15 Signs this is the Week your Child Broke Something in Your Home
This is the week that your child breaks something in your home. It could be their fault (i.e., they tripped over a toy, ran into the coffee table, fell off the couch onto an end-table), or it might not (such as when your 6 month old decides to pull all of his toys down from the wall unit for absolutely no reason.) The point is, regardless of whose “fault” this mishap was, you are now the parent who has to deal with child protective services or a broken piece of furniture.
Here are 15 signs that THIS IS THE WEEK YOUR CHILD BROKE SOMETHING IN YOUR HOME:
1) If your child breaks something in your home, this is the ONLY time that you will notice it.
2) You now own 3 broken lamps (can be per room or all of them).
3) Your oldest lamp has now fallen behind your bedside table and is no longer an option for lighting your bedroom.
4) You’ve lost so many remotes that you can’t tell which one works with what anymore.
5) The remotes you do have left work sporadically at best. This frustrates mommy to no end because she does not understand why the light switch won’t turn off or on when she presses it repeatedly with her foot under the covers at 4 am.
6) When your toddler starts laughing, you automatically assume they’ve broken something and begin to panic. “Why is your son laughing? What did he break now?!?!”
7) The pediatrician tells you that your child has dropped a percentile in height and weight during their most recent visit and it’s because of all the falling and tripping. You look at them like they’re crazy, but then you realize that your child is ALWAYS falling down these days (and maybe calling YOU clumsy).
8) You spend way too much time trying to figure out what object in your home has been responsible for the pain/boo-boo/scratch on your child’s body lately…because it happened again.
9) Mommy stops by the toy aisle to pick up a gift for a birthday party and sees that the LeapFrog Tablets are on sale. She tells herself that she’ll hold off because she’s still paying office visits from when her child smashed their forehead into an end table last month.
10) Your family now has enough medication samples to open their OWN pharmacy! It seems as though all those little boxes of band-aids with antibiotic ointment and pain relievers have come in so very handy lately…nothing like having free medicine laying around your home at all times!
11) Your child’s teacher has a nice long chat with you about how your child is constantly walking into other children and/or dropping things. Does this mean that they’re bad at sports?
12) You open up your backyard to the neighborhood kids, but only adults are allowed to play with the hose because it seems as though everyone is turning into Curious George these days.
13) The neighbor kid next door shows up wearing an Elmo shirt and tells you that he thinks you might be having a baby because “your house smells like one.” You tell him that you think YOUR house smells like one…of that little spray bottles of Febreeze maybe.
14) You find yourself constantly picking up plastic bags and dried leaves from around your home, but can never seem to find a garbage bag or broom/dustpan. You need to go shopping STAT.
15) You have a lot of thoughts about how you’re going to “remedy” the situation, but really all you want is for them to leave so you can wallow in misery and try not to cry yourself to sleep again tonight.
Mommy Says: Sometimes it’s easier just saying things with pictures…wouldn’t you agree? If you missed this week’s earlier post from my partner in crime, be sure to check it out! I especially love that this post includes a list of items that may be breaking your child’s fall when they take a tumble in their own home!
Conclusion:
No matter what you do, there are times where little ones are going to break something in your home. It is inevitable, especially if they are still learning movement and coordination. Sometimes it’s hard to even notice that they’ve broken an item until you step back and look at all the evidence…like 4 lamps missing light bulbs or remote controls scattered across the floor.
When I was a child, I managed to break quite a few things in our home…my parents swore up and down that there was even one lamp buried behind their dresser because no one could find those tiny light bulbs! I’m sure as parents we felt so awful for making such a huge mess (and probably wanted to strangle us at times.