Horrible Mommy Award

The Horrible Mommy Award goes to me. I made a majorly stupid move Sunday night:

I have a towel pallet set-up right next to my bathroom sink and I use it to change Mason in my bedroom...and admittedly I place him there when I have to hurry and use the restroom too. As well as when I'm at the sink getting ready. My illogical rationale was this: since he can't roll from his back to his tummy, then if I place him on the pallet perpendicular to the mirror, then for injury to occur he'd have to either inch completely over to the edge of the counter to fall off OR would have to magically be an incredibly progressive baby and learn to turn from back to tummy AND he only just now learned to turn from tummy to back (the opposite: back to tummy, is far more advanced).

Well my baby is "magic." He turned from back to front and rolled into the sink, hitting his head on the way. My poor baby!

Thank you God that Mason didn't fall on the floor!

BAD MOMMY BAD!!!

I was a little hysterical, looking immediately for signs of a concussion- there was no blood but definitely a red spot above his right eye and two spots on his head where I could tell he bumped. But I nursed him to calm him down and called my mom in a panic. I went through the checklist:

• awake and fully conscious
• normal pupils
• appeared to have clear vision
• appropriately crying
• no vomiting

As soon as I felt he was not going to have to be rushed to the Emergency Room, I nursed him and he stopped crying, immediately calmed down, and even cooed while I was on the phone with Mom.

Thank you Lord!

I jokingly called my child Super Mason a few days ago...but seriously! He's only 2.5 months-old, can briefly stand unassisted, AND can roll over both ways. YIKES!

As I write this, I placed Mason on his back on the floor, next to me and in the time it's taken me to type the post, my Wiggle Worm has: rolled on his side and rotated his body so that he's 180 degrees turned around. He is a very active baby...sheesh!

I've sufficiently learned my lesson. Although I likely will not sleep much tonight as I'll be checking for vitals all throughout the night just-in-case.

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Non Sequitur: I made these 2 little guys for Mason; they're made of remnants from the nursery fabrics. And shortly, I hope to make him a Quiet Book, because goodness knows if my child will be as verbally vibrant as he is active, he will need a quiet book.