Bandaids and Golf

It had to happen sometime. With a crazy climbing kid like Cailin, eventually a booboo is going to suffered.

Yesterday she was standing on the closed toilet lid leaning over the sink and brushing her teeth. I don't like her standing there and usually insist on her standing on her step stool instead, but since I was right there to supervise, I just let it slide. She climbs up there by herself and doesn't have any issues.

But.

Yesterday she had socks on. Slippery socks on the plastic toilet lid spelled certain disaster. I was standing right beside her when she slipped, knocked her chin on the tank and fell off the toilet. I felt so bad for her. She cried of course, but continued brushing her teeth. Priorities, you know.

Then I noticed blood on her shirt. She had split her chin open. At first, it looked pretty bad. It was bleeding and I couldn't tell how big or deep the split was. I cleaned it with a wet washcloth (which was instantly snagged and tossed away) and let it be for a minute as it was obviously sore. I was afraid it would need a stitch.

When Ryan got home a few minutes later, the split had shut and didn't look that bad anymore. I administered some Polysporin and a butterfly bandaid. I was relieved. I had no idea how scary injuries are when they happen to your child. I felt sick to my stomach and upset all day. If I had paid just a little more attention the whole incident would have never happened.

Cailin didn't seem to be bothered by any of it yesterday and ran around like nothing had happened. It sure bothered me though.

This morning her chin looks sore, but well on its way to healing. Unfortunately, one of her bottom eyeteeth came in quite a bit overnight too, and it's causing her a lot of discomfort and a touch of fever. Being only inches from her bumped chin, I can imagine how her wee face feels today.

Yesterday I found a tiny Cabbage Patch doll like I had as a kid and bought it for Cailin. She loves it, and has been packing it around constantly. She feeds it a bottle and rocks it, then tosses it over the crib rail for a nap. All while wearing her boots undone and looking not unlike a wee pirate.

We ran around and spun our wheels again this morning trying to get the house cleaned up. I'm not all that sorry to say I've been neglecting the house to play outside with Cailin. However, today was the breaking point. When I can't see the kitchen counters and there's a dozen paper cups ripped up and chewed all over the living room (Bailey did it), it's time for some cleaning to happen. So we vacuumed and did dishes and cleaned the kitchen and picked up toys. Kinda.

Also? A few days ago I broke the toilet lid holder shut thingy. Cailin was right there when I did it and didn't hesitate to play with the lid the second it was free. She hasn't figured out that you can throw stuff in the toilet before you flush it (thank goodness!) but I'm sure it's not that far off. The last few days I've been on a mission to replace the toilet holder shut thingy and couldn't find a darn thing. You'd think that would be a hot ticket item for any household. I'm assuming keeping children out of toilets is a high priority for any parent.

Then I wonder if perhaps most kids don't play in the toilet. Parenting fail for me? Hope not. At any rate, after buying a unusable model at Canadian Tire, searching Walmart and Sears, I found one in a dusty corner in Dawson Creek. Today I had lots of help as Cailin assisted me in installing the new toilet-kid-keeper-outer device. So far so good.

We've been having so much fun the last few days getting out in the sun. We've gone for walks, and downtown to the pet store. I also had to return a pair of maternity pants that had a very odd fit. I traded those in for a pair of capris, and I got a free shirt, plus they gave me $6 back. Good shopping that day! Cailin is so well behaved and I love the compliments people give me on how cute and adorable she is.

The pet store continues to be one of Cailin's favorite places. This time we spent a lot of time watching the gerbils. They were hiding in tunnels and running on wheels and Cailin couldn't take her eyes off them. I briefly considered buying her a gerbil, but that is one pet that Bailey would eat without any question. Cailin was also quite taken with the hedgehogs. Again, Bailey would have no problem trying to eat a hedgehog, and I can't imagine the vet bill following such an episode. Hedgehogs are extremely pokey. You can't hold them in your bare hand. Happy to report we left the pet store empty handed.

It's been a busy and mostly productive day. The house is clean, Cailin is napping and Ryan is watching golf. Normally I would make much gagging and retching noises at having to watch golf, but I must admit, it is so nice to watch the scenery of the golf course. I'm also hoping to watch some golfer go Happy Gilmore out there. So far, nothing. But I'm hopeful.

Well, I best get some laundry washed before it multiplies. You know what they say about bunnies and laundry.