Don't break the baby!

Bad Daddy! How many times have we been warned- don't take your eyes off the baby for a second!

Petra is such a big strong girl now, that she ONLY wants to be standing. Every moment of every day she wants to be on her feet. Lying down for changing- she whines. Sitting down to play- she whines. Sitting down to eat- she whines. So, daddy has to hold her hands or hold her up all day long. Daddy's getting a little tired of this, so he jumps at the thought of her being able to hold herself up- such a big strong baby! So, daddy runs for the camera (reciting in his head "don't take your eye off the baby for a second"), and what luck, baby is just fine, and oh so happy to be standing on her own. She is so cute!

And then of course she falls down and whacks her head on the side of the crib.

And daddy gets a picture of it (technically, my eyes WERE on the baby, just not hands or anything.)



The fall left a little dent in her forehead (which didn't last long), which has turned into a little (but not livid) bruise. She was, to say the least, not happy about the fall. Luckily, I had 1/2 a bottle of milk handy, and that soothed her and she was her normal self within a few minutes.

What did we learn today daddies? Um, I'm not sure. Maybe that keeping an eye on the baby isn't enough? Maybe we learned that gravity is a harsh mistress? Maybe this is the first of many falls that we (and she) will just have to live with? Probably all of the above.