Did you have one of those children or granchildren who are born to fly?

Question

From the time my son was born it was "look out world here I come". I swear he looked at me in the delivery room and said "tighten your seatbelt mom its gonna be a bumpy ride".

He rolled over the day he came home from the hosptial, stood up and started running when he was barely 8 months old, climbed cupboard and launched himself into space from there, hung over the side of his crib until he fell out and then scooted off exploring in the middle of the night -- I had to put a harnass on him everytime we went everywhere.

He also managed to fall into every single puddle, creek, lake, stream, fountain, swimming pool, body of water he came across. I was forever fishing him out of places - he could slip out my hand in a mini second - and splash --

He was also the smiliest, brightest little baby - he could talk in full sentences when he was 14 months old.

My daughter was the complete opposite. Very easy to care for, and well behaved. Walked on her 1st birthday, not ran.

OMG MY son thought his name was No-No too LOL Norie No NO :-) I had forgotten about that.

Silk we did apparently have the same child, people tried to tell me was hyperactive but he COULD sit still for hours if something interested him, so I told them "No he was just born with an unbridled enthusiasm for life".

Even as he became a teenager I would get those phone calls "mom, I'm calling from the back of an ambulance". Once because he charged into a burning bldh to rescue an old lady AND her cat and inhaled too much smoke

Juju he is all grown up, 27 now, has his own business, and is a good man.
He was scouted by a major ball team but fell off a cliff and blew his knee so there went his shot at fame.

I am also happy to say that instead of being a mall rat as a teenager he was out hiking, climbing, camping etc

He is his own person and I just stand back and watch and make myself available when he needs to talk. .

Answer 1

Yes....my oldest. She was a total individual and non-conformist from the womb......forget nature or nurture. She was my mothers curse.....she broke every book written about raising children. Time out? For her was 3 solid hours of screaming. I went to parent classes.......she didn't do anything they said. This woman gave me so much grief....challenged everything I knew......ran me through the ringer......and I simply ADORE her. She is everything I dreamed and everything I hoped for. She single handedly taught me more than just about anyone else. She is my daughter.

Answer 2

My first daughter was the placid one. Which did not do anything to prepare me for the spitfire that was my second daughter.

As Silky's son, my second daughter was 6 weeks premature and she never let that slow her down. She could hold her little body rigid enough to stand for a few MINUTES when she was only two months old. She went straight to running everywhere by the time she was seven months old. At eight months of age, she used the large cardboard box in her sister's room to climb into the window...where there was only a rusted screen between her and a four storey drop. I had absolutely NO IDEA that I could fly, but from where I was when I saw her to the window was a minimum of 15 feet, which I took in only TWO strides, ONE of which included vaulting my older daughter's bed!

This was also the child that needed so badly to "discover" herself that she went downtown at the age of 15 to live as almost a street kid.

Believe me, I am thankful that she has finally slowed down. I tell her that she is responsible for every one of the silver hairs on my head (which is almost completely silver now).

(As a complete aside, I wanted to congratulate you Isotope, on your answer to the woman about the way to keep a marriage viable after the newness wears off. Everything you said was the very best advice that woman could ever receive.)

Answer 3

Yes, my daughter never slowed down and was always into something. She had skinned shins, bumps, and bruises. She cut her chin open 3 times and tried to climb a stand at 1 1/2 and pulled it over on her, cutting her face open on both sides of her nose. I'm not a good swimmer, but she swims under water like a fish. She flew cross country at 12 and rode back with her aunt. She skis, flies, hikes & camps in the deep woods, all things I've never done. It's nice that she gets out there and enjoys the world.

Answer 4

My son was like that, there is justice in the world, he now has a heartbreaker red head that's the same way. The little character is a hand full to keep track of (busy body). Just started school this year (chest puffin time -- for Granpa, Son and the little guy himself)

Answer 5

No. I do have one sister who does have a bit of an adventurous side. She has traveled throughout the world and has even moved to a different state than the one she was raised in. My son and his wife did take a teaching job in Taiwan for 6 months to teach English. The things they experienced were remarkable! As for myself and my other sister.... well, we still live within 5 miles of where we were raised. I blame it on being to cautious. I suppose we all have our own calling.

Answer 6

Yep, have a grandson like that, procosous sense of humor, loves all sports, is difficult to keep out of things, but ...in his defense, he does do as he is told (after the 10th telling, at any rate). He plays on a football team, a baseball team, loves soccer, is now into wrestling...and makes excellent grades. Where in the hell do they get this energy? Love and peace, Goldwing

Answer 7

No, my son had to be given wings. He was too careful, if that's at all possible! In fact his two kids and my husbands grandson are all pretty mellow. I think that our granddaughter will be the one to give them a run for their money. She is not quite two yet, so we'll see. I was the one born with wings! I like your new Avatar!

Answer 8

My goodness, did we have the same child? Matthew was into everything! Got out of his crib, got into the playpen with his brother, opened the drawers in the kitchen and used them as steps to climb up on the counter, planted air line tickets so he could have a "ticket tree" to travel whenever he wanted. I had to put locks high on the bedroom door, because he would escape and get into things when he was supposed to be sleeping, had to keep the front door bolted because of his 'escape plan". I told him to clean his room, I didn't want to see anything on the floor, so he popped the screen out of his window and threw everything out, we lived on the 3rd floor, so all his clothes were stuck in the tree. He made "goat carts" out of lawn mower parts, unfortunately, the lawn mowers still worked and were being used for that purpose He "fixed" all radios and TVs before they were broken, however, after he 'fixed" them they never worked. ,My other son who was 10 months and 2 weeks apart, was obedient, could play by himself and when I said "no" he didn't do it. Matthew thought his last name was No-No. It was always, Matthew No-No. I actually went to the pediatrician thinking the younger one had something wrong with him, the pediatrician said, no he is perfectly normal, your other son is hyperactive.
I have to add that Matthew came 7 weeks early, he made up for it in constantly beiong late for every appointment in his life. LOL

Answer 9

T-Type. Yes my son is not afraid of anything. When we got to the mountains, he'll run off into the woods. I realize I'm going to have to find a lot to keep this one busy when he gets older lest he become one of those car surfers, God forbid.

Answer 10

In my case, it was the daughter. Fortunately, I could cope with a girl. I simply could not, for the life of me, decipher my son. Still can't, and he's now 48.

I love them both, but I understand her and her motives better.

BTW, I like your new, seasonal image.