My good friend and his wife came to town and stayed overnight for a visit. It was just like every other time – drink beer and play video games as the ladies chat and maul the baby. Little did we know, Little Miss has some new skills that she was waiting to show off.
It was in the afternoon, Little Miss was chilling on the floor watching daddy make a fool of himself playing Xbox. She then decided that is was show time and with ninja like flexibility and a flick of her legs she rolled over onto her belly. While this was nothing new for me as she had rolled over a few times already, this was the first time our friends saw our little monkey in action. After a few pictures and cheers for Little Miss we went back to our video game while she laid content on her belly playing.
Maybe she enjoyed the attention, or wanted to see Dad’s high score but to all of our surprise she rolled over from her belly to her back…. right into the foot stool. Her bout with the foot stool ended as a TKO with the wooden stool being the victor. I think it scared her more than actually hurt her as the bump was nothing to worry about. She disagreed.
As a parent you learn that a silent cry, is a warning to plug your ears and prepare for the loudest, most piercing shriek ever heard. You know you’re in for a bumpy ride when they take in that deep breath before the big bang. I have a theory that the amount of silence before a cry is directly proportional the eardrum splitting cry about to be unleashed. Time it. The longer the silence, the louder the cry will be – guaranteed.
With older children you can sometimes defuse the situation quickly by cracking a joke, tickling, or just distracting them. With a 5 month old… not so much. I scooped her up making sure to point her speaker away from my face and eventually calmed her down. After the tears stopped flowing and we recovered from our traumatic experience I put her back on the floor with her toys. The foot stool and Little Miss agreed to disagree and left each other alone for the remainder of the day and we all lived happily ever after.
Crap, Little Miss is mobile. Wait I mean…. Hooray, Little Miss is mobile!
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Lol…Great news!
You definately need an audience for moments like this……wow so special! Congrats on the milestone xx
I agree. The gasps and silence before the scream is natures way of telling you to prepare yourself… a shriek the likes of which few hear is about to come your way.
I think our cat has learned this little secret as well, he seems to duck for cover when he hears the gasp after a bump to the head.