Yesterday morning, in my sleep deprived state (had a rough night), I put Kaitlyn on top of the rockable foot stool while I tried to get her wrap and bed ready. I only had my back turned for mere seconds, she rolled!! and fell off the foot stool, landing on her head, neck distended. I turned around just in time to see her land on the floor...!!! She clenched up for a second or two then let out this heart breaking scream and tears pouring out of her eyes. I stood there in shock, couldn’t believe I dropped the baby. Then I picked her up to tried to comfort her, and she surprised me by promptly falling asleep (which I had no success in getting her to do for 2 hours before then). There was no more crying, just a sleeping baby, which to be honest worried me even more. I thought I had put my baby in a coma or something.
So, I spent the next 15 minutes freaking out before deciding to call 000 as it was early in the morning, there was no local GPs, and I had no way of getting to a hospital.
Kaitlyn took her first ambulance ride at 8am, 18th March, 2008. the doctors observed her for 4 hours then let us come home. she slept through most of it while i was worrried. She acted normally, so the doctors think she didn’t take any permenant damage. I am still worried but she’s too little for scans at the moment, so we will leave it till we see the paediatrician next time. We did find out that she’s now over 4kg!! My Little Miss Piggy.
Moral of the story, do NO let baby out of sight! The one day you are not looking will be the day they learn to turn/crawl/walk and get into a world of trouble.
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