Yes gone are the days or just a little face plant on the carpet we have moved to the days of face sledding on concrete. Poor Charis! We were playing in the front yard and she was getting closer to the street than I would prefer so I asked her to stop which generally this works and she will come back to where I am. This day she chose to disobey though and started running for the street via the driveway. I took off after her, which made her run faster since she found a game in it. She tripped on her way down and went sledding on her face. It was in such slow motion to my mommy eyes from the trip to the skidding. Oh there was an intense silence and then and equally intense scream. There was blood and tears. I carried her inside and got her all cleaned up and settled down but it did take a good bit. Most of the damage was on her nose but there is a bit on her forehead and right under her nose as well. It does look worse today (the day after) with the scab and all. I think that she might obey about stopping now. When we go out everyone looks at her and then at me I have the bad mommy syndrome but you do have to learn that you cannot take of running into the street and you must learn to obey as well. It is just so hard on the parents and the kiddo!