Aug
Hudson Got a BooBoo
My 13 month-old isn’t walking yet but he’s trying. Hudson is okay as long as he can hold on to something. He’s not quite ready to let go.
This evening he was using the coffee table to steady himself when he lost his balance and fell. On the way down he bumped his mouth and bit into his lower lip. The sight of bright red blood trickling down his chin made my heart drop into my stomach. Daddy scooped him up and Madison and I rushed to his side, eager to offer damp paper towels and ice.
Surprisingly, Hudson didn’t cry long. He was obviously taking his injury better than I was. (It’s the same with his immunizations.) I gave him Tylenol anyway, just in case. I couldn’t stand to think of him in pain without being able to communicate it.
At dinner my husband, who had smears of Hudson’s blood on his shirt, was clearly over the trauma as well. “He got over that quickly. He’s tough. That makes a daddy proud.”
I knew where he was coming from but I still felt shaken up. “It looks awful!” I said. “His teeth went right through his lip!”
“They didn’t go through it. He just bit it,” Lucas said.
I looked at the little wound again and thought maybe he was right. Didn’t mean I was done worrying. “What if it gets infected?”
My husband was confident, “It’s not going to.”
“How am I going to feed him?” Hudson still drinks from a bottle since he hasn’t yet mastered the sippy cup. With a split lip I was afraid he wouldn’t want to suck.
“He’ll be okay,” Lucas assured me. “Don’t make it a thing for him and it won’t be.”
He was right. Hudson ate just fine and fell right to sleep when I rocked him. He’s peacefully asleep in his crib as I write this. Now if I could just get over things as quickly as him, I’d be all good.
Oh, my! I think it truly does hurt Mommy worse than the infant or child when they get hurt. We know they cannot escape childhood without a few bumps and bruises….but don’t we wish we could “fast forward” through each instance!
@Amber, I sure do wish I could “fast forward” through those times. Better yet – what if we could “rewind” and make it so it never happened? Wouldn’t that be nice!?
I will admit now that it made me want to cry too. But I am proud that he’s tough and it did look really nasty at first.
Yeah, I had to try not to cry, knowing it would make him scared and more upset. Poor little guy.
Hey Melissa, If you watch close as he gets a little older and he falls or something when he doesn’t think there is anyone around he’ll just shake it off, but as soon as he sees you looking at him with that Mommy look, he’ll start to cry. I’ve noticed with all the nephews and nieces..the boys do that….girls not so much.
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@Melody, You’re right. I’ve got to try to be brave because that “Mommy Look” will start the water works.