Motherhood
One Tough Chick
Mabel got into a fight with the table…and the table won.
This is a direct quote from two posts ago: “I love seeing this new independence but the mom in me has a mini heart attack every time you (Mabel) stumble”.
I guess it was like a self fulfilling prophecy….I gotta stop staying things like that.
Well…I had another mini heart attack yesterday.
Mabel was strutting her stuff towards the table, enjoying her new found freedom when her legs decided to stop agreeing with her. She took a face dive towards our coffee table.
I can see it replaying in my head over and over again. My stomach turns just thinking about it.
As she fell, she disappeared behind the side of the table and both my husband and I ran over to her…I was expecting the worst. I thought maybe she had hit her eyebrow and from experiences of others, I know that a lot of those accidents require stitches.
She let out a shrill cry and my heart sank.
I scooped her up and got a look. It wasn’t good but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. She had gone cheek first instead of eyebrow first.
After a few minutes of crying, a tiny bit of baby Tylenol, and some cuddle time with momma…she was okay.
So Mabel now has her first shiner (hopefully her only one ever). She’s one tough little gal.
Darn, if that would have been me falling into that table, I probably would have been down and out for the count!
These two recent accidents (accident #1) have led me to a realization: One of the toughtest things you’ll have to deal with as a parent is knowing that your child will eventually get hurt. Whether it’s from tripping on wobbly legs or heartache from a first breakup in a relationship…it’s going to happen. But you can’t protect them from everything…as much as I wish bubble wrap could be a solution to everything. All you can do is be there to support your children and kiss some boo boos here and there.
And as painful as it is for me as a parent to watch these accidents/life lessons, the outcome for Mabel will be learning from the end result. And in this case she learned: “I need to be careful around the table.”
From accidents come learning and from learning comes independence. It’s just all a part of growing up and turning into the person she is supposed to become.
But let’s just not have too much learning and independence all at once Miss Mabel, because this momma’s heart can’t handle too many heart attacks at once!
I am not looking forward to the day when Jack hurts himself for the first time. I cringe just thinking about it now. I am glad Mabel is okay.
It’s horrible. 🙁 I just hope she never does anything serious…when I was little I fell and split my forehead so my mom had to take me to the ER. I don’t know how she was able to keep calm for that since I would have lost my mind! I hope your little guy doesn’t get any bumps and bruises either!
Glad to hear Mabel only got a bruise! My little girl hit the coffee table too, unfortunately cut her eyebrow. It’s healing fast but I fear it might scar.
I also wish we could bubble wrap them all.
Aw! I hope she’s feeling better now! Did she have to get stitches? My husband did the same thing when he was little and has a tiny scar but have you tried putting Neosporin to help with a healing/lessen the chances of a scar?
You are so right! Watching your child get hurt or be in pain is the hardest part of being a parent. My kids are older so we’ve had our share of injuries and it doesn’t get any easier. The kids are always much more resilient than the parents.
Oh no. I hope she is ok. I have 10-month-old-twin girls. One of them is very active…all over the place. I am so worried for when she starts walking. The other is very calm and enjoys sitting and playing so I think she will be more relaxed when she learns to walk. I am not looking forward to the first fall.