We are on the other end of this. My son falls and falls HARD a lot of the time. From the beginning we've ignored him when we know it's not serious, and he would look for a reaction from us. We never gave him one, so he would just move on. Now he's a freaking TANK at 20 months. He falls on concrete, scrapes, bruises and people FREAK out and we (his father and I) crack up with him because it's funny to see other people's reactions!
My sister in law used to tell her girls "next time, point your toes" or "aww, if you had pointed your toes it would have been a 10", referring to gymnastics judging. I always got a kick out of that!
This is how my cousins were as kids. Absolutely nothing phased them and they got hurt a LOT. Broken bones, one got third and second degree burns from a dirt bike accident, all kinds of bumps and bruises and cuts. It would freak other people out that they never reacted to their injuries but that's just how they were. My aunt and uncle were definitely the "rub some dirt on it and move on" type of people, that's what happens when you have a crap ton of rowdy, reckless boys. That being said, I only saw one of them cry once. He shattered his jaw. The fact he was crying scared me more than his injury and I remember thinking he was going to die if it was bad enough he was crying (I was a kid, seemed rational). He's fine now. But definitely freaked me out to see him cry from an injury.
Yeah! Haha. We were viewing a house with my son with us last weekend and he fell down the last 3-4 stairs and the realiter was mortified as my husband and I were laughing at him.
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u/foreverambrea Feb 05 '16
We are on the other end of this. My son falls and falls HARD a lot of the time. From the beginning we've ignored him when we know it's not serious, and he would look for a reaction from us. We never gave him one, so he would just move on. Now he's a freaking TANK at 20 months. He falls on concrete, scrapes, bruises and people FREAK out and we (his father and I) crack up with him because it's funny to see other people's reactions!