The Armrest

Troy is so bold and adventurous. He likes to push the limits of his body and his environment. About the only thing that slows him down...at least for a short time anyway...is going too far and getting hurt. When he’s running around on the couch, he’s been sitting or standing on the armrest. This freaks me out because I know he’s going to slip and fall one day. In his exuberance, he’s not careful. So, I constantly find myself chasing him off the armrest and scolding him. He laughs at me, thinking it’s a game. No matter how stern I am, he doesn’t listen, and I’ll find him up there again.

Well today, it finally happened. He was running around on the couch, and I was trying to clean up the mess of toys everywhere, and off the armrest he went...straight on his head! My wife saw the whole thing in slow motion, but was too far away to stop it.  Luckily, it does not appear that he did any serious damage, mostly just scared himself.  But now I'm doubly freaked out about him being on the armrest!