Dear Baby

Before the girls were mobile, I had a good long laugh with Natasha over this…and I quote…”reeee diculous!” play helmet I saw in my One Step Ahead catalog. “Seriously, what kind of crazy overprotective parent puts their kid in a helmet during play time?”

ha! ha! ha! , we laughed, pointing at the photo and shaking our heads.

And then Everly started crawling, and then she started pulling up and cruising around the living room. She’s letting go and standing and FALLING DOWN EVERYWHERE. Even with our newly improved super-speedy parent arms to try and catch her, sometimes we’re just not fast enough.  As we speak, she’s sporting a bump on her head from a fall in the kitchen and tiny busted lip from hitting the side of the coffee table.

My nerves are shot.

I need some Inspector gadget go-go gadget arms immediately.

and in my head, I keep picturing this ridiculous helmet. I keep saying ” YOU CAN NOT PUT YOUR CHILD IN THAT STUPID HELMET” and then she gets a bump and it’s all I can do not to race to the computer and put in my order.

I know this is something that all children go through. That falling down and bumps and bruises are a normal part of the process of learning balance and walking… but how do I do it and still save my sanity? I’m hard wired to protect her from pain and injury and while we’re doing the best we can to prevent it, unless we pad our entire house, the bumps and falls are still happening.

I need advice. and I need someone to talk me down from the “click here to purchase” padded helmet ledge that I am now teetering on.

Love,

M