omigosh amy! How scary!!! I'm sorry but I dont know if most boys ever fully get out of this that stage. Hopefully they eventually start using their head though.
moki | Homepage | 07.16.05 - 11:51 am | #

holy frijole Mom! Strap yourself in, it's going to be a bumpy ride. You've got two boys on your hands and that's always nerve jangling, no matter what, if you ask me. My youngest is 13 and has worn my nerves to little bleeding nubs. I have found martinis to be helpful.
yolie | 07.17.05 - 11:09 am | #

All I can say Amy is look at your brothers and your husband (not to mention you and your sisters), somehow all of they made it through childhood and almost all of them have made it through the teen years. Yes, there are scars but they are still alive and well. Pray really, really hard and hope for the best, that is all you can do.
Mom | 07.17.05 - 1:01 pm | #

Mom, Amy and I were perfect angels, I don't know what you are talking about. The boys were always the ones "almost" killing themselves.
Aunt Doot | 07.18.05 - 10:05 am | #

Oh Amy, how awful for you. Parker is in his 4-year old defiant stage so although we don't have the climbing and destruction we have the yelling and screaming and head butting and stomping. sigh.

I like the martini idea, too bad we don't live closer to each other!
dawn | Homepage | 07.18.05 - 11:19 am | #

Yikes, that is so very scary. I think a big part of it is that it's a boy thing -- they really seem to take the risks that girls don't. BUT, with girls it's all drama and emotion, so it's rough in a different way.

Although, my youngest (almost 6) was walking around with a twist-tie completely in her mouth the other day. What in the world would possess someone to do that? I thought we were past all that crap!!

Also, I'm about ready to poke someone's eye out with a pencil, just so I can stop worrying about when it's going to happen.

Ok, I guess the martinis are sounding pretty good after all...
mm | Homepage | 07.19.05 - 10:54 pm | #

Please report what happened to your child and the window blinds cords to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC estimates that 1 child a month is strangled to death by a window covering cord and is compiling statistics to show window covering manufacturers that this is an on-going problem that needs to be addressed. It is important to report this incident. Their website is http://www.cpsc.gov
Elaine | 08.06.05 - 5:42 pm | #

Thanks for the information, Elaine. I will file a report shortly.
amy | Homepage | 08.06.05 - 6:32 pm | #