jojo2324
03-28-2003, 02:35 PM
What to do about them? How to diminish them? How to prevent them?
Okay, that last one is a stretch. A lot of DS's bruises occur when he is sitting. He just loses his balance and falls to the floor. But he does fall down a lot, especially now that he is pulling himself up on stuff. (EVERYTHING!) He has a particularly nasty one on his forehead, and it looks really bad, all brown and yellow.
Add to this his penchant for crawling underneath things, such as chairs, highchairs, legs, his exersaucer, and that he smacks his head up against the crib slats while he's sleeping, and the top of his head ain't looking so pretty right now either. Oh, then throw in the nice scratch on his eye lid (I JUST trimmed his nails!) and the fact that he's got a veiny head (he has one that just BULGES), and he's starting to look not so good. And he's pasty.
I don't want to be one of those mothers who is constantly lunging at her kids to keep them from falling, but at the same time I don't want people staring at me when we go out in public. We have all of the protective bumpers up on the coffee table and the fireplace. We do have hardwood floors, so I imagine that with carpeting the thuds wouldn't be so resounding. But we can't get carpet put in.
I guess this is all part and parcel of life with a boy. But I don't want him to look at baby pictures of himself a few years down the road and give me this weird look. Anything that can be done? TIA!
Okay, that last one is a stretch. A lot of DS's bruises occur when he is sitting. He just loses his balance and falls to the floor. But he does fall down a lot, especially now that he is pulling himself up on stuff. (EVERYTHING!) He has a particularly nasty one on his forehead, and it looks really bad, all brown and yellow.
Add to this his penchant for crawling underneath things, such as chairs, highchairs, legs, his exersaucer, and that he smacks his head up against the crib slats while he's sleeping, and the top of his head ain't looking so pretty right now either. Oh, then throw in the nice scratch on his eye lid (I JUST trimmed his nails!) and the fact that he's got a veiny head (he has one that just BULGES), and he's starting to look not so good. And he's pasty.
I don't want to be one of those mothers who is constantly lunging at her kids to keep them from falling, but at the same time I don't want people staring at me when we go out in public. We have all of the protective bumpers up on the coffee table and the fireplace. We do have hardwood floors, so I imagine that with carpeting the thuds wouldn't be so resounding. But we can't get carpet put in.
I guess this is all part and parcel of life with a boy. But I don't want him to look at baby pictures of himself a few years down the road and give me this weird look. Anything that can be done? TIA!