The Guardian Page #2

He's beautiful.

I'll let you see

him in just a minute.

Okay, he looks real good,

we just gotta suction

him out here, okay?

Hi there.

Honey, he's so pretty.

Think we can

just about make it.

With both of us working, huh?

Yeah, why?

You havin' second thoughts?

No, I want to

work, I just want

to do what's right for Jake.

Hey.

Your folks worked.

Mine did. It's normal.

It's good for him to grow

up knowin' he's gotta work.

Isn't that right, Jake?

I agree, guzzle toes.

And I want to keep my

decorator's license, you know?

But I'm just having such

a good time doing this,

I just don't wanna

miss out on anything.

Well, do this for two years.

Then we'll be solid enough,

you can do what you want.

Okay.

Well, I've looked up

some child care agencies.

I think we oughta try

this one, Guardian Angel.

It's in Santa Monica.

It's your turn.

It was my turn last time.

No, you slept

through my turn.

Let's both sleep

through my turn.

Go!

You know sleep deprivation

is a well-known

form of torture?

Hey, Jakey.

Hey, buddy.

Open up, come on.

Yeah.

I work Mrs. Honez,

Herman Oaks,

three years.

I work Mr. and Mrs. Hansen,

four years in Longa Bee.

- Longa Bee?

- Longa Bee.

- Oh, Long Beach!

- Ah, si, si!

I suppose you'll want to

breastfeed, don't you, Kate?

For the first six months.

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

Six months?

Dr. Klein said that four

months would be plenty.

Well, of course there are

differing opinions these days.

Well, actually,

I've been having

some difficulty, it's

too watery or something.

You like television,

Mrs. Horniman?

Oh yes, I love the comedies.

Family Ties,

The Golden Girls.

And the good,

heartwarming stuff.

See, I've only

looked after one baby,

you know, it's not the

kinda thing that I wanna do

for the rest of my

life or anything.

Well, actually,

Ms. Russell, we were

really only thinking about

the next four or five years.

Ms. Russell?

Please, call me Arlene.

Okay.

You see, what I wanna do

is I wanna teach Phys Ed.

I'm taking evening classes

over at Claremont College,

so we would definitely have to

work out some kind of schedule.

We can do that.

I just can't get over

a baby learning to swim

at one month, put this

little thing in water?

Yeah, that's the

time you start 'em.

See, kids are natural

swimmers, they haven't

learned to be frightened

of things like water yet.

I mean, the world's

moving so fast, and...

Well, I think children

need interaction

with other children, don't you?

Yeah, I do, actually.

Um, do you have a

steady boyfriend?

Nobody I've met

so far quite makes the grade.

These references?

Oh, yes.

Is there anything you'd

like to ask us, Miss...?

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