The other day, I was sitting on the couch and Zeke came running from the other side of the room with something he wanted to show me. On his way to me he stubbed his toe on the ottoman and hurt himself. After I consoled him, I reminded him that was why we have a rule to not run in the house. The rule isn’t so he doesn’t have fun. It is to protect him. Just because we have that rule doesn’t mean he will never stub his toe (I think we are all aware of how they are magnets for furniture legs). But it will lessen the chances of it happening.
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