... but sometimes I think it's important to catch them at it

[ailbhe]

Linnea: Good dog!
Ailbhe: Have you got that around Emer's neck?!
Linnea: No! [leans offstage to where Emer is, pulls at something]
Ailbhe: [dashed over, gets the curtain tie-back from around Emer's neck] You must never put anything around her neck, never. It's very serious.
Linnea: But she was a dog! she's not hurt
Ailbhe: [Tears running down her face] I know you didn't want to hurt her and she was having fun being a dog but it's very important - very important - never ever to put anything around someone's neck.
Linnea: OK. [pause] I will remember that.
Ailbhe: Thank you. [has a proper cry]

Then Linnea gave me lots of hugs and asked for squeezes and made me so much better. I didn't ask her to - I make a point of never asking them to - but she did.

And I believe her, too.

(We sorted out that guide dogs have harnesses which are not around their necks so in future Emer can have that kind of harness).

Comments

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Of course, the number of siblings who ACTUALLY manage to kill one another is much smaller than one might think.

After all, my sister accidentally pushed me through a window once.

It WASN'T on the ground floor.

AND it was closed at the time.

(I went through the window, but not the window screen outside the window, so I didn't actually fall out. I did, however, have broken glass all over my head and shoulders. But no injuries.)

So, y'know, there's something you can look forward to . . . .

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Not helping! *makes flaily noises*

[ailbhe]

What does happen is that kids hang themselves by accident after putting things around their necks. There's been one Linnea's age in the news every winter since she learned to walk.

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Some friends of my brother had that happen. The child was almost a year old and got tangled in the blind cords. SO very sad.