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Sep 01 Boys and Blood
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Posted at 8:56 PM by Amy -
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I know it is inevitable. I have a little boy, and he will bleed. He will fall and his tears will pierce my heart and I will wonder who is hurting more… him or me. Tonight Silas took the biggest spill of his 2.5 years. He was in the sun room, moving rather quickly towards the sliding door, and he tripped. He went through the screen door (the entire door actually came off) and he went head first to the cement patio that is one cement step below. Newsflash… cement and little boys aren’t a good combination.
I didn’t actually see it happen. I heard a loud crash, then silence, then Dave yelling “help”, then massive crying. I looked out the window to see blood pouring from both of Silas’ nostrils- with scrapes in several spots on the right side of his face, and a bruise already visible on the bridge of his nose. He cried like I’ve never heard him cry and he clung to me like he never has before. I’m talking… crying so hard he’s hyperventilating crying. After a good thirty minutes of me holding him on the “rocking bench” (glider), his breathing returned to normal, and the tears finally slowed down (they resumed if he passed a mirror).. and he said, “I took a really big boom.” It was precious and heartbreaking at the same time.
The good news is… his wounds will heal within a few days and I don’t think his nose is broken. The bad news is… I have to continue to let him romp and run and not fear more blood and tears. Lord help me.
I wonder how colorful Silas’ face will be in the morning?!
8 Comments on “Boys and Blood”
Poor kiddo! I am learning this lesson too with Andrew. We’re in that dreaded climbing phase now and yesterday he took two falls….one was hard and resulted in a goose egg. I turn for one split second…always makes me feel like a bad mom when I miss something that I could have prevented. I realized though that I can’t protect him from everything……though I’ll sure try!
Hope your bugga boo is better today even with his battle scars! 
9 days…..are you freaking out yet?
How’s the packing coming?
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I-chee-wah-wah! For all the big spills that my kids have taken I have seen them happen – it is uncanny! I feel so helpless and its like I am watching it in slow motion and I can’t do a thing about it.
This reminds me that an absolute must for the intercontinental journey is your favorite infant / childrens pain killer. For the increased pressure on the ears (and now on the owies) from the altitude it helps take the edge off.
That – and nurse all the time / or give a bottle all the time to the Peaberry. That means you drink lots of water. The first thing I did when we sat down on each leg of our journey was to straight off ask the flight attendant for 3 of those mini bottles of water. I don’t know if they have those any more. But you cannot let yourself get dehydrated. Even with the gallons of water I drink on our 24 hour journey I still arrived without a voice from trying to keep the soothing words coming to my babies.
maybe I should email you…
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poor little guy!! how’s he doing today?
just 9 more days, eh?!
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letting boys be boys is one of the toughest jobs on a mommy’s heart. You done good!
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Ohhh.
I’m so sorry! Give him a hug for all of us!
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Boys are pretty scary…we have suffered through a fall in a landscaping pond, pulling our 70 lb tv onto the floor, swallowing a nickel and penny, a dog bite, and putting a handful of my mother-in-laws medication in his mouth. Sadly, I would say that we are watchful parents. With little boys it seems like anything can happen in an instant. I hope he feels better soon.
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kitty!!!!!!!
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Hi Im over from the g&g. This post almost made me cry!! My boy is 17 months and I hate it when he gets boo boo’s. I hope your little one heals fast!
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