Accidents Happen

For the first time in over a week, Tazlin slept through the night. We all got a wonderful night's rest.

When I got up, I caught such a fright when I realized she hadn't woken for the night and so I sneaked into her bedroom to go see if she's still breathing "I'm crazy like that" my paranoia was set at ease when I heard her faint breathing.

I left her bedroom to go get everything ready for us to go. 

She woke up about 15mins before we had to leave for work, and so daddy went in to go greet her. Ah, that night's rest did her good just as it did us! She was smiling and laughing, just as happy as can be. I asked Will to go finish up her snack for school, then I'll sort her out. 

As I do every other morning I take her to the potty, and as I was getting the one leg out of the baby grow she fell the other way since she wasn't holding onto me. A few tears and so later, I got her on the potty. I didn't think much of the fall, I mean it was barely minor - she has lots of bumps and bruises greater than that little fall she simply shrugs off, but this owee bothered her and after the potty I tried having her walk out the loo, but instead she'll just stand and cry lifting her leg up and holding on to me. Again I thought she was just still upset and wanted some extra comforting, but then the thought crossed my mind that she might have pulled or sprained something with that awkward fall.

I asked will to get me his anti-inflammatory gel which I rubbed on her whole foot and ankle, since I don't know which part got hurt. 

Her whole foot started swelling and that's when I realized that it's more serious than I thought. Also when I when I went to go fetch a vest for her she wanted to pull herself up on the side of the cot and couldn't get herself up because she couldn't stand on her foot.

So I got Will to get me the deepheat, he put that on and I simply put a tight sock over that so her foot can be secured I didn't even try putting a shoe on her foot was simply too swollen for that!

After a lot of crying and complaining, I got her dressed and we put one of her Eyore slippers on the okay foot so they can see which foot has the owee at Daycare.

Accidents happen, I know but that doesn't make me feel any less guilty of what happened - I just feel if I didn't take her to the potty, she wouldn't have fell and both her feet/ankles would be fine.

So we get to the Daycare, I told them about what happened. So they can be informed, I also gave them medicine with Paracetamol for her pain and told them to keep her off that foot. Then the teacher asks me: "why does Tazlin fall so much at home" then shook her head in disbelief and rolled her eyes. I was deeply offended by that; was she actually implying that we hurt our child, my goodness I can't even get it over my heart to spank her let alone abuse her! Kids play and are rough, they are bound to fall and get hurt. Tazlin had only one minor incident with a bruise before this one and it was last month. So now two falls in two months is a lot?!

I mean last month alone she had 3 minor but visible incidents at the Daycare and I didn't ask them why my child gets hurt so much as if to imply that they're neglecting or abusing her! Maybe I should ask that next time!