The Tiny Human is now pretty mobile, not fully crawling but if you turn your back he won't be where you left him. Babies, as I am discovering, are really suicidal (curious) and will explore everything & anything, no matter how dangerous it may be to them. This curiosity lead to today's incident and me becoming the mother of a Tiny “Rocky Balboa” Human.
It's anybodies guess how it happened. Maybe there was a Silence behind me and the Tiny Human was trying to warn me, by using the speaker cable to pull the laptop off the shelf on to himself & create a scene.
Whatever the Tiny Human thought the outcome would be, I don't think he factored in hurting himself & causing himself a few tears.
Now that pretty face that makes all the nurses go “awww” is sporting a bit of a swollen eye & a surface graze, I'm suspecting there will be a bruise by the end of the week and The Tiny Human will look like he gets beaten (what an awesome look). It's to be expected when little ones get moving that they will have bumps & bruises at some point; what the Plunket books don't tell you about it the guilt you'll feel for letting it happen and that your tiny human can convey to you in a single look “how could you let me do this to myself”.
After some cuddles, boob and frozen pear in a cloth to help with the swelling (he ended up sucking on the cloth), he was back to his giggling self. And a call to Plunket (who put me through to HealthLine) put my mind at ease.
What have we learnt from this experience?
Here's a funny wee bit of stand up about kids & parenting.
It's anybodies guess how it happened. Maybe there was a Silence behind me and the Tiny Human was trying to warn me, by using the speaker cable to pull the laptop off the shelf on to himself & create a scene.
Whatever the Tiny Human thought the outcome would be, I don't think he factored in hurting himself & causing himself a few tears.
Now that pretty face that makes all the nurses go “awww” is sporting a bit of a swollen eye & a surface graze, I'm suspecting there will be a bruise by the end of the week and The Tiny Human will look like he gets beaten (what an awesome look). It's to be expected when little ones get moving that they will have bumps & bruises at some point; what the Plunket books don't tell you about it the guilt you'll feel for letting it happen and that your tiny human can convey to you in a single look “how could you let me do this to myself”.
After some cuddles, boob and frozen pear in a cloth to help with the swelling (he ended up sucking on the cloth), he was back to his giggling self. And a call to Plunket (who put me through to HealthLine) put my mind at ease.
What have we learnt from this experience?
- This is the first time it has happened and won't be the last bump, bruise or worse that the Tiny Human suffers (we aren't even on two legs, riding a bike or driving yet).
- That guilty look you give your parents isn't learnt, you're born with that skill.
- I need to grow eyes in the back of my head.
Here's a funny wee bit of stand up about kids & parenting.
Now back to cuddling the Tiny Human.