[First Time Mama]

I feel sooo bad, and like a neglectful mother. This evening at dinnertime I went into the kitchen to get something to drink while DS was standing on a box and reaching up to get something on a table. DH was sitting right on the couch. Well, DS lost his balance, and fell backwards and hit his head on the corner of the arm of our couch. He hit it hard, and there is quite a goose egg on the side of his head. I feel sooo bad and upset that he hurt himself and that we didn't prevent it. If we would have just anticipated it, we could have prevented it. Anyway, after crying hard for a little while he calmed down, and for the remainder of the evening he has been himself. I gave him infant motrin and a dose of arnica. I tried to hold ice on his head but he wouldn't let me do it for long. This afternoon, he fell while we were at the playground and bonked the side of his eye, which is now red and swollen. Today is just not our day.

I just feel so guilty, and this isn't the first time. This is probably the third time that we have had a similiar incident where we just haven't been paying attention to potential hazards and/or not communicating well enough with each other (thinking the other one was watching him). I think we need to go through our house and store things and declutter. Anyway, I think he's fine, he's sleeping now, I plan to keep arnica on hand and see how his head looks in the next couple of days.

 

[Wittyone]

It's so hard to see our littles get hurt!

Ds was only 6 months old when he got his first black eye - and I was *right* next to him when it happened and still couldn't stop it. I felt like the worst mama ever having a little infant with a black eye! Unfortunately, we can't prevent all of their bumps and tumbles no matter how vigilant. Arnica is our best tool, and for a while I literally went no where without it (kept it in the diaper bag or my purse). Ds usually gets extra clumsy around growth spurts - lots more falling down, running into things, etc. Those are rotten days

 

[Satori]

*hugs* accidents happen, my 2 yr old fell off a chair at my moms several months back and hit her head on the stone tile floor. Yep, earned herself a conclusion and an ER visit becasue of the vomiting. She's just fine though, these little guys are tougher then we give then credit for

 

[petitchou]

You're not a horrible mom. Even when you think you've thought of everything, accidents do happen.

Ds fell off the couch at 3 (or was it 4?) months. I was standing right in front of him and took my hand off of him for a split second to turn on a lamp and he just leaned forward and took a nose dive, somehow going around me. I caught him as his head hit the floor. It was a horrible moment. I felt like the worst mother in the world. And it was the first of many many more accidents to come...

I'm extremely accident-prone and it appears ds has picked up that gene from me