On Saturday night Chris went to the urology resident graduation (I would have gone but for some reason they said nursing babies were not welcome). Sam had gone to sleep but woke up and so I brought her down to watch a movie with me. I laid her on the couch (something I have done many times) and went to the fridge to get out some milk for her. A second later I hear a huge thump and blood curdling scream. My heart dropped and I ran to find that she had rolled off the couch. I grabbed her and found that I went right into nurse mode checking her pupils and feeling her fontanel checking and feeling her head. She settled down pretty quickly. That's when I went into mom mode. I have NEVER felt so guilty in my entire life! How could I let this happen? I am the worst mom ever. I couldn't get ahold of Chris and so I called my dad so he could reassure me. He, in his wise wisdom, told me that every kid hits their head sooner or later. If only that made me feel better.
I just know one day there is going to be a conversation like this (most likely in her teenager years):
me: Why would you do something so stupid?
sam: I don't know mom. Maybe it's because you let me fall off the couch and hit my head when I was a baby.
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That same thing happened to Ryan when he was about the same age! I felt so bad! It was HORRIBLE! Luckily Ryan is fine (right?) My mom always says babies are made of rubber. Thank goodness.
P.S. You are not a bad mom :)
as long as you didn't shake her, she's fine. Alison fell off the couch onto the HARD wood floor, and then ran into the coffee table and the dinner table, and down the stairs...she's fine! I mean she doesn't talk and is cross-eyed but she totally fine!
p.s. whenever I think I am a bad mom, Ben asks me these questions:
1. Are you smoking crack in front of your kid?
2. Are you prostituting?
3. Have you fallen asleep due to alcohol use and let your toddler go outside in only a diaper and end up near the freeway?
If the answer is no...and ALWAYS no, you are a fine mother.
seriously, you are.
p.s.s. You are not mother of the year, I won that months ago!
She can only say that to you as a teenager, if you tell her of this incident at an age where she will remember you telling her!
don't worry friend :) it happens to the best mothers. i let luke roll off the bed when he was little. it's the scariest thing!!
Don't worry. She just might end up like my kids who have hit their heads plenty of times. She might end up not potty trained, not be able to talk very well, and not ever want to let go of you. But then her and Jaxton can be best friends....You are a great mom and Samantha is the luckiest little girl to have you!
Ha ha ha! I've enjoyed this post (and all the comments) immensely. I remember when Eli was 5 months old and I not only let him fall out of his stroller...but then I subsequently ran him over with it. Nice. That was a shining moment in my mothering career. ...And now he's a freakin' genius! ;)
P.S. I need to see new pictures of my little niece!!!
I agree with Kristin...very funny. Both my girls have done this very same thing. Don't worry you're a wonderful mom. I swear little ones have angels that surround them while they are growing up, because they get bumped and bruised and all sorts of things...its a wonder how they ever make it to adulthood.
Same thing happened to Levi at that age and he seems to be normal so far. Don't fret it
Neither of my babies have fallen off the couch, but Calvin has repeatedly been put in danger by his older brother. Just tonight, James put a plastic bag on Calvin's face. I thought, "My son is going to kill my baby!" I also find myself thinking, "How come I can't protect my baby from my own child? What kind of a mother am I?
You're doing just fine. Momming is hard. And the guilt...it never goes away. At least for me, I just try to get through it. "Okay, it happened. The kid is okay. Let's move on and try not to do that again."
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