Miss Cat has decided that crawling is FUN! SUPER! FUN! and she can GET! OVER THERE! QUICKLY! While it never fails to amaze me when she discovers something new about life (you forget that you had to learn how to do everyday things, like walking and putting a spoon to your mouth without getting sweet potato mush all in your hair), this particular feat has left me tired and a nervous wreck. Good for the calves, though.
I used to worry that she would suffocate herself when I’d walk into her room in the morning and her head would be under her blankie. Until she’d hear me walk in and pull it down and giggle at me. Like, hello mommy, I have been waiting for you to come play peek-a-boo with me. Now I worry that she will stick her fingers in the oscilating fan (part of my “green” attempt to lower energy use and turn the AC up to 80 at night… not working out for my sweaty self) or that she will pull the entire wine rack/cookbook shelf over on herself. I watch Greys Anatomy, people, I know what bookshelves can do to unsuspecting toddlers just trying to get a drink to go with their pureed green beans.
Needless to say, life is never boring now. I felt like I was always running with something to do until I got home at the end of the day before, but now I spend my time at home juggling chores with making sure she doesn’t mistake the dog food for her organic maple teething biscuits. Ryan is a little more laid back about it than me, but she is his baby girl and if the dog so much as startles her, she is banished to the back yard to swelter for a good, oh, 6 minutes.
So its baby-proofing time, only, that baby-prooding stuff? Not cheap. So its a little at a time, and a lot of vigilance on our part. Yes, it makes life a little more trying, but at the same time, it is a wonderous thing to watch your baby become a person, and discover something new everyday. And you can’t put a price on that!
