Yes, you read that right. Piglet fell out the living room window FIVE FEET to the sidewalk below. And walked away with only scrapes and bruises. We've had our entire house childproofed for years now, and somehow neglected this apparently crucial piece of the puzzle. What happened was this: my husband came home from work and was putting locking up his bike and the trailer in front of the house as usual, and Piglet and Boo were standing at the window watching him. The windows were open to let in a breeze, but our screens are somewhat flimsy due to historical commission regulations (another reason to hate the HC). We have 10" deep window sills and I noticed Piglet had perched on one and was leaning against the screen to get a better view. I had just read in
The Week about how many kids fall out of windows every year and sustain serious injury, so I said to him, "please get out of the window or you are going to fall." Famous last words. I went into the kitchen to check dinner and out he went! Luckily my husband was right there when he fell and saw how he landed (not on his head, thank God!) and was able to get to him right away. Apparently he sort of belly flopped on the sidewalk. His side and hip were pretty red, and he had a scrapes on his hip and the palms of his hands, but it could have been far, far worse. I am still having nightmares about the kids falling out the window. And since we have three floors of windows with those crappy screens, my heart flip flops every time I think about what *could* have happened.
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We had another 5:15 a.m. wake up call again this morning, I'm running on sugar-and-caffeine fueled fumes at this point. I'm seriously considering drugging the children. Or me. Or both. The melatonin isn't working quite as well for Boo as I'd hoped.
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Did I mention that on the same day that Piglet fell out the living room window, Boo fell off a chair at a playgroup and hit his eye on the corner of a wooden table? Put a big gouge in his eyelid that took an HOUR to stop bleeding. It wasn't gushing all down his face, but kept up a slow ooze. It quit by the time we got home, so I decided he didn't need stitches, but he got a nice shiner out of the deal too.
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Birdie is fine. That is all.
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I've been rewatching the TV series
Felicity on Netflix during marathon nursing sessions with Birdie, and I fell in love with Keri Russell's wardrobe during the first season. I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I went right out and ordered a pair of
classic Converse sneaks in navy blue and
this great cargo skirt. I blame the splurge on post partum hormones. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Speaking of Fall Fest, can I show you one of my swaps? Yes? Okay. Here you go! I adapted this from a card from
Carrie Gaskin (aka The Artistic Avenger) and ran with it! I didn't have enough Spice Cake dp (boo!) to make all my swaps the same, so I made 6 of these, and then adapted a few other Spice Cake cards I'd seen around the blogosphere to use some of the other papers in that delicious pack.
Came here via Conversion Diary. I am so pleased you son is alright after his fall!! My brother and cousin (note: both of them boys) fell out of windows when they were little. My cousin was only inches from a steel pike.
ReplyDeleteI love what you made in item 7.
I landed here the same way as Sarah did, and I'm also thankful your boy is ok.
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to tip you off to sugar. I don't understand it, but sugar on a head wound like your other one sustained staunches the bleeding in no time. Just pour sugar over the wound, and it clots right up.
Don't ask me how, but I can tell you it works.