I can't be the only one whose child is looking more and more battered by the day. New skills are certainly leaving their marks as his skin is starting to fill up with red and black marks showing the failed attempts.
I try my hardest to keep him out of danger but sometimes he has to learn and sometimes I just cannot predict what he will do. I hate seeing him in pain and would do anything to take it away from him but luckily (unless he is super tired) he is quite good at picking himself up and getting on with things again after a few tears and a cuddle.
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It was only a few short weeks ago that he sat nicely playing with his toys. His skin still soft and pink and all body parts intact. Currently he is sporting 3 bruises on his face down to clumsiness and several on his knees, possibly due to crawling but I can't be sure. I feel embarrassed taking him out with a big red mark down one cheek but can't explain to everyone we see that he tried to pull himself up on an empty toy box and it couldn't hold his weight.
I am hoping this is a stage all toddlers go through as they learn and become more mobile but it doesn't change how horrible it is seeing him fall and the marks and bruises that inevitably follow. Are your children as bruised and battered as my little dude? (please say yes!)
