Several of you have heard me say this lately. Everyone has days where no matter how hard they try they cant seem to get out of their own way. These are walking days. Since Julia has no brakes some of her more clumsy moments become dangerous. Every kid needs to fall in order to know how not to fall, and i am ok with bumps and bruises to an extent.
Julia has days that no matter how hard she tries she can't keep herself from falling, bumping into things, breaking things, walking into things etc. Part of Julia's complexity is that no matter how focused she is and how hard she tries if there is too much movement she is going to end up on the ground.
Keeping her walking for the day at least decreases the force of impact when something goes wrong. It can sometimes reset her brain to have a calmer day, with minimal injury. Unfortunately Julia does not learn from her accidents, through no fault of her own, her brain just struggles to save the information of how not to do it next time. No mother likes to see her child fall, or get hurt. But every child needs to learn. One of my other charming children failed to believe me that if you bounce on a tree branch that is weak it will snap. As sad as it was to see her little banged up nose, I know she learned that tree branches can break now.
Julia can fall on the same root in the woods every day for weeks and still not prepare herself better for the next time she passes over the root. So I have to be her preparation. She still needs to live life and figure everything out on her own, it is just on a smaller capacity than most children her age.
Running days do show up, and they are great when they happen but for now I have to make sure my little butterfly's wings don't get to tattered during flight.
