This week the word I am going for is emotional. It has been full of emotions, both happy and … less happy this week.
Starting with the happiest, we were at a wedding last Friday which was just beautiful. You can read more here but it really was wonderful and they had so many personal little touches to their day that it was a bit emotional. During the ceremony I teared up right at the start as instead of walking down the aisle to meet him at the alter, the groom left the alter and came and got her. He took her hand and they kissed before walking up the aisle together. I just thought it was a beautiful moment and makes me tear up even thinking about it. I hated walking up the aisle at our wedding, with everyone staring at me so I wish we had thought to do this at ours!
Hubby and I were also full of pride when we came home as Monkey handled our absence amazingly well. Our little man really is growing up right in front of our eyes.
Unfortunately then the week turned a little gloomy. I was really tired and in quite a lot of pain with my pelvis after standing a lot at the wedding and spending about 6 hours in the car there and back. Tiredness and soreness sadly makes me a tad on the mardy side so there was a grumpy couple of days at the beginning of the week! Poor hubs!
By Wednesday I was feeling a lot better and a day catching up with friends while the kids all played made me feel back to my normal happy self. Then that night, disaster struck. I have no idea how it happened, I was in the kitchen getting the last bits for dinner, hubby and Monkey were sat at the table. then I heard some very odd scuffly noises and saw hubby leaping in a panic and then scooping Monkey off the floor. Somehow, Monkey had managed to fall off his chair.
This is the boy that loves climbing and scampers up climbing frames and is running about all day without coming to any harm. He sits on his chair in the dining room, the chair he sits on at least twice a day, and manages to fall off. It may not sound that bad yet, but he must have landed right on his face as he is a mess the poor lamb. Hubby scooped him up for a cuddle and then we realised there was blood everywhere, it was pouring out of his little mouth and even after we managed to slow the bleeding we really struggled to console him.
Honestly we haven’t seen him so unhappy for so long since the days of colic as a baby. Of course he cries sometimes, and has cried a lot during illnesses but we always manage to soothe him with a combination of cuddles, singing, stories, tv but on Wednesday none of these worked and we were really worried. It was clear he was in a lot of pain and was really stressed out by the fall.
I then had a bit of inspiration and we gave him an ice lolly, in the hope that the ice would help his wounds, make him a bit numb, take the taste of blood out of his mouth and hopefully take his mind off of it.Thankfully that and a bit of Postman Pat on the TV worked and soon enough he was back to his usual happy self again. Phew!
His poor little face though is so swollen and sore looking. He seems to have bounced back from his ordeal but hubby and I are taking a lot longer to recover from the stress of it all. I’ve honestly been an emotional wreck and couldn’t stop crying the next morning. I’m partially blaming my preggo hormones but seeing his swollen little face just broke my heart and I have just been worrying non stop. Rationally I know it is fine and he will heal but it just looks so awful and painful. It really is horrendous seeing him hurt and that’s only a bash on the face. I can’t imagine what a wreck I would be if anything serious happened to him, heaven forbid!!
I’ve also been well and truly on over-protective mama mode, not like me at all, but I am terrified that he will bash his lip and re-open the wounds so have been insisting on a lot of calm indoor play at home to avoid any more dramas while it heals. Not easy with a hyper toddler who loves to run around like a little loony!!
I also know it’s daft. He’s a toddler. He’s clumsy and sometimes he is going to hurt himself. I am not one for wrapping kids on cotton wool as I know it is part of the rough and tumble of childhood. I also know that you can’t protect them every second of every day, it’s just not realistic. Who would have ever thought he would do so much damage falling off a chair that he climbs up on and gets down from by himself multiple times every day? I just don’t want him to have another knock that reopens it or makes it worse!
It has definitely been an emotional week in our house, how has your week been?
