Oh, my little boys...... it seems like no matter what precautions we take, they always seem to find trouble! Boys, bumps, and bruises all seem to go together these days. Not that my little guys are clumsy, its just that they are WILD and nuts! They are little balls of energy! They run, jump, chase each other, and wrestle ALL.THE.TIME! As a mother of boys, I frequently have mini panic attacks. I also can't resist hearing all the laughter and giggles that go with their mischief, until of course, they turn into howls and cries!
In early September, Taj got his first bee sting! It happened at the park, when he was running around in the grass and trying to swat at a bee that wouldn't leave him alone. He got stung on his index finger! As a parent, you know the difference between a fake dramatic cry and real pain cry. The cry he let out when he got his first bee sting broke my heart. There was nothing I could do at the moment to take that pain away. I think that is one of the worst feelings you can have, that you can't comfort your child fast enough. Luckily, we had friends with us at the park that had experience with bee stings and could advise me on what to do. After a quick inspection of the sting, a little ice, and a baking soda paste to ease the pain and swelling, as well as a whole lot of kisses, an hour later Taj was back to playing! What a relief that he is not allergic to bees! You don't know whether they are or are not, until it happens, and then you just wait and watch for symptoms.
Then, in October, Taj got yet another booboo. But this booboo was no booboo you could heal with a kiss. My parents were witness to this incident as we were skyping with them in the kitchen when it happened. Is it just me, or do other mothers experience their children misbehaving and seeking out attention when we are on the phone or on the computer?? We all know my boys can't sit still (unless they have a book or TV in front of them), and truth be told, when I was on the computer for a weekly skype session with my parents, I was very distracted when the boys began running around the kitchen like wild beasts. All of a sudden, I hear a drawer open, and it was not the usual "snack" or cereal drawer. It was the drawer that had food processor parts and other oddly unknown objects. Well, leave it to the ring leader of all mischief, to pick up a slicer (you heard right), and slice part of his thumb off!!! It all happened within a second, and there was lots of blood, and the loudest most painful cry. I didn't even realize how severe the cut was until I saw Taj's flesh on the other side of the slicer! EEEK! I panicked. I wrapped Taj's finger with paper towels and had him hold his arm above his head to slow down the bleeding. I called Brad. I called the urgent care, and we were off to seek emergency medical care. They comforted him, and us, and he was all better. No stitches.... just a lot of gauze, and a traumatic experience for all of us. He was lucky he didn't slice the tip of his thumb off. Jax and us were SO lucky that Jax didn't touch the slicer. I can't imagine what a bloody nightmare that would have been.
Can you handle it? Here is Taj's biggest booboo to date:
Next up..... mischief culprit #2! And you thought Taj was the only booboo victim in the household!!
Jax was messing around and hopping from stool to stool at our kitchen island like he usually does, when lo and behold, he fell. On his head. And got the biggest bump ever! My poor baby Jax! I swear, his head is made of steel, because this little boy has bumped his head SOOOO many times since he learned how to crawl. It doesn't help to have an older brother around that knocks him down and wrestles with him.
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