The baby awoke around 1:00. I nudged M and when he said "what?" I pointed in the direction of the bassinet from under my sleep mask.
Then, suddenly, I heard a thwump and M exclaiming "oh my god!"
He had placed the sleepy baby on the bed next to me and went to pee "for two seconds".
As the baby cried, we checked him for lumps, bumps, or bruises. He calmed, settled back into a scary sleep, and we called the nurse line. While on the phone, we made an earnest attempt at waking the baby, with M checking his pupils for dilation. He looked at us, wondering why on earth he was awake at that hour, smiled and started chatting us up.
M sat on the floor, head hung low, beating himself up and said he felt like he would vomit. I assured him that it could have happened to me just as easily. It's a worst-case scenario I've imagined in my head many many times.
The nurse said "home care" should be fine, but to check him at regular intervals over the next 3 days.
The baby took a bottle and kicked around in the bed between us, finally going to sleep around 2:30.
His guardian angel was really looking out from him last night.
~Nichole
1 comment:
If I had a dollar for every time a kid fell off the bed..... jk. I'd still be poor. BUT, each one of those thumps has taken years off my life!!
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