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First traumatic incident! :[
I was taking a shower the other day and DH was on the couch with the baby, the baby was starting to fall asleep and DH noticed he had a poopy diaper, so he left Dameon sleeping on the couch to get a diaper, and sure enough Dameon woke up and squirmed his little butt off from the couch and landed FACE FIRST into hard wood floor. I was in the shower so I had no idea anything happened, but I heard DH RACING up the stairs and I thought it was strange but I assumed if he needed me he would come in the bathroom and get me, but he didn't. About 5 minutes after the incident I heard DH say "Kim are you done?" and I was about to say "yeah,, why" but I couldn't even get that out before he busted in the door crying his eyes out, and the baby as well. I asked him what was wrong and he said "kim I really messed up" it took me a minute to calm him down enough to tell me what was going on and he said he fell on his face, and I immediately asked him if the baby was crying when he picked him up off the floor, and he said yes. I took Dameon and looked him over, his lip was bleeding, but it wasn't bad, just a little cut, so I called the ER and they said unless he was fussier than normal, projectile vomitting or sleeping more than normal not to worry about him, that he was probably just fine. And he seems to be okay, but what a TRAUMATIC incident, I was so upset, and ANGRY with DH for just leaving him sitting on the couch unattended, whether he was sleeping or not, but I didn't let him see that because I would've just made things worse. I explained to him afterwards that he CAN'T leave Dameon sitting anywhere unattended. I think he learned his lesson, but thank GOD my son is okay.
Anyone else have any incidents yet or am I the only one?! Haha
Anyone else have any incidents yet or am I the only one?! Haha
I was walking through a doorway today and had Lochlyn in my one arm out the the side a little and I stumbled (right as I was in the doorway) and I hit his head on the frame!! He cried but only for 30 seconds or so and now there is a little bruise. I feel SO horrible! I cried more then he did LoL. Now I'm so worried I hurt him more but he was happily platying in his exersaucer and just fell asleep now which is his normal time. Such a horrible mother moment!
My baby sleeps the best in his carseat so me and my hubby were laying is bed with the car seat on the night stand by my bed so i could keep rocking it so he wouldnt wake up. Well i wasnt paying attention cuz i was watching the movie, and like an idiot somehow i pulled the carseat off the night stand and my poor baby flew forward. It wasnt too far from the ground but i felt terrible.(we also have hardwood floors) My heart was pounding for a long time. My hubby got mad at me and said i need to pay more attention. I still feel so bad cuz i could have really hurt him. But its nice to know that we all have traumatic incidents with our babies.
In the first month and a half, Jack was sleeping in our room every night so DH and I set up a changing station on the master bathroom sink -- between the two sinks. We had a thick towel folded into a nice station size and even brought the diaper genie into the bathroom. I saw DH walk out of the bathroom once w/Jack on the counter to grab more wipes and I flipped out on him and really got on him about keeping an eye on Jack while he was on that counter! Well, one night I was changing him and I literally turned to put the diaper into the diaper genie (1 foot away) and I heard CLUNK. Poor little Jack (he was way smaller then) was sideways in the sink with his legs hanging off the side. He wasn't crying and actually looked amused, but I didn't see him fall in and didn't know how hard he hit his soft head, so of course I grabbed him panicking and scared him half to death...and he started bawling. I inspected the poor boys head about 100 times and kept thinking horrible thoughts about Natasha Richardson type of head trauma (where you think you're OK and you're not) and basically panicked. I didn't sleep the entire night I was so worried about Jack's head (which didn't have any bruises or scratches and he seemed just fine). And, HE WAS FINE thank gosh, but yeah. I felt like the worlds worst mother! And a hypocrite after all the nagging I'd done to poor DH about Jack on that sink counter!!!
Yep, I've done that, too, except it was the day after Christmas and *freezing* cold.
Mine fell off the couch yesterday, and i was actually sitting right beside him, had just looked away for a few seconds from tickling him; I felt like *such* a loser.
It is VERY scary and upsetting, but these things do occasionally happen. No one is perfect, and baby is most often not much worse for the wear. I got REALLY lucky, and Cooper landed right in a pillow. Didn't even cry.
Just take it as a lesson in how quickly he can move, and go from there!
It is VERY scary and upsetting, but these things do occasionally happen. No one is perfect, and baby is most often not much worse for the wear. I got REALLY lucky, and Cooper landed right in a pillow. Didn't even cry.
Just take it as a lesson in how quickly he can move, and go from there!
Awe I'm glad I'm not the only one! I felt SO horrible and so helpless because my little boy was in pain, I'm glad he's okay!
I am glad to hear that Cash is ok. I had one that was all my fault and I felt like the worlds worst mother. I don't remeber how old JT was but it was a pretty hot day outside and I was leaving my parents house. I put JT in the car and locked it which I never do but I was talking to my sister and wasn't thinking. At the last moment I realized I didn't have my keys so I went to grb the door before it could shut but I didn't grab it in time. Luckily I grabbed it so it was open to where we could put a hanger in through the window. My sister tried for like 10 minutes trying to get it open. I was crying my head off telling my husband to get there with the spare key. I was going to break the window but we decided to get my dad. By the time he came out JT had cried himself to sleep and was sweating profusely. As soon as my dad tried he got the door open and I grabbed the baby and took him out of the car. JT ended being ok but for awhile I felt like a horrible mother.
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