Baby Boo Boos

When my son was born, everything about my life made a 360-degree turn.  His world suddenly became mine and no one and nothing prepared me for the many boo boos a child may bring to an adult's life.  Here are a few of the moments when I realized babies are the most adorable troublemakers in any one's household.

My older sister, Joyce, stayed in our house until Lance was 3 months old.  He first learned to turn side by side at that age.  One time my sister woke me up in the middle of the night just after she went to the comfort room, hysterical and all, asking where is my son.  I simply answered with my eyes still closed, "Beside me."  She said, "Lance is missing!"  The thought of my son being kidnapped with me beside him was so absurd but when I reached for my son, he was actually gone!  I got up and then suddenly my sister and I heard something that seems to be coming from under the bed.  Alas!  My son was under the bed, playing with some stuffs and kicking his legs.  He fell off the bed without me noticing because he didn't even make a single noise.  I was dead worried.  Thank goodness he wasn't hurt.  The thought of it makes me believe that angels do watch and protect children.

My son had a runny nose last month.  I have learned, based on experience and professional advice, that the secret to not having a clogged nose when sleeping is to sleep on one's side with the head a little elevated.  But my son found his own way of unclogging his nose by sitting while he sleeps.  He woke up one time, he didn't cry, and positioned himself comfortably leaning against a pillow.  I tried to get him lay on his back but he would sit again and sleep.  I let him be.  I was defeated.