Mar 06 2009
Jack Johnson Has It All Wrong
If I had eyes in the back of my head, I wouldn’t waste them by telling you how good you look while I walk away. No siree. I would use those eyes to thwart the mischief my daughters can create in the few seconds I have my back turned.
All kids think their parents have eyes in the back of their heads, so I guess I won’t go around broadcasting that it’s just not true. Still, I can’t count the number of times my daughters and I have been in the same room, yet they get into trouble when I’m not looking.
One night while I was making dinner I turned around to find two of my girls on the kitchen table. How they managed to get up there without me knowing or seeing is beyond me. The coffee table is another object they like to climb on when they know my back is turned. When we went through the “I like to take off my diaper phase” (them, not me) I felt like I couldn’t blink or someone’s diaper was going to be flying through the air. If you are a parent and can’t relate to any of these things, please, please, please tell me your secret, or where you found that extra set of eyes.
I’m just curious, though… if I did have eyes in the back of my head would I have enough peripheral vision to see everything my daughters are doing? Maybe I need eyes on the side of my head, too!
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Nope, sadly I can relate all too well! I’d like to think that I have eyes in the back of my head (and I tell the kids that I do), but alas, I do not. That’s how my toddler gets into things without me knowing. She’s quiet too, because I never hear her getting into things either. I only see and hear the aftermath…”Look, Mama!” No thanks, I’d really rather not!
As for the number of eyes needed, I’m thinking at the very least 4 pairs of eyes for you. That would give you a fighting chance!