Bonk

How much to baby proof. Some say lots, some say none. Sure we grew up in houses that had all kinds of hazards lurking; toxic cleaners in accessible cabinets, sharp table corners, no stair or window guards, toys with small parts to choke on. So why didn't we all end up dead? This guy at work rails against all things new fangled (ie: liberal) yet tells me that I HAVE to build radiator covers, and move all the Lladros to upper cabinets. Dina, our adoption social worker, says she'll learn not to touch the radiators when they're hot as soon as she tries once. It's a learning curve, she says. So who am I to listen to? And what's the harm in being over protective? She'll grow up not learning how to make painful mistakes? So yet again, I need to chill and trust my own instincts. Just because I never stuck a fork in an outlet or swilled a bottle of Tilex doesn't mean Mariana won't. We'll do all that we can to protect her but expect that sometimes she's going to whack her head and eat something off the floor that she shouldn't (ok, technically it was something that was fresh a few hours ago when she threw it on the floor, right?)