injuries

babies hurt themselves... a lot. it doesn't help when mum is distracted!

toby had two accidents recently - but he's fine, don't worry! The first involved him flying off the changing table head first while I turned to get a kleenex. Luckily he's been falling often enough while walking that he had the sense to put out his arms first - but he still ended up with a bloody nose. He was shaken and not himself for a while, so I took him to the doctor... all fine. But I still have the slow motion image in my head of him falling through the air.... He's never before even attempted to get off the changing table - but I will never take my hands off him again!

the second was a bit more serious - I was making lasagna for the first time in ages, and didn't realize that the oven door would get quite so hot - in Canada we have insulated ovens! Leah was watching him playing on the kitchen floor while I put the lasagna together, so my back was facing them. A bone-piercing scream suddenly ripped through the kitchen, but I didn't really react, because he's often falling and bonking his head. I calmly turned and asked Leah what happened, and she nonchalantly told me, oh, he touched the oven. WHAT!!

I grabbed him and ran his hands under cold water, and he screamed and screamed. For an hour, actually. I could see that the burns were not so bad - no blisters (yet) or torn flesh - but he could not calm down. I put cooling gel, and ice, and everything I could think of, to no avail. Finally I told Anthony to get in the car and we headed to the doctor. I figured either he'd fall asleep or the doctor would give him something to put him out of his misery (not permanently!). He fell asleep. Deep. So we turned around, drove back home, and he was fine the next day. He did develop blisters, big nasty ones on his fingertips and palm, but within 2 days they came off and he had fresh new baby skin all ready and waiting. And never another peep of pain.

but I still have nightmares..!