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Knocked Around
There is a running joke in my house, inspired by the ubiquitous reruns of Law & Order, that if the police ever show up at the house, my husband will have a lot of explaining to do because I tend to be covered with bruises and scrapes. I can't even lamely say "Oh, uh, I walked into a door" (the way battered women on cop shows tend to protest) since most of the time I have no idea how I turned up black and blue.
It seems my children have inherited my tendencies. Both boys have entered August with a full complement of scrapes and bruises. It is completely unclear how they acquire many of these marks, though I can absolutely say they inflict many of them on each other with some regularity. One of the amusing aspects of Sebastian becoming more of a child, less of a baby, is that he is happy to play with his brother (something like Hide and Seek-- but without the hiding part and lots of "boo" shouting was invented recently), and while neither of them is abusive, they are not gentle with themselves or each other.
So today, I scanned the children and wondered how it is that so many other kids I see are pristine when mine are not. How can this happen? How can I keep Felix off the slide or out of the playground generally? Speaking for myself, some of the danger is in the house. We're living in somewhat close quarters these days and we are all constantly whacking shins, hips, and arms into the sides of the "dining room" table or bookshelf corner. Whenever we finally move, it will be interesting to see if the bruise rate declines.
posted by Elise at 6:35 AM
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