Things That Go Bump All the Time

Well, Aidan continues his struggle against the evil clutches of gravity, with limited success. He can stand pretty well, up to a few minutes at a time without holding on to anything. And he's getting better at taking steps-- I think his longest stroll thus far was 3 of them. But oh, what a terrible price it's exacting on his poor little body.

Lately, Aidan has been much more daring in his pursuit of walking, climbing, and getting places he shoudln't go. Which would be fine, except that he seems to have an unfortunate gravitiational field around his head. If he falls within about 3 feet of anything with a corner, his poor little noggin is drawn towards it like paparazzi to a wardrobe malfunction. And sadly, it's not just when he's walking. He hasn't figured out yet that his head extends further in the vertical than his eye level would indicate...and since crawling demands leading with one's head, he's constantly braining himself on things he tries to go under (or stand up under). As such, at any given minute he kind of looks like the walking wounded...bumps, lumps, and red marks all over his head.

But he doesn't always cry about it..if he's distracted enough by where he's going or what he's doing, he just plows ahead towards his destination. Other times, you can almost see him trying to figure out if it hurts bad enough to start the waterworks. And I know, I know, it shouldn't be funny, but when he bonks his head on something he wasn't expecting, he gets this look on his face that pretty much says: "What the...what just happened. Hey, my head kind of hurts...sonova...(turns head towards me) Dad, what the hell? WAAAAAAAAAH!" And it really takes a couple of seconds to sink in. Of course, I resist actually laughing because that's cruel, and I DO love him and feel kinda bad.

Hopefully, he shows me the same consideration when I'm old and trip over my own false teeth on the way to get my prune juice.