Remember how I said that we hadn't discovered anything that scares Brady? How balloons bursting in his face, barking dogs running up to him, even the ocean didn't seem to phase him at all?
Today, we found out what scares him.
My child-- the one who hurls himself into pools, sticks his head into a stream of water shooting out of the mouth of a giant concrete dolphin, and loves nothing more than splashing in the bath-- is afraid of the sprinklers.
It was a nearly perfect day today weather-wise, so when Paul suggested that we let Brady run through the sprinklers (right after the plumber finished fixing them-- they've been sidelined ever since a frozen pipe-bursting incident this winter), I was totally on board. I stripped him down to a swim diaper, carried him out the front door, held his hand, and led him into the sprinklers.
Oh, the wailing. The wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth. My child-- the one who begged for more when Paul was tossing him literally feet above his head and into a swimming pool last month-- ran away, pointing accusationally behind him wailing "WA WA! WA WA!" like it was a bad thing.
A few minutes later we filled up his new little kiddie pool in the back yard, and once again he was the happiest kid on the block, dancing in the water and splashing away. Then we turned the sprinklers back on, and the tears returned.
Water? Awesome. Water shooting out of the ground? Not cool.
Go figure.
He doesn't like riot control water cannons either. Weird.
Posted by: Brady's Daddy | July 01, 2009 at 07:01 PM
Brandon was that exact same way, and someone told me it was because the water was cold and "pulsing" at them. Not sure how it's any different than your water fountain adventures, but who knows!
Posted by: Robin | July 01, 2009 at 07:58 PM