So we took Decovin swimming for the very first time this weekend. It was a little cold yet and he didn't like the initial dunk in the water. He gave us the OH MY GOSH IT'S COLD face and then he cried for a minute and then he seemed very mellow the remainder of the time in the pool. We tried taking him under water for just a second but he didn't like that and choked on the water a little. Poor guy. We did take him back again a day later and he seemed to like it a lot more the second time. It had a couple of days for the water to warm up a little...he splashed in the water the second time, he had lots of fun! Just needed to warm up I guess.
On a different note: He is acting like he wants to crawl, he will hike his feet up and push on the ground but he hasn't figured out how to actually move his body forward. He just turns in circles. It is quite humorous. I expect crawling any day now. I thought for a little while he would skip the crawling and go straight to walking but I think he has changed his mind! This should be fun...time to baby proof the house! Any suggestions from mothers about baby proofing besides the obvious of covering up electrical outlets and locking cabinets and blocking stairways? Any ideas are better to hear about instead of experiencing them negatively...
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Just beware of sharp objects and corners. Put any scissors/craft stuff up high. Maybe pad or put away the coffee table for awhile. And if your fireplace had a ledge or brick edges, put some pillows around it so he doesn't ram his head into the bricks. I guess with mine wanting to walk first, I was always there holding them up, so I didn't worry so much about cabinets and things. If she reached for something, I was right there to tell her "no", so it wasn't a problem. Abby didn't even discover outlets until she was more like 2. Of course, boys are different. I worry that when Nathan gets his legs under him and gets some momentum, he is going to be bouncing off the walls. Can't pad everything! Oh, and put away or up high all your pens/pencils. They are easy to grab and easy to poke an eye or go up the nose. Mostly, just be close or watchful at first so if you see him going for something, you can stop him or get rid of the problem before he gets there. It's not that big a deal. I'm sure you are already more prepared than I was.
Oh, and if you don't have one already, go to walmart or wherever you shop and get a boo-boo bear. It is just an ice pack with a stuffed bear/cat/whatever face. You leave it in the freezer. When something does happen, and it likely will sooner or later, just pull out boo boo bear and the distraction of a seldom-seen toy and the fact that it is cold is usually enough to stop the crying. It worked wonders with Abby. Still does.
Okay Jen, I think the basic stuff you mentioned socket covers(of course once they feel the jolt which won't hurt them really, besides unless they are quite slow kids usually don't repeat that if they have experienced the jolt before) Hate to tell you this but as they get older and they figure out how to uncover the socket they will be curious anyway. They will get the jolt sometime because they will usually want to know whats behind the cover and since by touching the cover to pull it off didn't do anything then they find other things to put in the holes. You know the toy of putting the round/square/star shapes in the ball. Just the nature of us humans
I never kept cleaning supplies in cabinets close to the floors(never had cabinet locks when the girls were babies, I don't think they even had them then. Course, we might of been too poor to buy them if they had them.
The one thing that is my BIGGEST PET PEEVE are parents telling their kids that their Medicine/Vitamins is candy. I hope you teach DeCovin that candy is candy and Meds are Meds. I know some (Amoxicillion Liquid) taste like bubblegum or whatever other flavors they have. So many kids get overdosed because we at some point in time get distracted and forget to put the meds up after giving them their dose.
OK, I will get off my soap box on the Meds vs Candy issue.
You and Bob were raised by some good parents as you have turned out really good without any defects. Look back and question your parents how they did things too. You are still here so they must of done a great job in raising you and protecting you.
Besides, what a great compliment to your parents when you get and maybe use a tiny bit or all of their advice.
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