Wild Man

I'm starting to think Ezra's middle name should have been "Danger."  And I'm starting to realize why websites like this: http://www.onestepahead.com/osa/safety.html exist.  With Eliza, we put safety locks on the cabinets and covered the outlets.  And that was pretty much it.  A lot of the baby proofing gear seemed to me to be an industry trying to profit off the paranoia of new parents.  Now I realize we just had a calmer, more easily distractible child the first time around. Sure, Eliza tried to grab harmful stuff at times, but basically we just distracted her with something else or moved her to a new room and she forgot about whatever mischief she'd been pursuing.  Ezra is focused.  He wants to figure out how things work and even if you remove him from the area 10 times, he'll just quickly run back to where he was.  He gets out of child safety restraints, including his stroller straps, his high chair straps and his baby swim straps.  Thank goodness he hasn't figured out the car seat yet.  He'll stand on anything.  Like his toy barn the other day.  Or his sister's doll bed.  He almost got the child safety lock off of the cabinet last night.  He's working on opening door knobs.  The after hours staff at our pediatrician's office now recognize him.  He's been to urgent care once, the ER once and I've already had to call poison control.  He's curious about everything around him and he needs to get to the bottom of it immediately.  Not in a mean spirited way.  He's still a great cuddler, adorable smile, very loving.  He's just mechanical and driven and curious... like his dad.