Drew was home with Rachel on Monday, since he is working a weekend shift in Seattle on Saturday and had to take a day off this week.
He called me, slightly frantic, as I was on the bus home. Do we have any Bactine? He asked. Turns out that while he was in the kitchen and Rachel was on the playmat, she hit her face on something, ending up with a cut under her eye and a pale red bruise over her eyebrow and eyelid.
Drew was extremely apologetic when I got home. I think he was terrified I would screech at him for letting our daughter get hurt when she was away from me. I found myself actually sort of impressed by the bruise -- it looked like she had gotten into a fight in day care and won. Tough little cookie!
By this morning, of course, all evidence was almost gone. The cut had shriveled to a tiny nick. Babies heal so fast, it's amazing.
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I find that as soon as babies are mobile, and up until they are almost two, this is time when they gets lots of bumps and bruises from all that "toddling." I guess they make their heads hard for a reason!
ReplyDeleteBabies are like Wolverine (the superhero, not the critter) - almost instant healing.
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