November 2011 Moms
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Survived our first trip to the ER
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Last weekend, right before we were about to leave for our anniversary
dinner, LO took a few steps and tripped and went face first into the windowsill and
got a bit cut on his face. It stopped bleeding after about 15 minutes
and he stopped crying but we were unsure if it needed stitches or not 
It's hard to know as a first time parent if you are being overly
worried or not and it was at night so we could not just swing him by his pedi. In the end we canceled our plans, and took him to the
ER to be looked at just as as precaution.. luckily he just needed some glue to help it heal
and no stitches. He seemed more curious about everything in the ER that was a potential new toy to play with, LOL
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Re: Survived our first trip to the ER
Unless he hits his head hard and is acting strange or he's bleeding and it doesn't stop, I don't think I'd take him in.
He falls and hits his giant [93rd percentile] head constantly and doesn't even cry. Although he currently has a black eye from one of his recent bumps and I'm pretty sure everyone that sees him thinks I am the worst parent ever for that one!
But what can I say, toddlers are bound to get some bumps and bruises. Glad to hear your LO didn't need stitches!
Jonah Stephen born at 39w on 11/3/2011 Naomi Isabel born at 37w 5d on 5/27/2013
my read shelf:
BFP #2 03/08/11 EDD 11/16/11 DD Born on 11/04/11
BFP #3 08/29/12 EDD 05/06/13 M/C on 08/30/12
BFP #4 11/01/12 EDD 07/09/2013 M/C on 12/28/12
BFP #5 04/30/13 EDD 01/03/14 DS Born on 01/02/14
BFP #6 01/11/15 EDD 09/22/15 M/C 03/09/15
Only for illnesses. DS1 has had multiple goose eggs on his forehead. We just keep a close eye on him and make sure he doesn't show any signs of a concussion. He has also split his lip and bit his tongue; those so far have been the only bleeding injuries.
I think our threshold is if he showing signs of a concussion, acting strange, or the bleeding won't stop.
DS is a lil daredevil. He is always testing the limits. It results in bumps, bruises, a bloody mouth,a bruised toenail and 2 blackeyes. Wow, I sound like MOTY!
We haven't had to take him to the er just yet. I watch for signs of head injury or if he had bleeding that can't be stopped.
Baby Boy #2 is on the way!