My two and ½ year old is a “Close Stander”
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve knocked my two and ½ year old down while turning around.
You see, Sadie is a “Close Stander.” She often stands behind me, Gillette razor close, to see what I’m doing without ever touching me. As a result, I rarely sense her presence. She means no harm — just excited to be alive — but the act often causes her temporary pain, and consequently, a brief session of crying. So I do my best to avoid it.
While preparing to put her down for a nap this afternoon, I spun around to find her directly beneath me. With gymnast-like dexterity, I managed to avoid disaster by quickly contorting my body, but at the expense of tweaking me neck. (I did clip her foot, which left her slightly upset, but tearless.)
In any case, “Close Standing” is a comical, sometimes painful, and slightly frustrating side effect of being the parent of an enthusiastic but smallish human being. Can I get a witness?
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June 26th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Amen Brotha! The hardest part is trying to convince my little girl that I meant no harm. It’s almost like you punished them and they don’t know why.
So far my she has forgiven me every time, but I must say that I worry that one time she won’t.
June 26th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I can’t “witness” you quite yet, but I do love the fact that Sadie just adores you! She just wants to be right there with you. That is so cute!!
BTW, I do remember some Snow home videos of a little Blake climbing on Brooks all the time. I thought that was the cutest. She probably gets it from you.