Evil Knevil's got nothin' on me!

Well, actually, being daring is overrated. Day 1 on the bike and I let Boden go down a little hill on our road thinking that training wheels made him a bit invincible--I should have thought that through. He ended up taking a bit of a spill; he slid off the back of the seat and continued to hold on to the handle bars. It looked cool at first and it would have been a neat trick if he had stuck his landing a little better :-) I told Todd I was giving him some latitude to experiment and he said I could have hovered a bit more. He reminded me that Boden is three and it was his first day on the bike...okay, good point. But, since his fall (in which he was not harmed one bit), Boden quickly learned how to use his breaks and is exercising caution appropriately...so touche, dear.

My Bad Advice

As I was writing an e-mail to my friend, I thought, "This will make a lovely blog post" and then I patted myself on the back for my stellar multi-tasking. *grin*

E-mail to friend:
Subject: Bad advice
...mine, unfortunately. I feel like a bad momma because I told you I gave Boden raisins and that I thought it was okay. I told someone at work in a non-chalant way when she was asking about what Boden eats these days and when I mentioned raisins (among other foods) she was all "Already?! I think it’s a choking hazard?!" Complete with an overexagerated look of undisguised horror. And I was all "He hasn’t gagged on them once and I give him like 5 at a time, all separate so they aren’t one big dried fruit clump" (so take that!). Then she was all “ohhh” in a very disapproving, eyebrows raised kind of way. Grrr. So, I looked up the answer on the all-knowing Internet and the wise pediatricians at the AAP say dried fruit, including raisins, is not okay until age 3 “or older” depending on the ability of your child. Fine. I’m still going to give them to him once in a while if I chop them up, but seriously—3??! So, wanted you to know that I passed on bad advice…again :/