The other night Bridget was trying to hurry down the stairs, and in her haste she fell from the very top – all the way down. She landed flat on her face.
I watched the whole thing happen in slow motion from the bottom of the steps.
She was screaming, and she didn’t move. I ran over to pick her up.. when I picked her up there was blood covering her face. I wasn’t sure if it was coming from her mouth or her nose, but it was everywhere. In the few minutes she was bleeding it got in her hair, on her shirt, on her pants, on my jeans, and in our carpet. I grabbed a wet rag and cleaned her face as I tried to calm her down. I soon realized that it was her nose that was bleeding.
Once we stopped the bleeding and calmed her down, it was time to address the stains on her clothing and in our carpet.
It was quite the evening. Having a toddler fall down the stairs wasn’t exactly on the agenda for the night.
I’m just glad that she didn’t get injured any more than she did. It could have been worse, it could have been a lot worse. I think the whole thing scared me almost as much as it did her.
The picture was taken when she woke up the next morning. Just a little rug burn left.
I’m glad she’s okay.
Emily // Apr 5, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Big OUCH. But I think Gordon’s got a bigger bruise on his face, look for pictures to come…
Kara // Apr 5, 2009 at 10:54 pm
Glad she is OK too! Brooklyn fell down an entire flight of stairs at our friends house when she was about 14 months old and smacked her head on the tile at the bottom-it scared me soooo bad! /=
Michelle Johnnie // Apr 6, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Sorry to hear of this! Glad she is ok. That is one of my fears with our step steeps!
Sandra // Apr 6, 2009 at 1:50 pm
The picture makes me laugh, she doesn’t look happy. I still think you should have got one while she was bleeding HA HA J/k 🙂
Dave // Apr 7, 2009 at 11:31 am
Funny. Your google ads are for carpet stain removal! 🙂
Dave // Apr 7, 2009 at 11:33 am
And now the text ad is for “brain damage” and the picture ad is for an injury lawyer. Wow. Oh the tact.