Where do you think you are going?

Well, its official. My little girl is mobile. She has been crawling for a couple of months but has finally decided to change gears, from only reverse to drive. I can't lie, its pretty darn cute, but it also means I have to watch her all the time. She has also been pulling herself up into standing position and can climb stairs...sort of. So she has join the land of the moving. Although its always cute to watch her move, it generally tend to be in the same pattern: Crawl to object I can use to pull myself up then pull myself up then let go and faceplant into said object. Not a pretty site. However she seems to enjoy it since she does it a million times a day. However yesterday was a different story.

We own these little heaters that look like fireplaces. We love them so we bought two, we have one in our bed room and one in our sitting room(Note: we ain't that fancy and rich that we have a sitting room, its just what the room was called before we got married. Its where our television is and we can't decide what to name it yet. Don't judge me). So I was watching a movie I received from Netflix, it was Mean Girls 2, and my daughter was crawling around the small room. She found the fireplace and proceeded to pull herself up. Most times she does really well and can stand there for quite a while with no incident. This was not one of these times...she went forward right into heater, face first. She gave a blood curdling scream and the tears were flowing like an overfull river bank. I was scared out of my mind for two reasons: 1) Was she gonna be ok, like is there brain damage or blood. 2) How will my wife kill me when she sees how I disfigured her precious daughter's sweet face. Well, as luck would have it, she was just fine, No bumps or bruises to report. Just a scary experience.Mostly for me because she tried the exact same thing an hour later.

As I held her after the fall and tried to apply an ice pack for fear of swelling, and by swelling I mean trying to hide damage before my wife gets home, she was wiggling on my lap, and fell off my lap, and landed on the ground, face first. And the screams came back. I think my daughter is like a cat, except her face is in place of her feet. So a pretty good day-NOT!!!

No worries. Lilly is just fine. Tough little girl I gt on my hands. Now I only hope walking takes a long time but knowing my luck!

Tip of the day: When watching your infant crawl and start to pull themselves up, simplypush them down. This should slow down their adventurous side and hold walking for a few months.