I have come to realize that my little baby is now a toddler. Yesterday we had a few close calls causing a very nervous mother.
Before Church:
Adysen was taking a bath and I was getting ready. She was playing with her toys and having lots of fun. I was just finishing up my makeup real quick. Alton came home from his meeting and Adysen said "Daddy" (she is just starting to say Daddy). Then Alton stepped into the doorway and Adysen stood up in the tub and decided she was ready to get out. Next thing I know she is somersaulting out of the bathtub. Luckily she caught herself with her hands and rolled. Her neck seemed to bend in an awkward position and I was sure she was seriously hurt. I forgot all the first aid skills that I have learned (stabilizing the head and neck) and immediately picked her up. She was crying but probably mostly from shock. A couple seconds later she was just fine and back to crawling around. I, on the other hand, took a little longer to recover. I am very grateful she did not have a head or neck injury and I am promising myself that I will stay right next to her for now on when she is in the bath.
Later that Afternoon:
I decided I would take a few minutes to lay down on the couch and relax after a busy Sunday. Adysen is wanting to be a climber. So, I helped her up onto the couch as well. She was content for maybe 10 seconds. Then after climbing all over me, she decided it was time to get down - head first. (Normally she is pretty good about going down feet first, but not this time) I caught her just in time to level out her body so that it was more of a roll and she landed softly on her back not her head. She then started to try to climb up again. It was enough to make me once again grateful that she didn't have a head injury.
A Few Minutes Later:
I realized that I still hadn't updated the blog for a few days - I have such a hard time doing this daily update thing! So, I was looking at pictures and videos I had just uploaded from the camera. Adysen likes watching the videos of herself, so she climbed up on my lap to watch with me. She was really entertained for a minute or so. Then she must have saw something that she wanted on the desk. Next thing I know she lunged forward and hit her face on the edge of the desk. I turned her around to hug and comfort her. Then I pulled her back to look at her face and saw the blood. After panicking for a moment, I took a couple of breaths and assessed the situation. After wiping away the blood I realized Adysen cut open the inside of her top lip and has a small cut above her front tooth. It was so sad! However, within a minute or two she was back to her adventurous self.
I like to think that I'm a good mother. I try to be very attentive. I am so nervous about being a mother of a toddler instead of a baby. I can't even imagine how it will be when she really starts walking on her own.
Here is a picture of Adysen today, just to show that she is healthy and happy. If you look really, really close you might be able to see the cut above her tooth. I can barely see it when I'm looking at the large version of the picture:
This is how meal time has been ending at our house. Last week I tried a couple of methods of strapping Adysen into her high chair (the disadvantage of getting the free high chair by our dumpster is that it has no straps). Shoving a towel in around her worked great for a few days, but today she has officially figured out how to free herself! It looks like it is time to either sew some strapping device or move to a booster chair.
Look Mommy! I'm ready for a story! So, I was doing something in the kitchen this morning and I turned around to find Adysen on the rocking chair! I didn't know that she could climb on the rocking chair. Scary!! After helping her get down I took the camera and recorded how she did it. Don't worry, I will watch her very carefully for now on!
Here is the video of Adysen climbing onto the rocking chair:
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