ExerSaucer Escape

Once upon a time there was this sweet little boy (not really all that little though to begin with) named Brody. This little boy was so good to his mommy. During the day when Daddy went to work mom would need a shower so the sweet little Brody would lay nicely in his bouncer seat or even in his car seat on the bathroom floor while she cleaned up.

Soon Brody tired of this. Often times crying or just small tantrums would start once the baby had been in his seat for longer than 5 minutes. Mommy had to do something different if she ever wanted to take a morning shower again.

So Brody was then put on a blanket on the bathroom floor with toys to keep him occupied. This was a great solution until Brody learned to scoot. Soon Mommy was having to shut the door to keep him inside. It still wasn't too hard.

Then Brody really learned to move. The army crawl was now his mode of transportation, and he was VERY good at it, and VERY fast. So fast his parents thought he would never crawl the correct way. The army crawling soon led to the bathroom trash can being knocked over and on more than one occasion Mom had to get out of the shower dripping wet to stop The Brodester from getting behind the toilet(ew!). Then he defied all odds and after nearly 3 months of the army crawl, Brody busted out the normal crawling. He was now moving faster than ever before, and into everything the second his parents weren't looking....well actually sometimes even when they WERE looking.

Then one day a friend lent the family a baby jumper that hangs from a doorway. This was great. Not only did Brody have fun jumping, but it kept him in ONE place the whole time. He couldn't get into anything while Mom showered. BUT like all things in Brody's world, it soon lost its interest. Mom and Dad purchased an exersaucer that Brody really loved. Mom was able to alternate between jumper and exersaucer. It was happy on all accounts.

On this very morning though, Brody decided to make an escape. During Mom's shower she noticed that the normally very talkative and noisy Brody was suddenly quiet. She opened the shower door to find that the little man had simply found his pacifier, but was still playing nicely. So Mom went about the rest of her hot shower in peace and quiet. Not worried at all about the stationary Brody.

Imagine the surprise of Mom when she came out of that shower only to find the exersaucer very much empty of a baby. She panicked for a short second until she saw Brody sitting on the floor with Dad's nightstand door opened and change out of a cup spread all over the place. The only explanation Mom could think of was that Brody had dived out of his seat head first! Not one single peep came out of him though. He had fallen out and gone about playing. Luckily for her, he kept his pacifier in his mouth the entire time....had he not, quarters, pennies, nickels, or dimes could be floating around in his belly right now.

Moral of the story: do not EVER think that your kid is in the last place that you put him....even if he is strapped in!