gear up

I have been hit in the face with toys one too many times in the last week.
Enough so that I am blogging about it.
I teach my kids not to hit and throw toys, but with a toddler in the house, there is no warning.
They just sneak up on you.
Broken noses and bloodied lips from heads of lap sitters.
Not to mention the broken/punctured feet from stepping on and breaking toys.
Rolled ankles from tripping over "blanket", or the obscene trail of stuffed animals that seems to appear behind me like a jet stream. 
I am not wishing this time of life away, just saying that when you leave the hospital with baby number one, they need to send you home with full protective gear. 
Pads, helmet, maybe even a cup.
And wish you good luck.
Break a leg.
Parenting is a full contact sport.
You will get hurt.
Pushing out that baby is just the beginning.

{My septoplasty in 2009 to remove scar tissue in my sinuses.  I got hit in the nose so many times by baby heads post surgery that it knocked my septum crooked again.}