We are awash in babies here in our little corner of Durham. The bulk of them hovering, for this precious and brief stage, around the pre-walking and just-walking ages of 10 to 12 months or so. Hoisting themselves up by the side of their wagons or with a parent’s extended fingers, bouncy and jovial, taking a halting drunken step or two before plopping down on their diapered tushes. Working to regain their footing as we come around the corner with our dog at the end of the leash, they stand and point and break into wide grins while uttering little…