Babyproofing. We read about it in every baby book. We hear about it from friends and family when casually addressing the missing outlet cover or the standing lamp or the buttons on the DVR. We think mostly about cleaning products, sharp objects, health and beauty aides, or medicine. Some feel that babyproofing is not for their house...they'll teach their child where to go and not to go, what to touch and what to leave alone. Babyproofing. Something we realize the importance of, but something we don't always see all the way through. I'm guilty of it myself.
A friend of mine mentioned this blog post briefly on her own blog about a month ago, when the incident happened, but I didn't click over to read it. Again she mentioned it on the 2010 blogs that impacted her the most. It was one of two that I read from that list. It's obviously impacted me enough to pass it on to you. I know so many people right now that have just had their first child or that have small children and I thought I could do my part to share this mother's story. Please read it. Please share it. I couldn't stop reading it and then I watched the slideshow too.
Have you stopped to think of what you'd want your last words to be to your child? Do you tell them that you love them each and every day?
I never want to label a picture "The Last Photo Taken of Fletcher." I never want my children to die before me. These are things I actually think about. I think about death a lot more than most people I encounter seem to. But that's a different post altogether. Let me stick to this one for now. Celebrate your life and the lives of those you love every day. You never know when it may be their last or your last.
"The length of his life is decided beforehand-the number of months he will live. You have settled it, and it can't be changed." Job 14:5
Click here to see what happened to 22 month old Mattias aka Tiggy. Have some Kleenex nearby. I encourage you to read that post and then possibly some that follow at a different time to see how the family is rebounding. The mother gives insight to the thoughts of her other children, as well as herself, as they are picking themselves back up.
Welcome to the world as we know it! We're glad you stopped in to check on us...Enjoy!
4 comments:
Thank you for sharing, I can not even imagine my life without Jaike.
Man...I couldn't imagine...
Anna, thank you so much for this reminder. I have to admit I didn't read the story word for word because I got the gist of it and didn't want to get more upset than necessary. But it served its purpose; although she isn't quite crawling yet, I realized life isn't going to get any less hectic. So last week Randy and I put 'baby proofing' on the calendar for this past Saturday, made a list, and went and purchased all of the items we needed. We are now almost finished with installing cabinet latches, baby locks on interior and exterior doors, outlet plugs, furniture straps and brackets, refrigerator lock, etc. It feels good to have just been proactive about it instead of letting the pending tasks sit in the back of my mind overwhelming me... Also, we are very lucky that so many great products exist these days! I know they aren't a substitute for always keeping safety in mind, but these products serve as important safeguards. Thanks again! Lots of love to you and Fletcher.
Well, you have done more than I have! I've moved some things out of the way, but really no true babyproofing. Jesse and I need to take a good look around when he gets home and decide what we are going to do.
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