Great, now I can't leave my house

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DS is a really active kid, and is just starting to walk. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in more than a few falls and he has a few nice little bruises on his forehead to show for it. Then last night he scratched his face right under his eye in his sleep. When we got him up for the day I joked with DH that between the bruises and the scratch he looked like he'd gotten into a bar fight or something.

Today we had an appointment with a specialist to go over his MRI results (which were completely normal - yay!). Our pedi had warned us that some people said she was a little "off-ish," but we didn't really know what he meant until today. In between telling us that he probably isn't clapping because we don't do it enough at home (um yeah, is about a million times a day not good enough for you!?), and that if we "responded" to him more he'd be saying mama and dada, she asked what happened to his face and then said that people were going to think we're abusing him! I choose to believe that she just has a really bad sense of humor but...whatever. 

So tonight we're home and he's playing in the living room as usual. He likes to push his big toys all around the room, and while he was doing this with his "play wall" he accidentally knocked the whole thing over and totally faceplanted. I felt terrible, and the worst part is that he now has a HUGE welt/bruise right in the middle of his forehead. Fabulous. If they didn't think so before, people will definitely think we're beating him now. I don't think I am going to risk taking him out in public until at least a couple of the injuries have faded, lol!

irishgurlkt

I always think this about DS. he has a perma-bruise on his forehead from falling down or smashing into things.

libby73

I know where you are coming from.  DS is always bumping into something or falling so he typically has atleast one bruise every few weeks from something.  Boys are a handful, I swear DS has NO fear any more.

brandonsfuturewife07

ugh, i know what you mean.  DS always has bruises on his legs from kicking his highchair.  i'm afraid of what people think.

and don't feel bad about clapping--S is just now thinking about getting interested in it.

carolinag

timmy is like the same age as leo and doesn't say mama/dada or clap. he does do plenty of other things though. i don't think i'm an inferior parent b/c timmy is doing things at his own pace. don't let them make you feel bad. kids develop at different rates.  the specialist sounds like an a-hole. 

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carolinag:

timmy is like the same age as leo and doesn't say mama/dada or clap. he does do plenty of other things though. i don't think i'm an inferior parent b/c timmy is doing things at his own pace. don't let them make you feel bad. kids develop at different rates.  the specialist sounds like an a-hole. 

Yeah, she is an a-hole and also clearly crazy. DH and I both said that we do clap with him at home and as of now he just prefers to watch us. She proceeded to sit there and clap his hands together as if she was going to teach him patty cake right there in the office - you know, because clearly all he needs is someone to respond to him, lol! 

Little did she know that I was sending DS strongly worded telepathic messages that he was under NO circumstances to do his first claps for her. Can you imagine? I would have just died, lol!