I'd prefer not sharing this experience but I hope that it will help in any future decisions that any of you readers with little ones might make. Yesterday I put Noel in her bouncer on the dining room table while I did dishes with my back to her. I did not buckle her in. For the last month (it should be "since she was born") or so I usually would buckle her in eventhough she doesn't sit up on her own. I know, I know, pretty stupid. Every once in a while I'd turn around and talk to her and tickle her and make faces. She was so happy. I continued doing the dishes and all of a sudden I heard a thud and Noel screaming and I turned around and she was on her tummy on the kitchen floor behind me with the bouncer on top of her. I instantly started bawling and I picked her up and looked at her face to see if she was bleeding and she wasn't. Hysterically I was saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Are you okay? I'm sorry!" I called Morgan at work seconds later and she had surprisingly stopped crying by the time he got on the phone. She had a red area on her forehead but nothing else seemed to look bad. I called my mom and she said to make sure her eyes were dialating by shining a light in her eyes and make sure she doesn't fall asleep anytime soon. Her eyes were dialating fine. I called her doctor's office and they said to keep an eye on her and if she starts throwing up a lot then that could mean a concussion and to make sure her eyes equally dialate and that they track moving objects equally. She didn't even get a goose egg, just a little red line above her eyebrow which looked like she scratched herself like she usually does. I'm still kicking myself for not buckling her in and I'm prety sure I'll never get over it. I tear up just thinking about it. I don't know how it all happened but it happened so fast and I'm so grateful that she is okay. I just felt like I should share this because eventhough she's okay, she very well could've seriously been injured. Someone must have been watching over her.
So "Buckle 'em up!" Whether it be a bouncer a carseat or one of those new baby swing thingys, buckle 'em up. Most of you if not all of you with little ones or who babysit do this but for those who think, "Just this one time won't hurt him/her", just do it. You'll never regret buckling 'em up, but you will regret not doing so.
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You think I would've learned my lesson after one time. But I think that happened to all of mine at some point.
I love the over-reaction of new parents. We did that for the first 2 or so and then it was a more of a , "oh well, they'll heal". It's bad I know. Luckily kids are very resilient and "bouncy".
Oh Terie!! I'm so sorry, that sounds so scary!!! I'm glad to hear she's okay :)
Terie, I don't know if you remember me (Emilie's old roommate and I think you worked next door to my mother in law in Rigby too), anyway I hope you don't think it's too weird that I sometimes check your blog:) But I want you to know that these kinds of things happen to the best of us. I'm glad your sweet little girl is okay.
Terie,
When haileigh was 7 months old, I put her on the far end of my bed, closest to the wall for just a second so I could go pee. I was gone maybe 25 seconds and I came out of the bathroom just in time to watch her roll off the bed onto the floor (We had dresser drawers under our bed so it was like a four foot drop) right onto her face. I had the same reaction and was sure I'd given her brain damage... Don't worry, your first one is always a learning curve and I promise she'll be fine. Unfortunatly, that probably won't be your one and only time you say "why in the world did I do that?" Don't worry, she's tough and you're a great mom. : )
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