Ain’t that the truth? My son rode his big wheel down a small hill right into a brick wall. When he was about 2. You can’t stop 'em from doing dangerous stuff. And they’re built to take it. They’re made of some latex-type material until they’re in their teens…when they really start scaring the hell out of you.
*Toss the Baby * is the least of your worries.
Kalhoun You just gave me a chucke remembering my son’s behaviour when he was Oh, about 6 on. He was in all sorts of sports activities, from pee wee football to hockey to softball.
Upon discovering the fun of these sports, he suddenly decided it was fun to ram himself into immoveable objects (like the cement pillars at Safeway), say “unnnghggg” like a superhero, and fall down.
He and one of his “defense” ( I think they were called) buddies on the hockey team were nicknamed the bruiser brothers by the coach because of their love of slamming themselves headfirst into the boards in pursuit of “enemy” team members.
He’s nearly 14 now, and seems pretty much undamaged.
Eh, they’ll learn the hard way one of these days, when the little tyke pukes orange kool-aid, spaghetti-os and twinkies all over them.
I’m guessing this is the first child?
kids are built to take some abuse. How many kids haven’t cracked their head on the coffee table during the first months of walking. Oddly enough, most adults don’t seem scarred by this trauma, or are they.
I think the shaken baby syndrome is more about violent shaking where their little brain is rattling around in their oversized head, more than horsey horsey. Normal play is not gonna hurt kids. The real damage will come when the boy is beat up by his mates after they all saw his mom in the hallway crying, “my baby!” on the first day of 6th grade.
He doesn’t want to play with those boys anyway!
If this is a baby we’re talking about, I can see your point. Under 18 months I’d be worried, too. But 2 and up (until they’re too big/heavy) kids are pretty resilient. Over concrete, though – never. :eek: This is definitely a lawn game. A nice, grassy lawn that has been recently watered so the ground is soft and yielding. Yup.
Hey, maybe you should tell them about “Airplane!” – my kid loved that one. “Airplane!” (yes, you need the “!”) is where you grab the kid by one arm and leg, and spin them while you twirl around. You never let go of them, and can set them down gently when you’re through. I could only do two or three revolutions before I got dizzy, but it’s a gas. No brain damage yet – my kid’s another who tested gifted – except maybe my own, from dizziness. Wheee! Do it again!