The Infant Age Gap

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A Flurry of Emotions (2017 Hasbro) was an okay episode. In my opinion, the episode was basically, "Baby Cakes 2.0". They both have similar setups. Parents need to find a last-minute babysitter, the baby(s) become living nightmares, their abilities make them overpowered, the baby sitter freaks out, some pony ends up crying, the sitter and baby(s) forgive each other and bond, and every thing is peachy keen. However, this episode had more rights than wrongs. Flurry Heart has character. She seems to inherit her mother's caring personality. Flurry Heart is also very intelligent. She noticed that the demons Baby Cakes were fighting over a toy. She flew over to Spike, so he could stop the fighting. While Spike was digging through the toy box, Flurry Heart took the matter into her own hooves, and tore the toy in half...witch got disastrous results. 

That moment inside Sugarcube Corner, confused me. Flurry Heart stood out like a sore thumb, when placed next to the Baby Cakes. But, that is not the issue.The Baby Cakes and Flurry Heart around the same age. How? The Baby Cakes should be toddlers and going to preschool by now.The baby cakes should be at least three years old.The show had three Christmas specials, 6 days after Hearth's Warming Day, the new year begins. Horses remain pregnant for about a year. The Baby Cakes were born before the first Hearth's Warming episode. It is safe to assume that Mrs. Cake was pregnant with her foals in season one. Since these babies are around three years old, shouldn't they be much bigger, starting to talk, and go to preschool. Also, Pound Cake still uses a pacifier. The appropriate time to remove or limit a pacifier is when the child is around 2-4 years old. Pound and Pumpkin Cake shouldn't need their pacifiers. This got me questioning their ages.  

Well lets look at the "real world" point of view first. The Baby Cakes appeared in season 2, Flurry Heart was even a thought back then. The reason why Flurry Heart and the Baby Cakes are the same age here, is because of plot convenience. Kind of like how Kion (The Lion Guard) just got tossed into the Lion King timeline. Also, in the world of fiction, real world time doesn't effect them.   

Now, for a theory I brought up in the in a YouTube comment section. Some Bronies have actually proven that most mlp episodes aren't in a consistent timeline. It is possible that Mrs. Cake and Cadence were pregnant at the same time, but didn't give birth at the same time. Let's start with the episode, The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows. As Pinkie Pie and Mrs. Cake are talking about Cadence and Shining's unborn baby, Pumpkin Cake is seen riding on her mother's back. Also she wasn't wearing a diaper, her brother wasn't wearing one either. This could indicate that the Baby Cakes don't need diapers, since they were potty trained. Flurry Heart was still in diapers. However, Flurry Heart is around the same size as the Baby Cakes, she even walks on all fours like the Baby Cakes. She also knows how to communicate. Flurry Heart has very advanced thinking for an infant(she's an Alicorn, duh). Since she can stand on her own, is fully aware of what's going on, and recognizes danger. In season six, there was another Hearth's Warming episode. Flurry Heart was probably born some time in spring or summer. The baby Alicorn was probably 6 months old during the holiday season. Flurry is seen once again, in season seven. It appears to be spring or summer in this episode. Which means Flurry's birthday is coming up or they had her birthday off screen. In conclusion, Flurry Heart is around a year old.  

What throws this off, is the appearances of Pound and Pumpkin Cake. They are still in their old newborn design, their manes didn't grow out, they still have tiny beady eyes.

The image below is a five year old Sweetie Belle. A three year old foal, should look like this, only a little smaller. Going back to the "real world" point of view. The writers, animators, or the director, probably forgot that the Cakes had children, and didn't bother to change their appearances, they aren't the main cast, but merely background ponies.

 

 

Going back to my observation, the reason why the Baby Cakes still look like infants, is because they aren't 3 yet. They are probably 1 1/2, 2, or 2 1/2 years old. Some parents potty train their children around the age of two, that is why they are no longer in diapers. Now we know their ages; Pound and Pumpkin are 2 years old, while Flurry Heart is a year old. The Baby Cakes were on the brink of turning a year old when Flurry was born. Now, here is where things get confusing. When the Baby Cakes were born, Twilight was still a unicorn. When her niece was born, she was an Alicorn. Was Twilight an Alicorn for only two years? Well, maybe. Since mlp episodes are put in random order, it is possible that Twilight was turned into an Alicorn after the Baby Cakes birth. This might fit, but I'm not sure. A month passed by and Mr. and Mrs. Cake are looking for a last-minute babysitter. When they ask Twilight, she's in the middle of organizing things. When she's done, she tries to help Pinkie Pie, but the pink pony shooed the unicorn away. When Twilight got home, the spell that Star Swirl the bearded didn't finish, appeared. Twilight of course brushed it off after feeling a little annoyed with Pinkie's backlash. Some time later, Twilight finishes the spell, restores cutiemarks, and Celestia turned her into an Alicorn.Twilight was probably turned into an Alicorn in summer. The next Hearth's Warming episode appeared in season five. Twilight had probably been an Alicorn for about 6 months. When Flurry heart is born, that marked down a year of being an Alicorn. Season 6 Hearth's Warming added another six months. When Twilight saw her niece again in season 7, that would mark down another year of being an Alicorn. I hope that makes sense.

I want to know what you think about this weird time gap. Does my theory hold water? Do you think this form is a bunch of junk? Do you have another explanation? If so, please reply. Thank you for reading and have a nice night.