I think about 1 week ago I was upstairs and Aaron was downstairs. Apparently Aaron put a "lil swimmers" on Henry's head and then told him to show me. He started going upstairs and I heard "thud, thud, thud, thud" and then crying. I ran as fast as I could down the stairs. Aaron was holding him and then I took over. He was still crying pretty hard but I did a quick survey looking for limb abnormalities or bumps or bruises. When I looked in his little mouth I could tell he was bleeding. Poor little guy. I've seen bleeding kids before, but things are very different when it's your own. I just held him until he calmed down. The bleeding stopped pretty quickly and I could see he bit his tongue on both sides. It was his incisors and they made little puncture marks. We gave him Motrin and Popsicles that night and he seemed to do fine. The next day he didn't complain at all, even though I could still see the tongue marks.
Then, a few days ago we went to a new park where is there is a nice paved trail and a park. He started running on the trail with his new Nike shoes. I think those shoes are a tad big and have really good traction. Anyway, he biffed it and scraped his nose and upper lip. It bled a little, but not too bad. By the time we got back to the play ground he was fine and ready to play some more. Still, his nose was red for a while and still has a scab on it. Aaron took a picture, so maybe we'll post it soon.
I guess this means Henry is getting more adventurous or just more clumsy. I suppose this is a good thing, but I wouldn't say I especially like it.
What I do like is that Henry is talking more and more. Right now I don't understand most of what he says, but I know I will soon. How exciting! I told him I loved him this morning and I clearly understand he said I love you back. Isn't that great?
Laura
