I let my baby - my 2 month old baby - fall off of my bed this morning! I have no idea when she became mobile, but I had laid her in the middle of my bed while I got ready in my bathroom that was 3 feet away. She was quarreling some and doing the grunt she does when she's getting hungry, and I was talking to her while I put on my make-up. Next thing I hear is a "thump" then a scream. She was laying face down on the carpet (thank GOD my bedroom is carpeted). I scooped her up and soothed her, and she seemed to be alright except for one thing...her birthmark just faded away. I paniced, thinking all the blood was leaving her head, called my mom, then called the dr. Of course I had to speak to his nurse, and as I was telling her about the port wine stain fading away, she said "a what?" in this you-are-an-idiot tone. I explained what a PWS was, how it always turns blood red when she cries, and how it was white right now. She said she was probably shocked from the fall, but told me things to look for to know if I should take her to the ER. Luckily she's ok, no iffy signs or anything...just a "normal" baby! Plus the nurse redeemed herself in my eyes when she called to check on us about 30 minutes later. She even said she asked the Dr. about the PWS, and he said that her blood vessels probably just constricted from being so startled. I don't care what it was, it freaked me out! Oh, but that's not all I did to my daughter today...I scratched her forehead when I was getting her out of the Bjorn...you guessed it, she screamed bloody murder. AND if that wasn't enough...we had church tonight (our spring revival) and I knew she would be hungry before church ended, so I made sure to pack a bottle for her. Sure enough she got restless, but when I went to warm her bottle I realized I had no nipple. Nice. I decided to leave church and run to my mom's to get a nipple there, but as I was putting her in her car seat I bumped her head on the door facing. At that point I considered just driving myself to DCS and turning myself in. How many things can go so horribly wrong to one mom in one day? If tomorrow is anything like today I'll never make it!
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Bless your heart! We all have days like that. You are still just post partum, trying to work, get two children ready, going to church, etc. It happens! The first few months it is difficult to get back in the swing of things.
Posted by: R*belle | April 23, 2006 08:04 AM
You reminded me I wanted to post a "why I won't be mom of the year award" because i do this kind of stuff ALL. THE. TIME."
Glad babies are so resiliant. And you are a kickin' momma. You do a great job. She'll be taken down big bro in no time. :-)
Posted by: Mrs. Flinger | April 24, 2006 02:08 AM
Hang in there! You are a great mommy. It's just hard to juggle everything, especially when you are tired. I've bonked Caitlin's head on my car door frame and the hubby bonked her head on the door frame in the house once when he was carrying her in (she was asleep but THAT woke her up). That is very cool that the nurse called you back, BTW!
Posted by: Jamie | April 24, 2006 11:45 AM