Kyleigh's Story - Oh No! She Fell on the Floor!

I will chew on my husband for this till the end of time.

We were at my husband's parents' house. Because there was no high chair, I was feeding Kyleigh on the bed with my husband lying next to us. Kyleigh had missed a few meals the day before (due to the long road trip travel), so she was very hungry and wanted some more after she finished the first bowl. Since my husband was right there and could care for her, I went to the kitchen to make another bowl.

When I returned to the bedroom, my husband was holding Kyleigh and she was crying hysterically. My husband confessed that he had fallen asleep while I was gone, and Kyleigh crawled to the edge of the bed and fell on the floor.

I was horrified. The bed was about 3 feet high and the floor, even though carpeted, was very hard. There were also other things (the crib legs and boxes) right next to where she fell. We didn't know if she hit something else on her way down. My mother-in-law suggested a few things to check (such as whether there were red spots on her, whether there were bumps on her head, and whether her eyes were dilated, etc). I also called the after-hour emergency hotline to speak to a nurse. She asked me many questions and concluded that Kyleigh was probably fine.

I am still mad at my husband. Kyleigh (and I) trusted him to watch out for her. He even said he knew Kyleigh started to crawl towards the edge of the bed, but he still didn't pull her back.

If my baby fails any test in her life or couldn't obtain a membership at Mensa, I will blame it on my husband for causing damage to her brain.

Now, on the lighter side... There were some funny things Kyleigh did after she fell. When grandma (my mother-in-law) came in to check on us, Kyleigh was telling grandma all about it. She made noises non-stop, and pointed at daddy as if she was saying, "That's the guy! He let me fall!"

Then after Kyleigh had calmed down, I put her back on the bed. She grabbed her toy in her hand, and crawled to the edge of the bed (of course, this time I was guarding her closely). She threw her toy on the floor, and watched as it fell. It was like she's thinking, "If I fell, you should fall too!"

I haven't noticed any dramatic change in her behaviors, except that she doesn't laugh at falling objects (i.e., our home-made "diaper baseball") any more. It's like she has developed some sympathy to the ball, now that she knows how it feels to fall. It's a shame not to hear her laughing at this silly game, though.