On days when I work my afternoon/evening routine is this: pick up Cedric from the development center, drive 20 minutes home, get home and feed Cedric a snack, make dinner, eat dinner as a family, and then clean up dinner. I get an adrenaline rush near the beginning that starts winding down while eating, and by the time the dishwasher is humming, I'm on the couch in a semi-state of vegetation.
During my "couch time", in which I'm usually accompanied by the husband, Cedric is left to entertain himself. His favorite means of doing so is to demonstrate for his parents his newly acquired gymnastic skills. This involves him climbing over the couch to stand on the end table, and then leaping back onto the couch cushions. It brings him such enjoyment and excitement. It makes me incredibly nervous! But as you can see in the video, he is somewhat cautious about it. I know that letting it continue is just setting myself up for an inevitable boo-boo, but I like tell myself that I'm allowing my little man to take appropriate risks.
I guess Cedric is trying to rev the mama adrenaline right back up again! Seriously, though, it does look like he's being careful.
ReplyDeleteI think I would have allowed couch gymnastics if our couch hadn't been right next to a railing with a 10-ft drop. I don't often worry, but seeing my kids jumping near that dropoff really scared me. So we have a "knees or bottom" policy to keep *me* out of the emergency room for cardiac arrest!