Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Guard Dog

Charlie is showing no signs of crawling yet--I fear he might skip the crawling and go straight to early lurching like his big brother, God help me--but he has gotten quite vigorous with his rolling and thrashing.

It's no longer enough to put down a sheepskin for him on the floor.  There must be a large blanketed area to have any hope of keeping him off the filthy floor, and even that's not always a sure thing.

He spends a lot of time on filthy floors.  I tell myself it's good for his immune system.  Ahem.

The real area of concern with his semi-mobility is near the woodstove.  Obviously, I do not want my infant son to be rolling himself into our blazing-hot woodstove.  But he does so enjoy rolling about on the warm floor near the stove.

Luckily, we have an inconveniently large dog who also enjoys baking in front of the woodstove, and she serves as an effective barrier to baby burning.


Woodstove buddies.

Of course, sharing a blanket with a dog kind of negates the cleanliness aspect of the baby on the blanket, but it's better than first-degree burns.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another woodchuck tale(tail). :)
Dogs are good for children and adults. Beth

KarlaJ said...

Dogs make the best babysitters! Discovered a link to your blog over at Farmgirl Fare, you make me laugh...thanks!

mil said...

Two things occur to me: (1) children raised with dogs are significantly healthier than those raised without dogs; (2) could this be a wonderful example of co-evolution -- dogs protecting young humans from rolling into campfires?

In either case, Mia gets a gold star!

Roger A. Post said...

Mia, Good Dog! Early childhood exposure to animals (and hopefully filthy floors) is thought to condition the immune system in a way that reduces the later incidence of asthma. Now, Allie and Hagrid want me to get off the computer and take them for a dog walk, not having any toddlers to guard.

FinnyKnits said...

True guard dogs, yours.

Adorable, too :)

ChiotsRun said...

Love it, nice when the you can find an additional chore for the animals that don't lay eggs, makes them seem a little more worth having around.