One Of My Finest Motherly Moments....

No this is not a sob story, but instead this is a real story. As a first time mother I learn something new about being a parent everyday. Baby D is continually teaching me the way of the world through an infants eyes and how to keep in extra set of eyes behind my head. This story is one of those moments, that I let my guard down.

It was a magnificent sunny afternoon one spring day. I was tending to our garden collecting a new batch of ripe lettuce.



I had placed Baby D in his stroller so he could watch me cultivate, secretly hoping that by observing me maybe one day his subconscious memory would kick in and want to help his mother pull weeds in the future. I placed him in a similar stroller to this one.



I put the stroller in the grass, even going as far as to setting the emergency brake on in the luscious green grass. Considering we were not going to be outside for very long (quick pick of the lettuce, then quickly inside to wash it), I thought there was no need to strap him in. After all, I was going to be with reaching distance of him, what could happen?



Now this is were I should receive my "Mother Of The Year Award". I turned my back and began leisurely plucking away at my lettuce. Baby D was chatting amongst himself and playing with is toys in the stroller. I continuously would glance back at him to find my content tiny tot having a grand time. So I then become completely fixated on my garden until......



So I gathered up all of my produce and proudly turned around feeling extremely confident with all of my fresh lettuce. I turned around to find, Baby D laying contently on the ground and nibbling away on the grass. He had slid out underneath the stroller and was now laying in the grass (notice in the stroller pictured above, there is nothing to keep him securely fasten in but his safety harness)! He peered up at me and smirked, as if saying "Look what I did all by myself mommy". I thought my legs where going to out right then and there, my heart rate doubled, I felt my head begin to spin, and even had a slight numbing sensation on my finger tips. I quickly snatched him up, looking for any bumps, bruises, or heck even contusions that he had inflicted upon his self. But thank heavens he didn't even have a scratch on him.

So from this day forward, I will never take the lazy way out and will always strap him in when a harness is required. I will be accepting my "Mother of the Year Award" shortly.

Have a spectacular Mothers Day Weekend,
Farming Fabulously

Program Note: Stroller picture provided by Graco Strollers.