Aw Caroline – what a horrible turn of events! Poor Monkey! I can totally empathise though, if ever JJ has really hurt himself or cried inconsolably I have got really down and instantly been transported back to those depressing early colicky days. On Sunday my two year old nephew managed to bounce off the side of our trampoline onto his head and his mum was so worried and upset and rushed him straight to a&e for a check up. Apparently he is very accident prone but it doesn’t stop you feeling guilty for not foreseeing it. Monkey will heal up quickly I’m sure – those little bodies are growing and changing and regenerating all the time. Xx #wotw
Thanks lovely it is just horrible when they are really hurt! Your poor neohew, ouch, hope he is ok! xx
Oh poor thing, I hope he is feeling a bit better now. My youngest just lost her balance in the living room one day and managed to hit her face on the corner of the toy unit (typical as there was nothing else nearby) she split her lip badly and it was swollen and blue for a couple of days, I felt so sick and wished I could make it better. it is horrible when our little ones are sick or hurt.
Oh gosh sounds nasty, poor thing! It is so horrible when they really hurt themselves isn’t it? He is doing much better now thankfully! xx
OH BAB! The poor little munch? He is ok now though? My girl fell and bumper her head in Boots and split her head open. It was so so so horrible as there was so much blood. How can such tiny people produce so much blood? Hope everything is well now and you have a lovely weekend xxx
Thanks lovely he is doing fine now though did take a good few days for the swelling to go down! It is bonkers how much blood there is isn’t there? xx
Oh lovely, poor little Monkey. I hope he’s feeling better now? It’s so difficult when they hurt themselves as much as this, I have a twee, tween and toddler so should know better but I still turn into over protective mum when they hurt themselves, it’s natural x #WotW
Well I am glad its not just me, I couldnt help it, even though I knew he was ok really! He is much better now thank you! xx
Aww! Hugs to you all…..Poor Monkey! He looks so sore and sad….Hope he’s recovered soon!! x
Thanks lovely he is a lot better now thankfully!
Ah, poor little Monkey! And you, of course. If it makes you feel any better, my pair seem to hurt themselves pretty regularly! Little Man split his lip open last week – blood all over the place. They’re just so, so active, and climby and are not remotely cautious. You can only foresee so much, and so accidents do happen unfortunately. I hope he’s better soon, and you xx Thanks for sharing with #WotW
Thanks lovely, thankfully he is much better and so I am feeling a lot less overprotective! xx
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Poor Monkey, hope he is feeling ok now.
Thank he is much better now! xx
Definitely an emotional week. Poor little monkey, it’s so hard when they hurt themselves, I always feel so helpless as I just want to take the pain away. I hope the swelling has gone down now. Xx
That is exactly it, its so hard seeing them in pain! Swelling finally went down and almost back to normal now thankfully! xx
Poor little monkey that does look sore. Hope he’s much better soon. I always cry at weddings too – I would have been at mess at that one. What a lovely idea of the groom’s.
It really was nasty bless him but thankfully all better now! It was a gorgeous wedding 🙂 xx
Love the idea of the groom meeting his bride – inspired idea.
Sorry that your son had the accident. These things happen but they are not nice to experience when you love your little ones so much.
It sounds like he is being well looked after and the ice lolly idea was a clever one
It was such a lovely idea and thank you he is a lot better now so I am feeling more relaxed again! xx
Awww lovely. Hope you’re feeling better soon and Monkey heals quickly.
Thank you, he is much better which means so i am I thankfully! 🙂 xx
My son is on the clumsy side and sad to say that this is normal in our household. And though we know how clumsy he is (he got it from us) it still affect us badly every time these accidents would happen esp when we are both there. I hope that Monkey will feel better and the wounds would heal fast.
Aww bless him, it is so hard isn’t it? he is much better thankfully so I am much happier too 🙂 xx
Oh, poor wee thing! It is awful when these things happen, but they bounce back far faster than us 🙂 Hope he’s fully on the mend now x #WotW
They really do don’t they? It took a few days but he is a lot better now thank you 🙂 xx
Ah poor little thing. Glad he’s ok now. They give you a fright don’t they.
Thank you, they really do, such a relief he is ok again now! xx
Oh lovely it’s always a worry when the little ones aren’t well, glad he’s on the mend now! Emotional weeks are par for the course at this stage of pregnancy my dear… almost there xxx #allaboutyou
Phew that does sound emotional. I’m sure your little one will heal just fine. Just when you think you have nothing to worry about (climbing on that chair) something happens, it’s always the way. I remember thinking Big Prince was fine walking on his own, then he tripped up and grazed his face. He had a big scab on his nose for about a week! Hope you’re all feeling better soon. xx #AllAboutYou
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