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Monday, February 16, 2009

Bubba VS the Bed Frame

One week ago, Bubba picked a fight with the bed frame in our bedroom. At least that's his version of the story. I was in the kitchen and heard the door to our bedroom open. I hollered, "Bubba, get out of Mommy and Daddy's room." Then I promptly came around the corner to be sure he complied. When I saw him, he was holding his head and screaming loudly. I scooped him up and tried to get a good look at the injury. I carried him to the kitchen where I put ice on it. I called my mother-in-law (a Nurse Practitioner) to tell her of the accident and seek her advice. She must have recognized the panic in my voice because she made plans to come straight to our house after work. (it was already in the 4 o'clock hour)

When Bubba calmed down, I asked him to show me where he hit his noggin. He went in our room, lifted up the bed skirt and pointed to the bed frame. "Right there, Momma." How in the world did he manage that? My child who climbs on everything and jumps off everything gets this kind of injury from tripping and falling into a bed frame? Go figure! Do you notice that his shirt says, "You're looking at a legend." Fitting. Look at his profile...OUCH! My mother in law assured me that when a bump goes out (like a goose egg) that is a good sign. She checked him over and gave the thumbs up that he would be okay. I am SO grateful that she makes house calls!

Below are some pics we took a few days after the "bonk." Notice how the bruising is everywhere! He has two black eyes.

I am realizing that I will be spending the next 18 years wondering if the latest injury has given my boy a concussion! I was accident prone as a child so I guess I deserve this! I think having these busy boys is going to keep me on my knees. Praying for God's protection over them!

7 comments:

  1. YIKES! WE'VE ALL SEEN OUR SHARE OF BRUISED FACES HAVEN'T WE.

    BEING A MOM IS SOMETIMES FULL OF YIKES!!! WHAT HAPPENED!!!

    HUGS FROM MAINE

    http://sophie4me.blogspot.com/

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  2. Bless his baby heart! His bonk matches Lou's swollen lip from last week! LOL

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  3. Poor kiddo and poor mom. What a comfort to have such a great helper in your mom-in-law.

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  4. Owie honey!!!

    Oh gosh - I've got a boy who did stuff just like that at that age. He's turning 12 next week. Serious flashbacks seeing that goose egg!

    Isn't it good to know that the Lord has each hair on that precious head numbered and counts that beautiful child as precious in His sight? How is is a mother to get a moment's rest?! What a gift scripture is!

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  5. ouchies!! that looks like it hurt just a tad bit! Funny how kids bounce back from that kind of stuff..we would have been down and out for quite awhile. :P

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  6. This is EJ...
    What Farmchick didn't mention is that the boys are a good mixture of both of us. They do all the things that they're not supposed to do, like I did, however they get hurt like she did. I didn't really ever get hurt like my boys do as a kid.

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