MOMMY’S
WORDS
OF
CAUTION
:
CHILDPROOF
your
home
before
testing
the
Maxou
Mobile.
Why?
Because
the
first
things
Max
did
were
to
explore
the
kitchen
(hot
oven
door),
to
check
out
the
glass
doors
to
the
buffet
(he
can
open
them
or
break
them),
to
try
to
get
under
his
crib
and
toy
shelves
(ramming
his
feet
up
under
the
railing),
to
pull
all
the
dishcloths
off
a
low
shelf,
and
to
try
to
get
out
the
back
door!
All
this
came
as
a
bit
of
a
surprise
for
me,
as
Max
is
our
first
and
only
child
and
we
have
never
had
to
childproof!
Please
get
down
to
your
child’s
level
and
check
that
furniture
edges,
plugs,
plants,
breakable
or
dangerous
items
and
anything
you
treasure
dearly
are
OUT
OF
REACH.
One
thing
I
noticed
is
that
since
the
Maxou
Mobile
is
very
low-lying,
when
Max
ran
into
a
4-legged
dining
room
chair,
the
chair
had
a
tendency
to
tip
over
toward
him-
-
very
dangerous!
It
goes
without
saying
that
for
many
of
us,
the
mischief
our
SMA
kid
will
get
into
will
be
a
joy,
but
please
be
careful
“on
the
road”!
Independent
mobility
is
new
for
some
of
our
kids,
so
don’t
be
surprised
by
your
emotions—I
considered
Max’s
first
“drive”
as
his
first
steps
and
was
a
little
shocked
not
only
at
how
happy
and
proud
of
him
I
was,
but
also
at
how
hard
it
suddenly
hit
home
that
he
was,
and
will
remain,
chair-bound
(I
hate
the
words
“confined”
and
“bound”,
but
can’t
find
others).
However,
the
sheer
joy
and
mile-wide
smile
on
Max’s
face
soon
erased
those
feelings.
Please don’t expect your child to “get it” right away, especially if you have younger kids. Max played around with the joystick for a couple of days, not really understanding that he was controlling his movement and not looking AT ALL where he was going (I think he gets that from me…)! Whenever he was obviously frustrated because the MM wasn’t moving, we would move it for him or take him out of it—no reason to turn it into a bad experience. It has now been a week and although he can’t always turn or back up like a pro, he does seem to understand that he controls the MM and makes a deliberate effort to go toward whatever catches his eye.
