She was sitting on Papa's lap comfortably - i remember wanting to comment on how comfortable she looked- when she suddenly decided to crawl off. But Papa and her were at the edge of the mattress, which meant she was effectively diving headfirst off Papa's leg.
And in a second, her face smashed onto the floor.
She started crying and I quickly cuddled her.
Oh no... please let her nose be ok, please let her teeth be ok...
Soon, blood started flowing from her mouth, staining my arms and neck, where she'd buried her face.
We checked. Her teeth were still intact. Her nose looked ok too.
Phew.
She probably just cut her lip on her teeth.
The blood clotted after a while, but her upper lip swelled, and she had a hard time eating her dinner that night, coz whenever something touched the wound, she would cry in pain.
In the big scheme of things, that was just a little fall.
But it was her first, and trite as it sounds, it hurt me more than it hurt her.
Lots of regrets too - we had been talking about buying a playmat for more than a month, and i kept putting it off. "Was the bumper playmat necessary? Should i get the cheaper ones from Mini Toons instead? But the Mini Toons ones didn't fold up nicely and weren't as portable. But the ones from Smallsmallworld are so expensive.... " And so in my indecisiveness it was put off again and again and again.
But no longer.
I have placed an order for the bumper playmat. The 15mm thick one, no less.
I don't intend to be an overly protective parent, coz i think it's unhealthy for the child.
But seeing her bleed and cry, and knowing that her injury would have been mitigated had i put a playmat next to the mattress...
Which reminds me, i need to babyproof her room and put up the child-gate at her door, now that she's getting quite mobile.
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