the injured list

While giving Miles his afternoon bottle in the corner chair he was completely enthralled by the vase of branches behind us. So much that he barely finished half of the bottle and began to climb me to get up the chair. I gave him a boost so he could lean up the chair back. He wanted to keep going so I decided it was time to move to the floor.

 On to his little activity table... he loves pulling up on this thing and playing "Stir stir stir the soup..." (it's a table place setting, complete with napkin and S&P!). But today he slipped and banged his mouth on the edge. Oh my god, it was awful. He was screaming and I saw blood so I just dialed the pediatrician's immediately. He wouldn't let me look in his mouth or touch his lips so I got some ice in a towel and tried to wipe. They connected me with a nurse and Miles was finally calming down so I could tell the teeth were fine and the blood was gone. There was just a small red bump inside his lip, but the bleeding stopped. So huge drama averted, we went back to play.

BUT THEN.... he did it again BAM! right on the kisser. This time he was wailing from the surprise more than hurt. There was no blood but I decided I'd take the nurse up on her suggestion to let him suck on a popsicle. Yum!! So a few minutes later he was loving his first tastes of sugar and we were both covered in sticky orange syrup. But the camper was happy again. Oh, and I took the legs of that table.