Baby Balance

What is it about toddlers and newly standing babies and their balance? They never seem to grasp the concept that their head is, for the most part, bigger than their body.

This really does present a balance problem that the child never seems to even realize that they have!

This little issue has presented itself as quite a problem for my toddlers as of late.

They all mostly been walking since they were 18 months old, but as of late, I have started to wonder how good they really are at it.

Kian will be toddling along, minding his own business, not an obstacle in site, and fall flat on his face and give himself a bloody nose.

Kaiden doesn't exactly walk anywhere. In fact, he tends to always be running from spot to spot doing whatever it is that Kai's must do.

This usually results in disaster if something is out of place. Heaven forbid we add an extra leaf to the dining room table or a chair is out of place!

He will just run smack dab into it, bounce off of whatever was in his way and keep going.

Don't get me wrong, it does hurt him. It's just that he waits until he gets where ever it is that he was going in the first place to decide to cry about it.

Then there is Vivienne. Poor, tiny, beautiful, Baby Vivienne who simply must find that last drop of milk in that sippy cup.

She has taken the whole, "Good to the last drop" jingle to great lengths. She goes from sippy cup to sippy cup, foraging for a sip of something tasty and good.

In her search, she will stand there tilting her head as far back as her little neck will allow, trying to get that last tasty drop out of the cup.

She KNOWS it has to be in there, after all, she can SEE that there is a tiny bit left in that cup.

What she forgets, though, is that gravity is a cruel and heartless part of nature.

Eventually, she leans so far back, and tilts her head so far backwards, that she will fall over backwards.

If she is lucky, she just sits down super hard and her diaper serves as padding to protect her.

There are days, though, when she is not so very fortunate, and she falls flat on her back, making her very, very sad.

You would think that they would learn to slow down. One might think that after running into the same spot on the table day in and day out, that someone would figure out that the table isn't moving anywhere and he would change course.

One might think that Kian would slow down and watch himself when he decides that he wants something as not to KEEP falling on his face.

Toddlers, apparently, NEVER LEARN!!! The saddest part is that I watch all of this happen, knowing that some day they should grow out of it.

But, until that day comes, I have a lot of bruises and bobo's to kiss, and a lot of tears to dry.