I know the feeling - Ash gets red marks just from having one leg over the other. I am very scared of letting him get hurt, and I still have paranoid, "that car is gonna hit us!" moments
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I'm trying to not get crazy about it, I used to eat dirt when I was little, and played in woods and swamps and drainage ditches, I know it won't kill her, and that kids need space to be kids.
One of the reasons I love my neighborhood so much is the kids are constantly running around in unsupervised play. It lets them interact not just with each other, but they can begin to practice interaction with non-family adults. They are surprisingly polite and interesting to be around, and I think it's because they are learning how to act in order to engage the adults around them.
I know all this stuff in my head, and I've helped raise other people's children, so I know it in practice, but somehow with Helena I'm finding it much harder than I thought it would be. People kept telling me it's different with your own, and they were right.
Holy wow, I had read an article about allergies that flippantly suggested that a good tapeworm infection would set things right, but I had no idea someone was actually doing it!
I totally get you - they'll be coming to our house for bruises, I'm sure; at least if Mal's got any of my clumsiness in him at all! I too am trying to lean towards exposure rather than shelter, and we've certainly got the benefits of dust and animal hair going on (ha!) already. Mike and I both did well with sun exposure when we were little, so hopefully he won't be too tender in that regard. But you're right, it's very hard when it's your own kid.
That said, I'm not looking forward to losing his soft little feet once he starts walking around outside!
Exposure does seem like the better way to go, except for sunburn. Its really difficult for us fair skinned people to get too little sun, especially outside in the summer.
Yeah, Helena 'tans' the way you do. She gets a pale pink flush to her skin.
Since it looks like she's going to be pretty in the same light brown hair, blue eyes, peaches-and-cream complexion way you are, I can't complain too much. :)
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I'm trying to not get crazy about it, I used to eat dirt when I was little, and played in woods and swamps and drainage ditches, I know it won't kill her, and that kids need space to be kids.
One of the reasons I love my neighborhood so much is the kids are constantly running around in unsupervised play. It lets them interact not just with each other, but they can begin to practice interaction with non-family adults. They are surprisingly polite and interesting to be around, and I think it's because they are learning how to act in order to engage the adults around them.
I know all this stuff in my head, and I've helped raise other people's children, so I know it in practice, but somehow with Helena I'm finding it much harder than I thought it would be. People kept telling me it's different with your own, and they were right.
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That said, I'm not looking forward to losing his soft little feet once he starts walking around outside!
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She doesn't seem to feel it either, so it's only an aesthetic thing. She just looks like hell.
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Since it looks like she's going to be pretty in the same light brown hair, blue eyes, peaches-and-cream complexion way you are, I can't complain too much. :)
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