Comments on: first blood

By: Brooke

Brooke — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:57:18 +0000

You just hit first blood?! Man, what I wouldn’t give to have made it as far as you all have. Can we talk about constant bruising on the legs once he started getting around (that’s crawling, not walking & he still has the issue)? I can’t even remember what his first blood related accident was, but I tell you beware of much more in the daredevil future. :)

By: wordgirl

wordgirl — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:53:32 +0000

OH! That just brings back horrible memories of the days when a trip to the doctor necessitated treatments that brought pain and tears. And…thank you so much for the thinking blogger award. I’m truly honored.

By: S.

S. — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:48:48 +0000

I tagged you for the Real Moms meme. Go see.

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:12:05 +0000

We drew first blood recently too, Ant was sitting up and toppled over onto his face. One of the drawbacks of early teeth! I felt much better when A) no more blood was forthcoming, and B) he quit crying in about two minutes. Still a heart-wrencher though!

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:53:01 +0000

Oh God! I hear you! Constantly tempted to break out the bubble wrap. What if I got him a COOL helmet in, say, camo?
~sigh~ Just imagine when they can drive…

By: George

George — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:25:48 +0000

You know Bon, I hate to tell you, but it only gets worse. Imagine that little body careening round a corner at a million miles an hour! It’s scary and the falls are faster, more furious and ‘ma-ni ma-ni’!! Sorry dude. (But also imagine the joy and pride in watching that same body careening around said corner!)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:43:53 +0000

Oh I have so been there. K’s first “big” wipeout involved the side of the coffee table, an inch cut on his forehead and the bloody mouth/fat lip.
It happened on my watch, too, so I felt like Mother of the Year (not).

K got better at it and I’m sure that O will too.

By: Christy

Christy — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:48:59 +0000

I am sure fear rushed through your body when you saw that blood coming out of Oscar’s mouth. Mothers have such a strong desire to protect their babies.

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Porgie bleeding. She was about a month old, and John was cutting her fingernails. You can probably see where this is going… Her little finger tip was sliced open. To this day, I still refuse to let John cut her nails.

I hope little Oscar gets the hang of standing independently soon.

By: Zany Mama

Zany Mama — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:22:36 +0000

Yo Adrian! It’s a thin line between giving your child the space needed to develop self-efficacy and being neglectful.

Well, the line probably isn’t so thin, but I still have trouble with it sometimes. It’s so hard to watch them figuring out how to manoeuver their little bodies!