Face Plant
Sunday, March 9, 2008 by Amy
No pictures this time, sorry...just a quick one about our day yesterday.
So we had a babywearing meeting at the library yesterday. There was a conference table with a whole row of chairs. I was putting Avery on my back and Riley was jumping/climbing from one chair to another. I hear a crash and a scream. I pick Riley up and she's covering her mouth with her hand. I ask her to move her hand and as soon as she does, the blood flows forth. She looks at her hand, covered in blood, and screams. I take her to the counter/sink to take a look and there is so much blood I can't even see where it's coming from. I have NEVER seen so much blood in my LIFE!! The other mothers were so helpful. One had a glass of iced tea so she gave Riley a cup of ice to suck on, and that really helped slow down and eventually stop the bleeding. Three of her bottom teeth cut into her lower lip pretty deep, and one of her teeth went all the way through her lip. If the other mothers weren't there, I probably would have taken her to the hospital. Many of the mothers said that their children have done that and as long as the bleeding stops, the doctors just let it heal on its own. Apparently stitches result in more scars than letting it heal naturally. It suddenly occurred to me that I don't even know where the public hospital is (the private one near our house already turned us away because of our insurance) and we don't even have a doctor. I think I'll be calling on Monday to get the girls a doc, since I found one that is highly recommended and also takes our insurance. So Riley may have a scar just below her lipline...oh, and in the midst of the commotion, Riley says "It's not fair that my nose is bleeding and Avery's isn't!!" All the while, Avery is calmly watching the action over my shoulder.
Riley just asked me a rather intelligent question, I think. She asked me how the computer printer can print circles since the cartridge only goes back and forth. She also said something funny first thing this morning. She said, "Daddy said I can go to a different school and start liking boys!"
Riley has a birthday party today at Pump It Up. I am only taking Riley since I don't know about younger siblings and I didn't want to ask. I know those parties are expensive and they only get to invite a certain number of children, and since Avery is two, she would count towards that number now. So Rudi is going to take her to Family Fun Time at the library. Last night Avery got confused, repeatedly, and put her shoes and clothes on and got a bag ready and kept saying "Go storytime with Daddy, Mommy no storytime, go storytime with Daddy!" So he's going to take her today, although it's not storytime per se, I think they're having an african drummer who is going to teach the kids about drums and oher percussion instruments.
So we had a babywearing meeting at the library yesterday. There was a conference table with a whole row of chairs. I was putting Avery on my back and Riley was jumping/climbing from one chair to another. I hear a crash and a scream. I pick Riley up and she's covering her mouth with her hand. I ask her to move her hand and as soon as she does, the blood flows forth. She looks at her hand, covered in blood, and screams. I take her to the counter/sink to take a look and there is so much blood I can't even see where it's coming from. I have NEVER seen so much blood in my LIFE!! The other mothers were so helpful. One had a glass of iced tea so she gave Riley a cup of ice to suck on, and that really helped slow down and eventually stop the bleeding. Three of her bottom teeth cut into her lower lip pretty deep, and one of her teeth went all the way through her lip. If the other mothers weren't there, I probably would have taken her to the hospital. Many of the mothers said that their children have done that and as long as the bleeding stops, the doctors just let it heal on its own. Apparently stitches result in more scars than letting it heal naturally. It suddenly occurred to me that I don't even know where the public hospital is (the private one near our house already turned us away because of our insurance) and we don't even have a doctor. I think I'll be calling on Monday to get the girls a doc, since I found one that is highly recommended and also takes our insurance. So Riley may have a scar just below her lipline...oh, and in the midst of the commotion, Riley says "It's not fair that my nose is bleeding and Avery's isn't!!" All the while, Avery is calmly watching the action over my shoulder.
Riley just asked me a rather intelligent question, I think. She asked me how the computer printer can print circles since the cartridge only goes back and forth. She also said something funny first thing this morning. She said, "Daddy said I can go to a different school and start liking boys!"
Riley has a birthday party today at Pump It Up. I am only taking Riley since I don't know about younger siblings and I didn't want to ask. I know those parties are expensive and they only get to invite a certain number of children, and since Avery is two, she would count towards that number now. So Rudi is going to take her to Family Fun Time at the library. Last night Avery got confused, repeatedly, and put her shoes and clothes on and got a bag ready and kept saying "Go storytime with Daddy, Mommy no storytime, go storytime with Daddy!" So he's going to take her today, although it's not storytime per se, I think they're having an african drummer who is going to teach the kids about drums and oher percussion instruments.
well, now me and riley will have matching scars. However, when i busted my lip on the swing set i dont think there was a armada of moms to come to my aid...