… has that first moment in their long time Parenting Career in which they find themselves saying “oops!” or “oh shit!” then find themselves feeling completely guilty over what happened to their kid.
Today was our day…
Yeah so I was frying some eggs and making my Husband and his friend some breakfast after PT. I left Nate with them while I did all this.
Next thing I hear is “THUD THUD” and “oh shit!”
When I showed up Nate was still looking at them like… “should I cry?” Josh was in the process of picking him up He didn’t cry for a few seconds but then just let one go and i think he was more angry than hurt because he stopped not too long after I took him from Josh.I checked his head, his pupils and he seems ok . I’m still keeping an eye on him but I think he will be alright.
I didn’t rip into the two of them because they looked really scared when I showed up. Kind of like how a little gets that face when they know they have done something wrong… you know the face? I just couldn’t do it. I asked if Nate hit his head and they couldn’t say. I asked who was watching him and they were both watching the tv… they thought because he was all the way to the back of the couch he was going to be ok…. they forgot he rolls and scoots now.
I couldn’t be mad. I mean, my son is ok and they felt responsible enough.
EDITORIAL NOTE: MARCH 27, 2008…. I dropped him…. *cries*
I had too many of those moments. Scariest one was where we were both in a bouncer and I landed close to my boy. Sent him flying head over heels into the air and he landed on his head. I actually saw his head bend at the neck. I thought I broke him. He even had the wind knocked out of him. I don’t think I have EVER been more scared in my life. SO lucky no damage occurred. All he said was “you broke my breathing.” (BTW thanks for all the Stumble-Love you gave to the BDB and BDT! I got crazy traffic over at BDT because of it! I added you to both my blogrolls!).
By: BusyDad on March 27, 2008
at 11:35 pm
Yeah… and guess what… yesterday…. yesterday *I* droppd him!
Or rather I left him for like 2 seconds an he catapulted himself off the carseat… at least he was on the floor and not somewhere up high.
And I’m honored to be in your blogroll! It makes me wonder WHY you are not in my yet -i think laziness is the culprit- cause I read your’s just about every day! I’m glad you are getting good traffic
It’s really an awesome site!
By: mariewalt on March 28, 2008
at 8:44 am