tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post1951164792313748758..comments2023-10-25T11:25:33.445-04:00Comments on Joy in the Journey: My Life Is OverBeverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12268005144107516108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post-4226602836152784142008-01-18T19:10:00.000-05:002008-01-18T19:10:00.000-05:00Just checking to make sure you're all doing okay t...Just checking to make sure you're all doing okay there with the newly mobile Kenna. It's been a week since you last blogged, and you've left us all hanging!Megan R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08395979209669293520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post-33029227311669956592008-01-10T19:24:00.000-05:002008-01-10T19:24:00.000-05:00Well, I can say from vast unfortunate experience t...Well, I can say from vast unfortunate experience that a fall down the stairs is not the end of the world. We have 3 staircases here (2 up to the second floor, and one down to the basement), and Grace has fallen down the stairs 3 times. Yikes! I think Anna only fell down twice! : ) The first time Grace did get a humongous goose egg, and I had a nurse friend at co-op look at it, just to be on the safe side. I keep working with her on turning herself around, but so far she is not getting it at all. And her falls do not seem to have made her more cautious either--she still just sets out for the stairs as fast as she can go. <BR/><BR/>Now ironically I have had no problems with her even attempting to go upstairs, so I have no magic bullet to offer you there, LOL. It's sort of like the newborn thing though--only a phase, and most likely a brief one at that. Hang in there!!Bob and Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948514246811431207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post-44072806225414473082008-01-10T16:48:00.000-05:002008-01-10T16:48:00.000-05:00That stage was so rough, especially with Sela. We...That stage was so rough, especially with Sela. We didn't have stairs to worry about, but she tried climbing the front of a bookcase (had to bolt that to the wall) and figured out how to get into the dining room table shortly after her 1st birthday. At 15 months she was climbing onto a living room chair and into the large picture window and walking on the window sill three feet above the floor!<BR/><BR/>I didn't have a playpen for her but did stick her in her high chair with toys (or non-toys) when I needed her contained. There was no way to keep an eye on her while cooking or washing dishes unless I stuck my head out of the kitchen every 20 seconds.<BR/><BR/>I did use a playpen for Evan, but he figured out how to climb out of that around 15 months old, and I started worrying that he'd fall off the top of it and land wrong and break something.<BR/><BR/>Prayers for your sanity. I remember feeling so overwhelmed the first couple of weeks after a baby acquired a new level of mobility.Megan R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08395979209669293520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post-88866790719911489092008-01-09T16:45:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:45:00.000-05:00Ahhh the baby stage...glad you found something to ...Ahhh the baby stage...glad you found something to work for now anyway....<BR/><BR/>I really don't miss the babe stage...fun while going though it, but glad once you are out of it!<BR/><BR/>BTW...nice house! CongratsDomestic Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07714265308647745584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post-39190379642926112032008-01-09T13:54:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:54:00.000-05:00I love that inbetween, will-they-survive stage. A...I love that inbetween, will-they-survive stage. And she sounds just like my Matthew. We called him a "free range" baby, because nothing could pen him in for very long!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07959002601246804955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17016503.post-60610735076968490332008-01-09T09:59:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:59:00.000-05:00Oh your life isn't over, just a little more eventf...Oh your life isn't over, just a little more eventful! LOL My little one is to the stage of trying to walk and climbing on EVERY thing--from the stairs to the couch to the dining room chairs. So far I have caught him up on the dining room table just once! LOL And we have had no ER visits from his explorations yet.Sonshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04853563088171290394noreply@blogger.com