I just bloodied my son's face!

[Sammieanne]

So Avery loves to be chased. It's his favorite game. We were playing that tonight when I guess I lost all common sense. I was laying on the floor and he was running away from me and I reached out to get him and grabbed him by the leg. Why would I do that? You can't really expect to grab any one's leg and them not fall let alone the leg of a 13 month old who's only been walking for about 2 months! So he fell, and started crying. I saw his face hit the floor and I knew that it hurt, but then I picked him up and there was a little bit of blood. Then it turned into a lot more blood and it was coming from his nose and his lip. I feel so horrible! I know he's going to fall and get hurt over his life time but I'm supposed to be there to fix it, not cause it. I suck!

[Triplestack318]

Feb. 20, 2009 at 8:29 PM

First of all, YOUR POOR LITTLE GUY!

Secondly, you do no suck.  Accidents happen.  Trust me!  I was playing with my son (22months) the other day, he fell and bit his lip.  I too felt horrible.  My husband just reminded me, accidents happen and chances are it will happen again.  It's part of growing up.

I am sure after it happend you immediately went into Mommy mode and cuddled him.

[acrogodess]

Feb. 20, 2009 at 8:32 PM

Awww. Don't worry. It happens to us all at one point. When my son was a baby we would pretend that I was a monster and that I was gonna bite his fingers. I'd pretend to bite and he'd move his tiny fingers away and squeal with laughter. Well one day he didn't move his fingers fast enough and I accidentally bit him hard enough to draw blood on one finger. I felt like the worst mother EVER!

[Sammieanne]

Feb. 20, 2009 at 8:43 PM

Oh yes. Cuddles and I cried a little with him because I felt so bad. I tried to hide it though because I was worried that if he saw me cry it would freak him out even worse.

(Original Poster)

[MidnightKarma]

Feb. 20, 2009 at 10:04 PM

poor kid

Don't beat yourself up about it. He will be ok