5:30 am and our bedroom door flies open.
An out of breath four year old appears.
Lulu: daddy sophie (our german shepherd) is outside.
Daddy: no she's not honey, it's early, she's downstairs.
Lulu: no daddy she is running down the street.
Daddy: honey, you must be having a bad dream, I'm sure she is downstairs.
Lulu: no! she's! not! I let her out the front door and she started to run away. I tried to chase her, but I couldn't catch her. Some old men were walking down the street, but don't worry I didn't talk to them.
Thanks for the "don't worry" Lulu...the fact that you were outside alone before sunrise is a perfectly normal and fine thing for you to do so long as you don't talk to strangers.....seriously? As a parent, where do you go with this one? Our daughter was telling the truth and not only had she left the house without us, she went topless. Certainly the neighbors had already called the Department of Social Services. Hadn't we locked the upper "child proof" lock and hidden the key?
Once again, she left us feeling like one of us should be awake at all times with eyes on her and there was no room for error in our house. One missed lock led to one wandering 4 year old and I'm sure plenty of neighborhood gossip (we have a regular crew of early morning walkers).
We crack up when we think about it (we know it is a horrible story that could have ended tragically), but no matter how hands on and on top of guessing her every move we are, we can never anticipate every move. We have to laugh about it ~ if not I would be paralyzed by fear.
No comments:
Post a Comment