Untold Dangers of the Road
In order to best picture the following scenario it is important that you know, up front, that Addy is still rear-facing in her carseat and if you want to know why, read this.
We have a new parenting challenge. Imagine driving along, all is quiet and well. The kids are strapped down in, eating lunch from some crappy fast food joint which means a half hour of peace and quiet, guaranteed.
When suddenly, out of the blue, you are pelted in the back of the head with none other than a chicken finger.
Now imagine that the chicken finger is a plastic sippee cup.
Or an open cup filled with ice from the nice Sample Lady at the Starbucks inside our new Target (just for instance).
Or a book.
Or a portable DVD player.
You probably see what the problem is unless you particularly love the challenge of trying to drive while honing your psychic ducking skills or seeing through the “spots” in the sky created by blunt force trauma to the head.
Honestly I don’t know how this happened but at some point the baby decided that when she is done with something, she needs to give it to us and the best way to do this is to hurl it backward over her head at high speed. The girl has an arm.
And hence you might suggest that this be a good time to turn her forward-facing, I’m not a big enough idiot to offer her an opportunity for better aim at my head, thankyouverymuch!
So yeah, we’ve told her to stop. The bigger kids cant seem to anticipate it in order to help keep it from happening. The only other option left is to never give her anything, ever, in the car. Sweet. That is sure to make car trips loads of fun.
I hope that, by summer, she will be slightly more rational and willing to just hand off whatever she is done with to a brother instead of hurling it at top speed toward my head. The curve-balls this girl throws definitely keep that us on our toes. Pun intended.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Ok, now there are the giggles I needed right about now! I’m thinking perhaps some kind of bubble or tent over the back and top of the car seat to prevent items from leaving her area? A force field of some sort?
Your tales of that cutie never fail to crack me up - to say you have your hands full is the understatement of the day (week? month? year?)…
March 6th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Oh my gosh you are brillient! I can just mosquitoe-net her!!!!!!!!!!!
March 6th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Yeah, you could put up one of those cages…like the kind they have in police cars to separate the backseat passengers (aka criminals) from the officers. I have to say though, picturing Addy chuckin crap over her head, and imagining that crap hitting you smack in the back of the noggin is pretty darn funny!
March 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Oh my goodness, this is totally cracking me up!! That girl is such a funny one.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Whoa! Flying objects coming hurtlng at your head while you drive?! I swear, the xbox driving games don’t even come close to the excitement a mom-driver experiences every day. That is one fiesty (and adorable!) girl you’ve got on your hands!
March 6th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
My daughter is a thrower too. Right now she likes to signal the end of a meal by throwing her silverware, food, and then dumping the plate on the table. Nooo!!!
March 6th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
*LOL* Gotta love ‘em!
March 7th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Haha! Wow everyone has great parenting stories today! I think this is one of my favorites though!
March 7th, 2008 at 9:46 am
OMG! Love it! Sorry, but this is cracking me up!
March 7th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
LOL, sounds like she’s ready for 2!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Uh, are you *sure* the older kids can’t anticipate the throwing? j/k!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Haha~ Jen may be on to something or…are you sure it’s not actually THE older kids pitching stuff at your head and blaming poor Addy! haha