The worst mom award
Yesterday Honor and Eden thought it would be great fun to play with the bike. I found this out when Honor started screaming. The most I can figure out is that Honor was touching the gears of the bike while Eden turned the pedals.
He got his finger caught between two gears and somehow the chain was also involved in the whole finger smooshing. I couldn’t figure out how to get him out, and was afraid that I’d hurt him worse. All kinds of things ran through my mind: What if it’s stuck in there too long and he loses his finger? What if I can’t get it out and I have to call 911 and he has to stand there for hours while they disassemble the bike? What if it’s broken and I have to rush him to the hospital?
As you can see, I’m a little dramatic. I couldn’t figure out how to get his poor little finger out, so I called Jim who happens to work only 6 blocks away. He told me to calm down and then ran all the way home. In the mean time, I was able to take the chain off the bike and get Honors finger out. It was pretty red and swollen and it broke the skin right at the cuticle. But other than that he was ok. Today it’s just a little red. Poor baby.
Category: Honor One comment »
August 31st, 2004 at 1:07 pm
allison, don’t feel bad. when mikey was about 1, he was in his playpen. mike was at work and i was bone tired, so needless to say, i fell asleep. all of a sudden, i was awakened by mikey screaming and crying. the lil bug had climbed up on a toy and then he pushed himself over the edge of the playpen. on his way down, he hit his head on the corner of a table. blood was everywhere. i was on the verge of passing out and i didn’t know what to do. my mom and stepdad drove over and we had to bring him to the emergency room. he had to get put in a lil “straight jacket” and have staples put in his head. i couldn’t even be in the room. the poor lil guy still has a scar :(