In the process

[newmama]

WOO HOO! Winter break is here!

Yesterday I broke the "rules" and we had one academic activity and then made snowflakes, had a party (we had 2 birthdays to celebrate) where a mom brought goodie bags that were mostly little party favors--so nice! As well as some capri suns. I threw in some Doritos and Oreos and we had a dance party for about 20 minutes (burned up some of the junk, right? If we have junk we get to exercise in a form of recess or dancing). In the p.m.-- a movie with hot cocoa and candy canes.

The weather was cold but clear so when I picked up S, we went to the park and played for around 30 minutes. He was bundled up but I stoppped when his hands got cold. This morning all I wanted to do was stay in my pj's and lounge around with coffee. THANK GOODNESS that S seemed to be content to play around as well! I took turns playing kitchen with him or reading to him or playing with his blocks with him but also took turns talking on the phone to a girlfriend or making Christmas plans on FB with my family. I think he was happy to not have to get in the car and go somewhere again (we always do stuff). NOw he is taking a nap while I get some laundry done and write here on my thread.

Something bad happened, though! Before you read and tell me what a bad mom I am, he is ok THANK GOD. When I was on the phone, watching him 100% and never taking my eyes off of him -he was 3 feet in front of me-- he started playing with the drawers and cupboards on the buffet table in the entry way. He has done this before and it hasn't been a problem. I go over and remove the stuff that could hurt him so he can put his toys inside, etc. Again, I wasn't walking around the house or not looking at him, etc, I was fully watching him and letting him do this. IN A FLASH, he pulled some part of the table and the whole thing FELL ON HIM!!!! (not his head, it landed on his lap kind of.) Of course in a nanosecond I drop the phone and rush over in 1 second since I was so close! THANK YOU GOD that the table is a very light weight one and nothing was inside but he of course was super scared and so was I and I felt so stupid and guilty and shocked that he did this with my permission when I was watching what he was doing! I guess I feel the need to write this here because I feel so foolish for not anticipating that he could pull the table on him?!? Isn't that a #1 cause of ER visits? Kids climb on furniture and it falls on them??? I also felt guilty for talking on the phone...although if I had been sitting on the floor cleaning up toys he still would have done it. DUH- LIGHT WEIGHT also means easy to pull! It's just that I usually an smart about child proofing--it is a parent instinct thankfully--and now I am going to be double checking things around the house now. I never let him be in a separate room except when I am changing out the laundry or I have to go to the bathroom.

OK enough. I feel guilty, I feel relieved and I need to just be smarter from this point forward...arghhhh!!!