Please don't let there be any need to go and sit in an emergency room for hours and hours just to hear them say..."he probably has a concussion. keep a close eye on him over the next couple of days"
We have J's Christmas party tonight and babysitters lined up and I bought a new shirt.
I haven't mentioned yet that the babies can now climb the stairs to their brothers bunk bed and also the stairs to the playhouse downstairs....where there is a ledge next to the stairs....that is approx 5 ft high. Or the crappy, cheapo, berber playroom carpet with a thin pad on top of concrete right below the opening....that is 5ft high.
UGH !
Why aren't they born with extra padding. Like our butts, only all over their bodies. Just a ton of fat that sloughs off by the time they go to kindergarten. Mostly around the neck and head area.
I called the pediatricians office to talk to a nurse. You see this happened at naptime and after the 5 minutes of screaming. and after I poked and rubbed every bone in his body and moved all of his extremities to make sure nothing hurt and could be broken....I then checked his head and flashed a flashlight in his eyes to make sure they would dilate, he fell fast asleep in my arms. We've all heard the stories...NEVER LET THEM SLEEP !
The ped said to let him sleep. If he's not up 45 minutes past his normal awake time...wake him up...see how he acts.....and if it's not right or if he throws up etc...take him in.
The thing is. After the fall and before I started checking him out....he acted kind of loopy, really sleepy. His eyes looked sick. I'm sure he just had a massive headache. That's it. right ?
DAMN IT HEIGHTS OF ALL HEIGHTS !
Ok. so the funny but not so funny but there is a safe ending so we can smile about it story is. After I hung up with the nurse I took Ryan's sweet little restful body in to his room and laid him down and went to find Nathan. Guess where I found him ?
Asleep in his brothers bed. THE TOP BUNK BED. Little shit climbed up and went to sleep.
Any childproofing ideas of keeping babies off of ladders. We've thought of plexiglass on the first step.
(praying/chanting....we will make it through this stage...we will all live through this stage...)
****updated****
He's fine. Totally fine. smiling, eating fish crackers. I tried our game by saying, "backin up backin up" and he smiled and walked backwards and then ran full speed into my legs.
TOTALLY going to a Christmas party. TOTALLY going to cover up this third eye on my chin, throwin my new shirt on, and then will suck my stomach in until I've had too much wine to remember to...but I'll be tipsy and full and with my wife and happy.
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