Bumps and Bruises

If our new sitter calls Child Protective Services, I hope that all of you will vouch that we're good and decent parents:

1) Tuesday: We were at Wal-Mart, and the cart I picked happened to have no working strap. I thought about putting it back and getting one with a working strap, but geez - I'd already wiped it with the sani-wipe and put my green bags in. So I thought we'd try it out. How bad could it be? Apparently, bad. Daniel repeatedly tried to stand in the cart the entire grocery trip. I just kept my hands on him, and we made it through the store somehow. We get outside, and I turn to put the groceries in the trunk. Daniel stands up, and falls backward into the cart. Thankfully, he fell backwards vs. sideways. He got 2 little scratches on his back.

2) Wednesday: Daniel was in the living room, spinning in circles - a favorite activity of his. He got a little too dizzy and fell. He fell right into the sharp fireplace hearth, headfirst. He got a nasty looking bruise and small cut across his right eyebrow.

3) Thursday: Daniel was avoiding going to his room to help get things cleaned up at bathtime. David (teasingly!) started pulling him by his legs to his room. Daniel was cracking up. He thought it was so funny. He got dragged all the way from the living room to his room, giggles all the way. He got a big rug burn across the right side of his forehead.

4) Sunday: Daniel wanted to go outside. Can you imagine? My child spends 8/9 hours outside during the day. We were headed to the backyard. I wasn't paying attention to where he put his fingers - right inside the door jam. I started closing the door behind us, and he started screaming. I saw that I was closing his middle and ring fingers in the door, but it was too late. He has a black fingernail, and it was swollen for that day. (He was looking at his fingers afterward and started pointing at them one by one, saying, "Pink, pink....black!")

That last injury earned him a chupa chup.