{{sighs}}
When Charlie was born, we baby proofed not one thing. The outlets remained exposed, long plugs & cords were left out, and poisonous chemicals were an arm’s reach away. (That last part is probably a partial fabrication). He was a docile child that to this day thrives on being safe, cautious and not taking risks.
Jack, on the other hand, likes to push the envelope, push the limit and push my buttons. Standing on benches, doing tricks like he’s a cowboy on a toy horsey, running, jumping, sitting, standing, leaping, rolling, generally jumping into harm’s way.
Yesterday, he met up with Mr. Concrete and they had a meeting – leaving a few scrapes, bruises, and faint drips of blood. He cried for 2.5 seconds, gasped, and then went about his merry way. I, on the other hand, found that my nerves were shot.
Here’s the damage:
At 22 months, he is my risk-taking, passionate, emotional daredevil and while I wouldn’t have him any other way, less accidents resulting in scary looking bruises would be nice.
Samanta, I so understand you! My daughter is, well, my daughter–cautious as she overthinks everythings! Then there’s my Bubba who goes to the BMX track (at the whopping age of 5) and goes mountain biking. Yes, I’ll either go gray or loose all my hair much too early, yet his sense of adventure teaches and compels me. Great post (and I’m glad to know I’m not the only mama whose nerves can be shot while the littles just keep trekking along!).
Oh No! Poor little guy! This reminds me of a time that I watched my friends (then 4) year old brother literally run smack into the side of our church. (We were outside and I lived in Florida) so this kid’s face met the hard stucco with a HUGE thud! He fell over…looked slightly shocked for a moment, then got up and just kept running. I thought to myself “If that would have been me it would have killed me!” Ha! Glad your little man is okay!
Your kids are ADORABLE. Scrapes and all. But that is SOOO my oldest. Risk taker through and through. He only cries if he is REALLY hurt, too. Tough boys. 🙂 I think there needs to be a crash course to being a Mama of boys.