Baby Bash
So my sweet little girl fell and hit her face pretty bad this morning.
And I feel so bad, because I was RIGHT THERE! I know, I know...it can happen to any of us, but it doesn't really make me feel better. All kids reach an age where they discover climbing, but Helen is a machine. She'll scale anything, and she just turned 1. I have to watch her like a hawk. But this morning, DH needed to rest because he's been sick, and my mom stayed over last night and was asleep on the couch. So I went into the kids' room (Henry had crawled into bed with Daddy at some point) and I thought I would let Helen play while I relaxed on Henry's bed. I was paying attention to her, but not enough! She crawled up onto the bed with me, and then through the slats on the footboard, onto a table at the foot of the bed. From what I can tell, she fell between the bed and the table, and her face hit the slats pretty hard. As soon as I heard that sound, I knew it was gonna be bad.
Thankfully, I don't think it requires a trip to the hospital - she doesn't need stitches and there really isn't much you can do for a fat lip and bruises. She wont let me clean her up much because it hurts her. My poor baby!
Here she is just after it happened - we put her in the bathtub to distract her in hoped that she would stop crying and help the bleeding to stop. It seemed to work.
About an hour later. The swelling is already getting pretty bad.
And here she is now. Her upper lip is easily 3 times larger than normal, and her eyes and nose are all swollen too. She tried to smile at me, but her upper lip wont move, so it just looked like this horrible grimace - it broke my heart.
Anyways - that's been the drama today! Oh the adventures of Motherhood - I think I win today!
And I feel so bad, because I was RIGHT THERE! I know, I know...it can happen to any of us, but it doesn't really make me feel better. All kids reach an age where they discover climbing, but Helen is a machine. She'll scale anything, and she just turned 1. I have to watch her like a hawk. But this morning, DH needed to rest because he's been sick, and my mom stayed over last night and was asleep on the couch. So I went into the kids' room (Henry had crawled into bed with Daddy at some point) and I thought I would let Helen play while I relaxed on Henry's bed. I was paying attention to her, but not enough! She crawled up onto the bed with me, and then through the slats on the footboard, onto a table at the foot of the bed. From what I can tell, she fell between the bed and the table, and her face hit the slats pretty hard. As soon as I heard that sound, I knew it was gonna be bad.
Thankfully, I don't think it requires a trip to the hospital - she doesn't need stitches and there really isn't much you can do for a fat lip and bruises. She wont let me clean her up much because it hurts her. My poor baby!
Here she is just after it happened - we put her in the bathtub to distract her in hoped that she would stop crying and help the bleeding to stop. It seemed to work.
About an hour later. The swelling is already getting pretty bad.
And here she is now. Her upper lip is easily 3 times larger than normal, and her eyes and nose are all swollen too. She tried to smile at me, but her upper lip wont move, so it just looked like this horrible grimace - it broke my heart.
Anyways - that's been the drama today! Oh the adventures of Motherhood - I think I win today!