Mothering for fun and profit

[gfrancie]

Senor Onion stood on his own today. No help. He stood there with his hands at his sides looking rather pleased. I started to laugh and he then fell over. Not a bad start.

The other day I sat him down in the living room to play with his toys for a minute or two while I gathered up laundry. I should have known better... I have been taking care of kids/babies for a couple of decades now so I kind of have the edge over most first time parents. I heard a cup knock over. I rush into the living room and he has knocked over a cup of tea. Thankfully it was cold tea. (I never had a chance to drink it) There is something about my family and our knack for scalding ourselves with hot tea. Senor Onion somehow is missing the fun. The tea didn't touch anything electronic and surprisingly Senor managed to not get any tea on himself. What was entertaining was the fact that he was leaning over and trying to slurp up the tea from the table. As I told my Mother, "who needs a dog when you have a kid."
This incident made it very very clear that I can not take my eyes off of him at all unless he is properly contained. (like in his crib or duct-taped to the walls)
I felt rather foolish about the whole experience. I shouldn't be too hard on myself. I know he is perfectly healthy and happy and I just had an off moment.

Comments

[jessica-dwg.livejournal.com]

Yay for standing babies! As for not being able to take your eyes off him, I think that gets much worse. My niece is almost two, and I think she may have some sort of superspeed mutant ability. One second, she's right next to you, the next second, she's picked the lock on the front door and is three counties away. I've suggested that my sister tie some twine from her wrist to the baby's waist to leash the two of them together, but she doesn't think that's a very good idea, for some reason.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

we had to keep one of my brother's leashed. Not to a harness, but often he and I would go out and I would have something tied around his wrist and it was attached to my wrist. It makes some sense once they are out and about. Doing their best to show off what a death wish they have.