jumperoo for big kids

May 29

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, current events, just another day in paradise, memories, parenting, ramblings, videos

I recently saw a picture posted on another mom’s blog (she’s hilarious, go read!) of a small trampoline that still has all the safety features of a full sized trampoline. It is a wonder we ever survived childhood, right? I can remember jumping out of my friend’s treehouse about seven feet down on to her trampoline. Which was, of course, on a cement patio. When we discuss our children, people often refer to their child as “a climber,” meaning said child will use any and all measures to gain access to a higher position within the room. I have a friend who found her son on top of the fridge in his Halloween candy. He had used the handles of the drawers like a ladder. Climbers can be very resourceful and creative. Then there are those of us who have “jumpers.” I have a jumper. As early as I can remember he liked to be bounced. If I walked with a gentle bounce in my step when he was an infant, he would fall asleep. When he got old enough that we didn’t worry about “shaking” him, he would delight at being bounced on your knee. He loved to put his fist against his mouth so that when you bounced him, he sounded like a little indian (if you pat your mouth while making a continuous sound). I borrowed a jumperoo from a friend when he was about seven months old. I felt like I had struck gold. He would jump until his little legs couldn’t move anymore. On numerous occasions, I have said “I wish they made a jumperoo for toddlers, it might help expel some of this seemingly endless energy.” Found it. It is a little big, but we will keep it indoors for the summer to cut down on the possibility of a heat stroke! Appropriately, his shirt says “I do all my own stunts.”