As my loyal readers know, I am a Noticer. It is sort of a blessing but sometimes it is depressing.
You, not being me, walk right by things that I find really interesting. You need not worry because you have Foolishness...Or Is It? to point out what you missed. I know that gives you solace...Or does it?
This posting is going to point out a phenomenon that has been happening all around you for years but which you, not being me, have been looking right pass it.
What I am referring to and what I am worried about is Shaken Baby Syndrome. This has been happening ever since those Baby Carriers came on the scene. You know what I am talking about. Those are the ones that can be attached to the Baby Anchoring Contraptions in our cars but then can be lifted out & carried around so we don’t have to leave baby in our cars any longer.
Leaving baby in our cars is something that has been really frowned upon for years now. It is almost as serious as leaving the family dog in the car.
The problem with all of this is as baby is carried along it is bounced off the caring parent’s thighs over & over. Baby ends up being treated like one of those balls at the end of those long rubber bands attached to those paddles that we used to play with when we were kids before hand-held video games were invented.
What first caught my observant eye were the baby’s eyes. I noticed that they were wide open & they conveyed a combination of shock & fear at what was happening to them.
I could just imagine them thinking to themselves things like...
- What the heck is going on? (They think “heck” because they have not yet learned to think curse words.)
- Why did I have to be born into an earthquake prone area?
- If I ever get out of this thing, I am going to become a teen-ager & I am going to make life miserable for that bouncer person up there.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
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Lagniappe: On August 1, 2010 my Silliness brushed by a similar subject…
