He is afraid of:
* The dark. He has to sleep with a nightlight. He also does not like to be outside when it is dark, unless there are Christmas lights.
* Fire alarms. Yes, he still talks about how scared he was of the fire alarm.
* Dogs. Until he spends time around them, then he loves them and cries when he has to leave them and then talks about them for weeks afterwards. Yesterday he told some kids at school that he rode Irene's dog Mango over the weekend.
* T-shirts like this. I don't get it either. Santa didn't know this either because Santa brought him two shirts like this that he won't wear. Something about the short sleeve - long sleeve combo freaks him out and he screams when we try to put it on.
However Alex has always defied this Textbook category in physical milestones and general physical toughness. He was an early crawler and an early walker, giving us months of practice before Nate learned to crawl and walk. The kid has never had any fear of anything physical. He likes to be thrown in the air, flipped upside down, tickled, chased, shoved (playfully), and dragged (playfully). The kid likes to play rough, and he walks away from things that leave me wincing, imagining the pain.
But sometimes I don't wince, I laugh. And Jon laughs too. Some of Alex's stunts would win the grand prize on America's Funniest Home Videos. Over the weekend, we were at a park with Irene, Matt, and Milo. Alex was swinging like Superman while Matt took pictures. This picture turned out pretty sweet.
To achieve a better picture, we asked Alex to put his arms out and lift his feet up. And on one particular push, he flew out the front of the swing and landed face-first in the mulch.
I laughed my butt off. Alex got up totally fine, but man, that sucked that happened in front of other parents because Matt asked Alex in a very concerned voice whether he was ok while I laughed. If Alex was upset of course my gut reaction would have been to comfort him. But that is not even close to the worst thing I've seen Alex do and walk away unscathed.
I still laugh when I picture Alex flying off the front of that swing.
11 comments:
Oh my gosh, that is the funniest thing I've heard in a while. I've always been nervous that our kids will flop out of the front of the swings and my husband assures me that "that could never happen!". :-) I actually had to take a video down from my blog once where my daughter was plowing over my son with a push behind toy and we were laughing (he was FINE). Some family members thought we were "cruel" so I took it down.
At least Alex didn't get one foot stuck on the way out and get drug along the ground! :-)
Interesting. He's afraid of the Superman shirt, but not the Superman actions. That certainly is typical toddler.
Alex's fears are SO similar to Darren's at that age...except for the two-sleeve shirt! :)
What a fun series of things to have documented though!
That swing picture is precious. :)
Oh sweet little Alex! aka The Bruiser :)
It is too funny about the long sleeve/short sleeve deal - Alyse is EXACTLY the same way. can be mighty frustrating sometimes!
That sounds terribly familiar! Garrett falls alot (once face first off the swing into the sand) and I laugh. Many parents look at me with horrified expressions :-)
The fear of the shirt had me laughing pretty hard. So random, so 2 year old!
The shirt thing is funny. I tend to let the boys be boys too and just today in the Dr.'s office the nurse kept saying "be careful" to Alex who was playing on the stool. That was the least of my worries to be honest.
They come up with the most random fears right now- the long/short sleeve shirt reminds me of Cooper being afraid of his pajamas.
The superman swing move with a face plant in the mulch- ouch! Good thing he's so tough!
This is great- you know what your boys can handle and can't. The shirt thing is hysterical! There is such genuine fear at this age- hard to ignore it but harder too to figure out how a "thing" got scary to begin with! I have missed reading your blog- wish I had more computer time!!
That made me laugh out loud. Kids are scared of the strangest things! Claire was afraid of her new inflatable bathtub - she used to scream whenever we brought her near it. And I love the picture - it's obvious he's having a ball.
That made me laugh out loud! My husband and I are totally the same way with our 14-month old twins. Truth be told, sometimes it's funny when they do hurt themselves and we're their for them but when you think about it later, you just have to laugh.
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