danger danger

We're at a critical point here because we've entered a bumps-and-bruises stage. Jalen's balance is not that great but he moves around freely and is extremely curious and adventurous. He has no fear at this point because he doesn't have a concept of what getting hurt is. Today was the first time that Jalen got hurt because of his exploring--twice. The first time, while trying to climb over his toy box, he fell back and hit his head onto the corner of a big wooden toy. Second time, he was grabbing at the top of the back of a chair and it toppled back and popped him on the lip. I guess the fun starts here. I'm sad that those lazy and easy infant days when Jalen was this cute little flailing turtle on his back are over. Now he's more like a cuter version of the Energizer Bunny that you chase around until the batteries run out so that you can put him to sleep. But you can't follow a kid everywhere so I'm feeling a little apprehensive about Jalen's potentially painful adventures...many of them...for years to come.