Craig has been out of town for a few days, and it turns out it is much harder for me to be home alone with two kids than it was a few months ago. Why? Laurel is mobile.
Yes, we have baby gates. Yes, we even baby-proofed! But why does the house seem so much less baby-proofed with the second child? Perhaps I have simply forgotten how grabby a 12-month-old can be. Perhaps we had less stuff then. Perhaps when we only had one child we could pay more attention to him. Or perhaps our first child was less adventurous. For whatever reason, in our house there is much trouble available for a small girl to get into.
Today I have moved from their permanent positions five pairs of shoes, a rug, a magazine rack, books, a step-stool, records, computer chargers, and DVDs. Where will these things go? And of course I have moved a thousand other little items...
We had hoped to go to my parents' house while Craig was gone, and although at first I was disappointed we couldn't make it, now I'm almost glad. Their house is even less baby-proofed!
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