Is it wrong for me to wish my son would develop a healthy sense of fear?
It’s not that I want him to spend his days cowered in the corner, but I’d rather not have to tell family and friends that he’s just starred in Jackass 14: Skydiving With a Parachute Attached to Your Balls.
This week, he has learned to climb, and so it is imperative that he climb every object in his path. The recliner, the couch, and today…
I had stepped into the kitchen, a mere 5 feet away, to set out lunch for my husband when I heard that sound a lightbulb makes when you jiggle it. For a moment, it didn’t register that the lamp was four feet off the ground and the baby was scarcely over two feet tall.
It’s a good thing I checked, as he was perched like an owl on the table, intent on unscrewing the lightbulb.
Yeah, 20 points toward my Mom of the Year award there.
He also has gotten into the habit of moving objects into better position to assist in his climbing. Even the baby gates are no longer a deterrent, he just slides his fire truck over and stands on it. If it’s got room for a foot, he’ll use it for a boost.
Is it too late to cancel my carpet order and just completely pad the rooms instead?
Oh, yeah, your life has really changed now! Spiderbaby is gonna keep you on your toes!
And on medication!
All I can say is welcome to the big boy world, we’ve been waiting for you here. I can’t count the times I grabbed little bear off the table and how many times he’s fallen off the chair trying to climb onto the table.
Yeah, yeah, yeahhhhhh. I’m just wondering what we’re going to do when he climbs out of his crib soon. He’s too little for a big boy bed.
Wait until he starts jumping off of things.
I need to teach him to say “Geronimo!” first so I know it’s coming.
Oh boy – A few more months and I think I’ll have a little spider woman on my hands! If you learn any good tricks to prevent the climbing, let me know!
Maybe if I coat everything with broccoli he’ll leave it alone?
I read this and thought to myself. Self: aren’t I glad my daughter isn’t at the climbing stage yet!
Then I looked up as she dived off the pizza box she had stacked on top of her truck to get onto the camping chair.
Smart kids we have. Can’t wait til they have smart mouths to go along with it.
Yup, boys climb EVERYTHING. It is OK if he hurts himself every once in ahwile. How else will he learn what he shouldn’t do?
Stopped by from Sunday Funday!
I agree, I let him learn from little slips and falls, but I don’t know if I can just stand by and watch him leap from the top of the kitchen table yet!
I seem to recall a mere couple of months ago that I was telling you the stuff these little creatures will do once they’re mobile. Scary right?
Mine practically runs down stairs, because he thinks he can (he can’t, I’m holding onto both his hands to help him down). Oh and the pulling away from you grasp and running *in a car park*. Dude, we have to be quicker than these wily ones!
(oh and Monkey is so cute, I love his dimples!)
Gah, I don’t want to think about running yet. I’m getting an F at climbing.
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If you ever get him a cape so he can dress up as a superhero, make sure he understands that it is just pretend, and he really can’t fly.
I made the mistake of assuming my Sweet Pea already knew this and he about gave me a heart attack as he attempted to jump off the 6 foot play structure. Thank goodness I caught him mid-flight. Yeah, mommy had a sore back for weeks because of that one!!!
Cape lessons, check!
—-OMG, He is Beautiful.
xxxx
What a naughty boy
Thank you! I’m pretty sure he’s going to use the cuteness and charm to mesmerize me.
Oh that brings back the memories! Ben would climb out of his crib, crawl to his dresser then climb up the drawers and jump the dresser back into the crib. We actually had to set up a camcorder to prove this to my mother.
He was a little monkey.
That is the scariest thing I have ever read.
That picture of him sitting on the table? I have the same one of my 14 month old. These kids really test our patience, don’t they? And where the heck is their fear?!?
Exactly. Why aren’t they even a little bit timid?!
It appears that are young ones are related. My youngest climbs and stand on anything and everything she can.
I’m afraid to let him out of my sight now!
He’s so cute! In that first picture he has a look of great achievement – for having climbed something taller than himself.
Thanks! Every time he climbs up on his playground, he looks at me at grins, waiting for me to say “Ta-DA!”
I’m terrified of this stage. I’m just going to wrap the house in bubble wrap and hope for the best.
Cover her in foam padding.
Padding for every sharp furniture corner. Padding on the floors. The hell with it, padded helmets!
Padding on the padding!
I have my own stuntman at home. I feel your terror. And I know the ER staff on a first-name basis. {Okay, not really – we’ve only been four times in two years, and only once did we leave with staples. Good record, right? Gah.}
It does get better – they get sturdier, less tippy. And a wee bit smarter. And I keep telling myself that the boldness is bound to pay off one of these days.
Okay, I’m really stressed out. This is brutal. You might need to develop some sort of barbed wire baby gate or electrical fencing on your furniture. That might sound a bit extreme, but I can tell by the look one his face, this is only the beginning. Oh lord.
My youngest is fearless too and teaches his stunts to his older brother. You’d better keep a close eye on this one!
the last picture is totally my face as a baby! it is only air that he climbs everything. you always thought it was too funny that josh was a monkey. now you have your own!!!