--- description: Does MIT accept toddlers? title: This Baby Already Has the Mind of a Brilliant Engineer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Baby Already Has the Mind of a Brilliant Engineer by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2015 7:13 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2015 7:13 PM CUT Recently, a very proud father posted a video of his son—as many parents do—on YouTube. This father, however, went a bit further than most parents do by deeming his son a “genius.” The toddler attempts to get down from a bed onto the floor, and quickly learns that he is too tiny to do that without assistance. So he comes up with a plan. He grabs some pillows and stacks them beside the bed, ultimately allowing for a safe, soft landing. Clearly, he’s already got the mind of an engineer. Watch the clip above and decide for yourself if this little tyke is indeed a genius. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4054600/baby-bed-life-hack/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4054600/baby-bed-life-hack/"},"headline":"This Baby Already Has the Mind of a Brilliant Engineer","datePublished":"2015-09-29T19:13:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:23.494Z","description":"Does MIT accept toddlers?","url":"https://time.com/4054600/baby-bed-life-hack/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4054600/baby-bed-life-hack/","name":"This Baby Already Has the Mind of a Brilliant Engineer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4054600/baby-bed-life-hack/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4054600/baby-bed-life-hack/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```