A+ Parenting Today: Danger Baby 2.0

I can't take the credit for Isaac's earned title of Danger Baby 2.0. Isaac's older (by 2 months) cousin Dean is the Original Danger Baby, probably because he basically came out of the womb crawling. (I was going to say "he came crawling out of the womb", but somehow this alternate phrasing seemed a bit too graphic.) Anyway, Isaac has earned his distinction of Danger Baby 2.0 through many, many months of consistently finding trouble... and food.

Maybe it's because he's my third child - I'm more laidback out of necessity, I can't watch him as closely because I have two other little people running around, baby-proofing is trickier with older siblings - but I suspect there's another answer at play. The kid has guts! I love it. This. kid. has. guts. But also, he's my third of three kids 5 & under and I'm tired... That's A+ Parenting Today.

How this particular post was born:

Yesterday it was negative-too-many degrees outside, so I wanted to start the car before heading out with the boys. Very foward-thinking of me, I thought. Tucker was on the potty, Isaac was playing quietly in the living room, and so I ducked out for less than a minute. Less than 60 seconds later, I reentered the house and heard frantic, loud crying, so I ran up the stairs to find this:

on top of this:

who was shrieking, I suspect because a lamp falling on top of you is loud and surprising, and also because he was stuck between two of the tripod legs and couldn't go anywhere. Bummer.

I'm sorry I didn't snap a picture for ya'll (it briefly flashed through my mind), but I decided that making sure the shrieking child was unharmed should probably be my first course of action. He was fine. I wish I had a picture.

After the Tripod Lamp Incident, I thought it would be fun to revisit the photo album on my phone for visual evidence of Danger Baby 2.0. Here's what I found:

Mitten-hand after Danger Baby 2.0 slashed his finger open on a vent.

Danger Baby 2.0 continuing to seek out vents.

Danger Baby 2.0 branching out from just vents to also seek out outlets. Note that this outlet had both covers on. Go me!

Danger Baby 2.0 playing with electrical cords plugged into the previously pictured outlets.

Danger Baby 2.0 scavenging for broom-food.

Danger Baby 2.0 almost making it to the broom-food. (Not pictured: DB2 screeching when I picked him up and moved him before he could actually get any broom-food in his mouth. Good.parenting.move.)