[iq160plus]

I have severe sleep issues. My wife knew I couldnt sleep...then around 5:30 AM I told here that I cannot watch the kids that day (I am stay at-home dad on disability. Anyway, alarm goes off at 7:30 AM, I get up anyway in-case I still have to watch the kids. I see a note: "Kids are at moms....blah blah." I go back to bed, falling asleep immediately.

10:30 AM LOUD persistant banging on my front door. "who the heck is that"

Construction guys from next door says my 3 yr old has been honking the horn for well over 3 hrs, and there he was, standing on the seat honking. Later I notice the note, written with big black sharpie had been lightly marked out in pencil, saying : daughter is at moms..... (read: Son was left at home.)

She leaves right at 7:30, and heard me turn off the alarm, so she knew I woke up as she went out the door. I was so embarrassed. My boy said he was honking the horn to try and wake me up. He honked so long the truck battery was dead! Poor child. Fortunately he wasn't upset about it.

Next, this week my wife gave that son his syringe full of seizure medication. 10 minutes later my 22 month old girl is fast asleep. He gave the medicine to her and she is not used to it so it knocked her out. Call poison-control, and dose was ok for her size so only needed parental observation, but we parents sure feel stupid sometimes!!!!!

I felt pain as I read your post Tom. I know how it feels.

These little things that happened to us were nothing compared to the seizures he used to have. I have had to give my son CPR 3 times (10 months old, 12 months old two times, once for 12 minutes straight!) I always rise to the challenge.....then when he was ok and wife took over, I collapsed in my room from tense exhaustion and emotion. Kids....huh!

 

[Jahn]

dammit this thread is a jinx. this afternoon, my son (who JUST learned how to walk) decided to go chase the dog. obviously the dog runs faster, so my kid ended up tripping and bonking his lip on the floor, and here comes the blood. after sucking on an ice cube for a while (i held on to that cube, no way i was going to let him try to eat it and choke) the bleeding stopped, but he definitely has a fat lip now. CRAP.

 

[D-EJ915]

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Originally Posted by Jahn dammit this thread is a jinx. this afternoon, my son (who JUST learned how to walk) decided to go chase the dog. obviously the dog runs faster, so my kid ended up tripping and bonking his lip on the floor, and here comes the blood. after sucking on an ice cube for a while (i held on to that cube, no way i was going to let him try to eat it and choke) the bleeding stopped, but he definitely has a fat lip now. CRAP.

Reminds me when I was at my aunt's house and my cousin (who was 3 or so at the time) ran into the room and bumped his forehead straight into the counter.

, he was fine though.

 

[elrod-tom]

Well, we took her to see a burn specialist today...largely because our pediatrician wanted the opinion of a specialist given the location of the burn. He says that it's healing up nicely, and that there should be no visible scars. That's great news for sure.

However, my daughter is now without her bandage. This means that the wound (which is still pretty raw) will now be visible. Being all of six, and very conscious even at that age about her appearance, she's pretty anxious about going to school.

Speaking of school, when she arrived on Monday AM (after the follow-up visit with her pediatrician), she discovered her name written on the board, along with "no teasing" next to it. My wife had informed the teacher by e-mail that my daughter was anxious about this, and the teacher basically said that anyone who teased her was going to stay home from the year-end field trip. This was largely a positive thing, but I've got mixed feelings about it. At least it's good that the teacher took some steps to cut off that stuff at the knees.

More good news - It turns out that she'll be able to participate in her gymnastics recital this Saturday. Her doctor is cool with it, and that's good enough for the folks who run the gym. That's good news, as she's been working very hard to prepare and is really looking forward to it. That made her very happy....and me too.

The whole ordeal really shook me up, and I want to let you all know how much I appreciate your well wishes. It was really awful when it happened, but in reality, if this is the worst thing that ever happens to her, she'll live a pretty happy life. Looks like it's all going to work out OK.

 

[gpalmer]

So long as no permanent damage was done it's all good. I know it's impossible to divorce yourself from the emotion, and while this does sound rather heartless, pain is one of the ways we learn what not to do. (And I'm betting she's learned a lesson about hot fluids that the woman who sued McDonald's after she spilled her coffee on herself still hadn't as an adult). Just be prepared for more of these incidents as she grows up, not necessarily with you having a part causing them, but having to stand back and let her make her own mistakes. Sure it'll tear your heart out to see it happen, but you have to let them stand on their own two feet.