What's that racing across the room? It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super Mommy! Even in a baby-proofed room, it seems like your child is always getting into something. I love seeing how intelligent my son is growing with every day. However, that means he has figured out his way around numerous safety measures. So far, Alex has attempted to exhibit the following super powers:
- Electro-kinesis from covered electrical outlets
- Super speed towards the nearest pending disaster
- Flight through the air from whatever surface he has managed to reach (including the back of his rocking moose)
- Spider-like climbing for use on the stove (using the knob covers as hand holds) or onto other furniture to practice the afore-mentioned flight
- Super strength to lift up the free-standing play yard
- Flexible, stretchy arms, the better to reach in and disable cupboard and drawer latches
- Omniscience about every possible source of trouble in range
With my little guy
attempting to acquire all of these capabilities, it seems like child-proofing
is just not reasonable. So, I continue running around after him to find the
latest thing he's found. Watching him grow and learn is a wonderful experience,
even when he has learned new and terrifying ways to defeat my attempts at
keeping him safe.
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