it started saturday morning. the husband decided to take the bean to the recycling dumpster with him. woo hoo! i get a little break. she helped him load the car and i... well, i'll be honest, i went back to bed. a while later i hear this from the hall: "um, honey. we had a little accident and need some first aid."
so i stumble into the bathroom then turn back to reach for the girl. i'll say they had an accident! bean's hair, face and coat are covered in blood. delightful, what a way to wake up! so i wash her face and hair with a wash cloth while telling everything is just fine. it is just a little cut but when you cut your head it bleeds a lot because there are lots of blood vessels in your head (yeah, too much information for a 2 1/2 year old, i know. but she was going to ask why and i find it easier to just give her a reason, even if it is one she doesn't really understand completely!) we got a band aid on it and then i took her coat to the laundry room to see if i could get the blood off that.
the story is that daddy was letting bean grab small bags of recyclables from the car and run them to the dumpster where he would lift her up so she could throw them in. she was LOVING it. well, on the way back to the car she tripped and landed smack on her face. apparently we don't have a first aid kit in our car (yeah, we are on top of things aren't we) so the only thing that daddy could find to slow the bleeding was the lambswool padding on the dogs car harness- yes, i'm sure that was oh so clean BUT you gotta do what ya gotta do. then he brought her home for me to deal with.
what i find so odd is that i never freak out when i see blood all over my kid. i just calmly clean her up and talk to her in a soft voice. i would think that i would panic, but i don't. why do you suppose that is??
in "me" news.... the weekend is also much less relaxing when you are nauseas, crampy, and achy all the time. no contractions that i have noticed. just a general feeling of complete yuck that has lasted for about 2 days now.
sprout, if you are listening, it is time to come out! mommy wants to feel good again and having you in my arms instead of my belly is probably the only way that is going to happen!!
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hmm crampy, nauseous, and yucky... hmmm... I sense something good... I pray sprout comes out soon! :)
I hope bean's cut is all better! :( Poor little thing. :(
i was going to write the same thing...feeling like that can only mean sprout is working on his/her way out!
It's great that you're good in the middle of a crisis, even when blood is involved. I'm like that. It's AFTER that I freak out and break down. :) I hope Bean's boo boo is all better now!
Hopefully all the yucky feelings are Sprout moving and shaking things up in there. Not much longer now!
Dang, I am waaay behind. There's a whole slew of posts here I never got to!
I'm with the others - crampy, yucky feelings can only mean good things are coming! We'll be expecting the announcement any day now! :o)
Poor little Bean. :o( I am the same way, calm in the moment and then freak out later thinking of the "what ifs" Must be some innate mommy gene.
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