I bit her! By accident!
See, remember a few posts ago, I told you she loves to share stuff now? Well, she reached out to offer me a bite of her delectable wheat teething biscuit. What I failed to detect was that, apparently, moments before my mouth made it over to accept said biscuit, she dropped it. So instead of sinking my teeth into a biscuit, I bit her fingers.
And what's worse is that I didn't realize it right away.
I bit harder because-- "darn, this biscuit is hard to bite through." And that's when she looked at me like, WHY, MOMMY, WHY? And cried. And I realized I had just nearly taken a chunk out of my wonderful child's tiny fingers. I bit the hand that fed me.
She forgave me quickly and even offered me another bite, but I can't help but think she's going to have a messed up psyche now, thinking that people who love you might turn on you at any second and attempt to bite your fingers off. I fear she will join a baby gang and get caught stealing Peach Puffs.
Make me feel better. Tell me about a "stupid parent" thing you've done.
Friday, January 11, 2008
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Went to a curbside ATM. Got out of the car and left my son in the carseat. Locked the doors and never took my eyes off of him as I walked the four steps to the ATM. It wasn't until I got back to the car that I realized that I'd left the keys inside...in the ignition...and the car was still runnin. I had to call the police on myself. That was a sucky day in the annals of motherhood.
ReplyDeleteI had a "why the heck (well, I didn't say heck) won't this bathroom door close today? GEEZ!" Whoops. The little one silently followed me and had his fingers in the jam. WAIL!!! So much for silently following . . . flubbed that one up, Mommy!!! Those games of peek-a-boo snuck up and bit me in the . . . well, you know.
ReplyDeleteHad a similar incident with my other son and fingernail clippers. I won't go into details. Needless to say, I got the WHY, MOMMY, WHY look as well. Moof.
Lol! Holy crap, Jenna! I did that once with my daughter when she was almost a year old. I was showing her a jack-in-the-box at a friends' house. She wanted to see it again. So, I stuffed Jack back into his hidey-hole and super-quick jammed the lid down. But it wouldn't latch. I pressed harder and felt a little give, but it still wouldn't go.
ReplyDeleteThen I got those 'WHY" eyebrows from the baby and saw, in that look, that I needed to take a closer look at what I was doing. Jack wasn't alone at the rim of his spring-loaded box. There was a chubby baby finger in there too.
I felt like an idiot.
(And my sister bit her daughter in their sleep. In the head! The baby was only nine days old and my sister is known to be a bit of a violent sleeper.)
These things happen. And they usually make for a damned funny story later.
When I had my firstborn, I was given a month's diaper service so I know that sometime before my son was a month old I got up to change him in the middle of the night and jabbed him with the diaper pin as I was changing him. Well, jab isn't actually accurate, the pin went in and out through his skin before I realized what I'd done in my half-awake state. Needless to say I went to disposables pretty much right after that.
ReplyDeleteBefore Adelyn started sleeping in her crib, I'd let her nap on my bad from time to time. Yes, I knew better, but I was sure I'd hear her wake up. One day I didn't hear her and she rolled off the bed. I felt horrible. Now all sleeping takes place in the crib - not as cozy, but safe.
ReplyDeleteMy son, Cubbie, took to biting me when he was about three. He'd grab my hand, stick it in his mouth, and BITE.
ReplyDeleteSo I got the idea to grab his hand, and stuff it in his mouth instead. He bit once, hard, and learned not to bite Dad shortly after.
I'm sure it's already forgotten. But you never know. Reading books like mine and my brothers. . . there's no telling what kids remember
best wishes
John
Don't worry, she will grow up and let you know all your stupid mom moments. Trust me.
ReplyDeletethe funniest thing happened the night I read this post...I BIT MY LITTLE GIRL TOO! I was singing to her and acting silly and she reached out to me and before I realized what was happening her finger was in my mouth and I bit it! I did feel badly...she didn't cry horribly, just a little b/c I was able to stop myself before I really tried hard to "bit through the biscuit!"...hehehehe! Enjoy your blog! *elizabeth
ReplyDeleteOMG, I jinxed you!! I'm sorry.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for the stories. Helps me feel better. :)
We got a new car. And my daughter was just old enough to play with the power windows. Up. Down. Up. Down. Every day. Up. Down. Then, one day, I thought she was playing with the window again. So I hit the window lock button and rolled the window up. What I didn't know was that she wasn't playing with the window button but the window itself. And then I heard the "owie owie owie". Yep. I rolled the window up on her fingers.
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