And this one's for psychic Amy Derby, who predicted a few posts ago that Sarina would crawl backwards first. The next day, I took this:
Yep, that's Sarina stuck under the couch. How she accomplished that is beyond me.
More photos coming soon.
Oh, and by the way, no one ever told me how absolutely tear-your-heart-out miserable it is when your child gets her first injury... on your watch. Sarina is still trying her darnedest to crawl, and she's very mobile now (even if the crawling isn't technically accurate). She sort of just hurls herself forward, dragging her head most of the time. Or she gets up all the way with her butt in the air, leans forward, flops down, and repeats until she reaches the desired toy.
Like this:
Anyway, she was doing this and getting too close to her Pack & Play, so I was spotting her and putting my hand over the plastic bottom piece. Then she suddenly changed course, decided to try to sit up, and smacked her head on the side of the Pack & Play higher than where my hand was protecting.Almost immediately, a red lump formed on her forehead. A big one. And I wanted to flog myself a thousand times. I was melted bubble gum on the bottom of someone's shoe.
Thank goodness, she was fine and the lump mostly went away within a few hours. But now I want to cover the entire house in foam and cotton balls. (No, no, cotton balls are a choking hazard. I'd have to sew them all together and cover them in foam.)
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Jenna, she is gorgeous! And, as the mother of 4, I'm here to tell you there will be bumps and bruises and Mommy-heart-stopping moments, but she'll get through it and so will you. Just wait until the first time her heart gets broken by a boyfriend....
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful baby. I could eat her up. Aww, about her owie.
ReplyDeleteThere will be no end to those little accidents. Best to realize this sooner than later... ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh my word, she is GORGEOUS!! Such a beautiful baby. And those little bumps and owies REALLY do sting. I was the same way when mine was that small; cover EVERYTHING with foam! LOL But babies are mighty resilient and judging by what you've said, she sounds like a real toughie who can get through ANY bump on the noggin.
ReplyDeleteShe's a beautiful baby! She looks like you. :-) Your stories are great about your little one and writing ventures...so sorry that she bumped her head...I'm not looking forward to those injuries either! My little girl is 4 mos old on the 25th. Girls are a blast, aren't they!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I should have come by sooner. No need to fear my sparkly powers, I use them only for good. ;-) And to get parking spaces - amazing what blinding the guy trying to steal your spot accomplishes.
ReplyDeleteThat is one totally gorgeous kid. And as for the "first injury" well, this might make you feel better - my son was just a few days old when in the middle of the night I got up to change him. I was trying cloth diapers as someone gave me a free month of diaper service at the baby shower.
As I was pinning the diaper back on him I poked it THROUGH a little flap of flab on his hip. Yep, in and out. He screeched. It was the most terrifying thing I'd ever heard. I hated myself for days. I also went to Huggies immediately.
Hi Jen, Just a little blast from the past. When Billy was about 14 months old, I took him to see grandma Sylvia. When I took him out of the car seat and placed him on the walkway, he just started crawling. After an hour of no walking, I panicked and brought him to the hospital so sure that he had muscular dystrophy or something similar. I was histerical until the doctor told me it was only a virus that landed in his hip bone. In a couple of days he was back to walking. Get ready for years of scares. All worth it though. L.A.P.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea how I missed this. Finally someone realizes my psychic potential, and I missed it. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat top pic is gorgeous. She should be in a magazine. Gotta say I love the under the couch pic best though. Her pensive look really makes that picture.
Sorry to hear about the injury. That would have broken my heart, too. :(