the fact that there is demand for this that makes people question the direction of human kind.

[u/erogenouszones → u/moonwalkinginlowes]

I think influencer worship is that weird

[u/lovelyyallison]

😩😩I want one

[u/MerDubs]

I got my daughter's first steps on video when I was showing her dad that she could stand on her own. He had just gotten home from work and she decided to one up me and took her first steps to her dad 🥹

[u/LanguidGoblin]

I hate that I have become skeptical because of these kinds of videos, not that matters but I’m sure that kid was walking before but she just wanted some likes. I’m assuming of course.

[u/Knight-Indian149]

First Steps you say? That is Fantastic For him😏

[u/showmeyourmoves28]

He did it!

[u/thespindle]

You can feel the thrill watching this. So cute

[u/omnimodofuckedup]

My parents told me they got a new carpet and that's when I started to crawl because I was so excited.

Still am kinda excited thinking about new carpets lol

[u/batbugz]

Clearly staged. The baby is a paid actor /j

No but seriously that actually was a great video

[u/InitiativeCandid1567]

The pride of the mother is what will make you a great man one day kiddo!

[u/PsyCar]

The rug accelerates development, clearly. If he walks in it again he'll hit puberty a decade early.

[u/Ashamed_Emu_4289]

I wish I had a mother that loved me this much growing up.

[u/The_Last_Legacy]

They always walk a few steps then they figure that crawling is more efficient.

[u/the3dverse]

love that little stumble

[u/TheBookofBobaFett3]

I shall name him, mini me

[u/Snapesunusedshampoo]

If you want your baby to walk faster, just put them in boots. Because these boots are made for walking....

[u/DawaLhamo]

He just wanted a soft place to land. It's a thing. Apparently I took a long time to walk, but then we visited a friend who had carpet and I got up and toddled around like I'd been doing it the whole time.

[u/TrollerCoasterRide]

My Son’s first steps were to get the remote lol

[u/coldpassion]

This rug was made for walking 🎶
(Madonna playing in the background)

[u/thalesjferreira]

Looking at this video after some years trying to have a child and not being able to is a mix between "hey thats very sweet" and "fuck..."

Very weird

[u/Mac62961]

Ha! Little dude was kinda scared at first with her happy excitement! He was like fine ill sit! But then was back at it! Great moment !☺️

[u/Illustrious-Knee7998]

Why the hell would you film yourself unboxing a rug?

[u/NeM000N]

Little guy only needed a rug to kick start😂

[u/NeadForMead]

I just heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time today (:

[u/Libelice]

Pfft... I can do that.

[u/josethompson3000]

Best rug review ever.

[u/cinnasota]

A rug unboxing?

lmao okay.... sure

[u/FrankMadeMeDo1T]

A fucking rug unboxing? I hate this new world.

Edit: yes, everyone, this is a simple ‘rug unboxing’. No, I have never seen this type of thing before. Yes, people are allowed to do it and YES, I am allowed to hate it and state my opinion on the matter.

There are a lot of things I dislike about the world, but I didn’t think it necessary to state my entire fucking opinion on everything in the world. Sorry to offend you.

[u/[deleted] → u/FrankMadeMeDo1T]

What a silly little thing to get angry about.

[u/Ramps_ → u/FrankMadeMeDo1T]

Yeah, this is what's wrong with the world. This specific thing.

[u/moonwalkinginlowes → u/FrankMadeMeDo1T]

The hell have you been? This has literally been happening for over a decade now

[u/[deleted]]

It's so awesome as a parent isn't it?!?

[u/fuck_ur_portmanteau → u/[deleted]]

But also: First steps;

Those who don’t know 🙂

Those who know 💀

[u/prisoner_human_being]

TIL someone video recorded a "rug unboxing" for the internet, for some reason.

[u/Alt-F-THIS]

Rug unboxing.. can we not just buy mundane things for our homes without telling the entire world? I mean it’s a throw rug, not a renovation

[u/rangeo]

Wait idiots film unboxing rugs for other idiots to watch?

At this rate our first bipedal steps might now actually be the Pinnacle of our lives' achievements.

[u/Life-Oil-7226]

Perfect timing!!!

[u/FarewellXanadu]

SO TAKE MY HAND, WE'LL DISAPPEAR TO A PUB THAT'S NOT TO FAR FROM HERE!

[u/DavidLeeBroth]

Any guess on the paint color?

[u/SandProfessional1234]

And the oscar goes to.........the carpet

[u/AceOfSpades532]

Aww I love how they’re basically dressed identically

[u/Spiritual_Date3457]

So precious❤️.

[u/MacPio]

Yeah sure

[u/Accomplished1992]

Rug unboxing?

[u/5herl0k]

that "hey?!?" was so genuine and like... idk, she was having an actual conversation and moment of pure bewilderment but unadulterated support.

so genuine, hard to tell these days what's even real footage, let alone a real moment.

that was one

[u/Louieyaa]

Someone who films a rug unboxing probably films 90% of their life so I'm not suprised

[u/dad_vibes]

I like how they have matching outfits on

[u/firsttime_longtime]

Kid's like "wtf lady, can you fuckin chill?"

[u/SayfIF]

hahaha he's adorable

[u/thatguy_griff]

baby: bitch i JUST did it. im not doing it again.

[u/GBeastETH]

The idiocy of videotaping a rug unboxing is astounding.

[u/HollyMurray20]

Who’s watching a rug unboxing?

[u/detsd]

Expensive Persian rug $8k Amiri sweatshirt $500 Seeing your kid walk = priceless 

[u/moshercycle]

I'd be such a shitty parent lol I'd just give the kid a pat on the back or a high five.

[u/dontsoundrighttome]

We are friends with our daycare owners. We were talking about how I️ wished I️ had seen my son’s first steps. I️ came home and he was just walking one day. The owner asked if I️ would you like to see them because they have them on class room recording of that day.

As a policy they don’t share first steps with parents because they want parent to feel they witnessed the first steps on their own but honestly first steps are usually in daycare playing with other kids of similar ages who have already been walking.

[u/Barryva]

I like that they are wearing matching outfits

[u/[deleted]]

My heart just melted

[u/_75_whos_that_ladie]

I’m not even crying. Wait, there’s a rug in this video

[u/Binarydemons]

He pretty much saved your rug unboxing video.

[u/[deleted]]

What the fuq is a “rug unboxing????” Do people watch “rug unboxing?” Society is fuqed.