Just yesterday, we got home from daycare and before I could usher him out of the garage and into the house, Liam reached behind the rear tire and grabbed the car’s hot exhaust pipe. Of all of the things I continually try to safeguard him against – hot stove burners, finger-pinching doors, daring leaps from atop furniture – it had never, ever dawned on me to worry about that. Fortunately, the quick singe frightened more than it actually caused damage, so lots of hugs and a little time with the icepack drove the tears away. But I felt so horrible that he’d had to learn that lesson the hard way.

But y’know, as much as I hate to see things happen to the li’l guy, I think scrapes, bumps, nicks, and yes, burns, are just part of learning to navigate the physical world and discovering limitations. I pondered a bit about this in a post called Risky Business a few months back.
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