This Is Why…

I’m not much of a “I told you so” mommy. I strongly believe in natural consequences for my children and allow them to make mistakes and learn from them whenever it is safe. Usually these experiences end with a “this is why you don’t/shouldn’t/aren’t supposed to…” comment from me.

And I AM a “quick, take a picture before you help them” mommy:

20140406-174352.jpgThis is why doll buggies stay on the floor…

SONY DSCThis is why you don’t try to wiggle away from a guy with a broken collar bone…

IMG_0995This is why you don’t rock so hard in the chair…

DSC08330This is why you don’t pull so hard on the wrapping paper…

DSC08706This is why you don’t try to get out from the raincover…

SONY DSCThis is why you don’t jump on hardwood in tights…

DSC03958This is why you don’t climb on the stool without a big person…

DSC03975This is why you don’t kick your toy bar…

DSC03947This is why you don’t run in wellies…

DSC02857 (3)This is why you don’t back out of the chair…

DSC02753 (5)This is why you don’t roll under the bed…

DSC02451 (2)This is why you pull out the chair before climbing up…

DSC02390 (2)This is why you don’t play “tackle grapefruit”…

DSC01798This is why you don’t crawl between the table and chair…

DSC01778This is why you don’t try to get around the barricade…

DSC01359This is why you don’t sit in a basket…

SONY DSCThis is why you don’t linger at the bottom of the slide…

DSC00053DSC00054This is why you don’t crawl on the edge of the saucer…

DSC06120This is why you don’t crawl around with a towel on your head…

DSC04363This is why you don’t try to get inside the bedside table…

1524967_10201160517724583_1380210295_nThis is why you don’t play under the coffee table…

DSC06857This is why you don’t try to stand up at the table…

SONY DSCThis is why you don’t get too wild at the museum… 

SONY DSCThis is why you don’t flip over the hotel chair…

Photo042This is why you don’t steal mommy’s iPad and run away with it…

Photo038This is why you don’t try to get into the buggy from the chair…

Photo002This is why you don’t fold up your bed mattress instead of napping…

SONY DSCThis is why you don’t wear glitter tights in a house full of cats…

SP_A0072This is why you don’t try to take your pajamas off during nap…

SONY DSCThis is why you hold my hand…

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  1. Joanna April 7, 2014
    • Melissa April 7, 2014
  2. Jessica Foley April 14, 2016
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