Baby proofing

So the time for baby-proofing has arrived. Victoria is enthusiastically opening cupboards, shutting doors (sometimes with her fingers in them), pulling and chewing on cords, toilet papering the bathroom, and trying to figure out the mechanics of anything left on the floor. We purchased a new printer a couple weeks ago and the old one is now sitting on the floor next to the desk. As I set Vic on the ground, she quickly crawls over to the foreign object and proceeds to open and close the paper tray for about 10 minutes. She plays with the slider do-hickey that adjusts the size of the paper feed and is thoroughly amused by the whole thing. At this point I think....why do I even buy her toys???? She has also learned to verbalize her disapproval of things by saying very clearly "no," and also shrieking at the thought of being moved or put down when she's not ready. It's funny because I always thought how much I would hate having a child when they wanted to do things that they weren't suppose to do. Instead, I have a new respect for curiosity. It's an amazing thing...it's what makes them survive because they have to want to "do" and "see" things in order to learn and survive. It's actually pretty cool. The only time it's sans-cool is when you're in public! Not everyone thinks it's cute when Victoria is projecting her baby shrieks across the grocery store just to see how loud she can be. Good thing she's so darn cute.