Never thought I'd be walking the path of...

a mom who has to take her child to the doctor or emergency room so often. T has had 3 self sustained injuries requiring medical attention the last few months. The first was his flip fall off the dining room bench thus hitting the back of his head against the corner which required stitches. I made Mike take him. It was a Sunday. He screamed his head off the whole time he was there. He would not let anyone touch him after it was all over.

The second time, he bounced off the trampoline and hit his face against the hardwood. He had a floorburn on his nose for a week. The doctor said he would live.

Yesterday, after his bath, in his haste to run down the stairs first, to beat his sister, the dogs rushed by him as well and made him fall the rest of the way down onto the marble floor of our foyer. I didn't see what happened, but I imagine this is what happened which caused the dent in his shin bone. The X-ray showed a dime size dent in his tibia. Good Lord!

Aside from chaining him to me 24/7, what is a mother of a rambunctious almost 3 year old boy to do??? He is SOOO active. He cannot sit still or walk calmly. He has to run, ram, trip, rumble through the house like a mac truck. It has been quiet this past 2 days since he has not been able to bear weight on his right leg or walk. He crawls everywhere instead, using his upper arm muscles to pull himself across the floor. And the clincher is he still climbs up the stairs only to come down on his belly head first. Crikes!!!

I think this is just the beginning of raising an active, athletic boy. God help me!