Reason #89 – Bruises, cuts and scratches, oh my!
Reason #89 – Bruises, cuts and scratches, oh my!
Sep 24Dialogue at daycare:
“C! Who’s my gorgeous boy? I missed you!”
“Well, here you have him: in one piece!”
“Is this a bruise?”
“Erm… um… well… you know how it is, he’s learning to walk, and he was going a bit too fast and tripped…”
“Oh, don’t worry, I know how it is. All the kids here go through that stage. We will make sure he gets no more bumps!”
I bet you thought I was the one who started the conversation, right?
Yeah, no.
I’m the one who has to explain C’s bruises at daycare, because he always has new bruises after his weekend’s explorations. They never give him back to me with any bumps. I don’t know how they do it.
And tomorrow? I’m gonna have a lot of fun explaining this one.
Paxton’s just starting to walk (he’s in the “Franken-baby” stage right now) and I’ve noticed a surprising amount of bruises developing on his face. Hopefully it will get better now that he seems to have learned to use his hands to break his falls rather than his face!
And I’m with you on the nail thing as well! Who’s idea was it to give babies nails like Wolverine on top of their freakish strength and speed? They’re all a bunch of mutants :)
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ofthesea Reply:
October 21st, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Franken-baby! Love it! C is just getting out of the “Thriller” stage, where he walked with his shoulders up high and dragging his feet.
How did you get Paxton to use his hands to save his face? C seems sick of his pretty boy reputation and is determined to wreck his face, one fall at a time!
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Alisha Reply:
October 21st, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Love the “Thriller”.
Sadly I can’t take credit for the use of the hands instead to the face since he figured it out on his own. I’m just hoping that he inherited some of his Dad’s dexterity because there’s a reason my parents didn’t name me “Grace.”
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My daughter went through this phase when learning to walk and unfortunately, she never came out of it. Seriously, she can trip over air! Great Blog, I love it!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 27th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Did she at least get over eating with a bloody mouth? I’m not sure I wanna see that again. Not many times, anyway…
And thanks! :)
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One of my cuties has one of those lips right now actually… it is the strangest thing… they both just trip on their own feet.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 26th, 2010 at 8:30 am
Yeah, but try telling that to Child Services… ;)
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visiting from the Lady Bloggers Society. Great blog!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 25th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Ooh, I haven’t visited the Society in quite a while! Thanks for reminding me!
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Oh, totally! Bruce Willis is probably her real dad!
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I wish I had a photo of Ry’s bloody nose when he did a face plant off of the stairs. I think he was exactly C’s age. It would make you feel better.
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Serene Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Ow ow ow ow OW!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
You, ALWAYS one-upping me!
Thank goodness you’re freakin’ gorgeous. That’s all I’m saying…
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He may be the cutest little one I have ever seen (however you may not tell my children I said that)!
And, don’t worry – my eldest went through a stage when I didn’t let him come to the grocery store with me. He was learning to walk and always had HUGE bruises. I thought the checker may call child services on me!
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
You said it. My mantra these days is “you can’t learn to walk without hitting a few walls”!
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Aww, sweet little cutiepie. My poor mom would’ve been in jail if I’d been raised these days. I was ALWAYS hurting myself, and I’m still that way. Got my first stitches when I was 3, and had more than I could count before puberty. Poor mom.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
I’m also full of scars, so I totally know what you’re talking about. Apparently the klutz gene is dominant!
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Serene Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Guess so! My sister-in-law comes from a family of 3 kids. When she married my brother, she was 30, and neither she nor either of her siblings had EVER been to the emergency room — no stitches, no broken bones, nothing. Freaks.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Freaks!
Did you see ‘Unbreakable’? Not the best film, but one probably inspired by your in-law relatives!
I’m the mom of a self-mutilator. Scratches are the norm (he reminds ME when he needs his nails clipped) and he pulls on his lip, so it’s always bleeding. However, I have far more scratches and bruises from his exhuberant affection than he himself ever sports.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Oh dear, and he’s not even a teenager yet! Hide your eyeliner and hair products just in case!
Agree on the second part: for every scratch C gives himself, he gives me 3. Ow, razor-sharp little nails. Ow.
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Oh man. I am so there! My son’s fingernails grow insanely fast. If I don’t cut them every other day he ends up with scratches all over his face. Frankly I’m shocked day care has yet to say anything.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 11:01 am
You have a lil Freddy Krueger too? It’s like they have little razors on those fingers!
C is overdue a clipping – I’ll catch him today. Thanks for reminding me!
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When my daughter was in preschool, we had a Social Services person come in for one of the other children. On the day when my daughter was sporting a GIANT shiner from falling down the stairs. Yeah. I was uncomfortable.
PS – We’re making decisions on which boarding schools to apply to this weekend. Did you know that some of them WILL PAY FULL TUITION if you make less than an astronomical amount of money? AWESOME.
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ofthesea Reply:
September 24th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Oh dear. That must have been a fun half an hour. I totally see that in my future. “And since we’re here, would anyone mind explaining why this little boy is covered in bruises?”
PS: may I ask in which country you’re looking? Also, fab!
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