Sam's first Boo-boo

Recently Sam discovered how to open and close drawers. Now it's one of his favorite past times. Any time he is near a drawer, especially one at his level, he wants to play with them. I try to keep him away from drawers if I can because who knows what is in them that he could get into, but I do let him open and close his dresser drawers. I figure if he pulls out the clothes, it's inconvenient, but they aren't going to hurt him. And it teaches him how to be dexterous.

This afternoon after changing Sam's diaper, I put him down on the floor for a minute while I put a few things away in the closet. Sure enough, he scooted himself over to the dresser drawer and proceeded to start opening and closing it with some vigor. I told him to be careful, that he didn't want to pinch his fingers. He pulled open the drawer again, looked up at me, grinned, and pushed it closed. There was this moment where his smile went from sheer delight to a realization that something was wrong, and then he started to wail. Sure enough, he had closed his middle finger in the drawer. I went over, released his finger, gathered him in my arms and cuddled him, kissed his boo-boo, and told him it would be all better. He cried for a couple minutes, pointing his little red finger straight in the air. But then it passed, and he wanted to go play. What a boy. :P And so, with the smooth glide of a dresser drawer, came the first of many boo-boos to kiss.