Baby’s falls come in 2s two’s
By Staff
Leada Gore, Editor
It seems there is an old wives’ tale about a baby taking a fall before their first birthday. According to the old lore, it’s bad luck if a baby doesn’t fall off the bed before they turn one.
I have no idea if this is true, but it sure made me feel better. If this is true, Sutton will be doubly lucky as she grows older.
Sutton was upstairs with her dad taking a nap Saturday. Greg got off the sofa and Sutton snoozed away. He looked away and before he knew it, she slid off the sofa landing on the carpeted floor about a foot below.
I was downstairs when I heard the crying. Sheepishly, he brought her, unhurt, downstairs. I proceeded to give him dirty looks and make some subtle comments how you couldn’t turn your back for more than a minute lest she get hurt.
I could tell Greg felt bad about the entire incident, so I backed off. It could happen to anyone, I said, silently thinking that it could happen to any DAD, certainly not a MOM, though.
The next day, Sutton and I were in the bedroom. I put her in the center of the bed as I reached for a pair of earrings. I had turned around for a second (sound familiar?) when Sutton decided to crawl and slid off the bed to the floor. This floor is carpeted, too, but the fall was about three feet. Thankfully, she landed on her side and not her head and, except for a scrape on her nose, she was fine. Not too happy, but fine.
Greg, hearing the ruckus, came into the room and scooped her up, promising her that he would make it OK. He rubbed her head, patted her leg and whispered in her ear and soon, she was smiling again. I wasn’t smiling, though. In fact, I felt terrible.
He was right. I felt as if I had irreparably damaged my child and probably needed to be reported to some sort of authority that oversees bed/baby/nose scrape incidents.
It just so happened my mother was at my house when Sutton took her spill. Once she examined her and made sure I hadn’t done anything to harm her grandchild, she told me I had to be prepared for these types of things and this would be the first of many scrapes, bruises and general incidents.
In my mind, I know she’s right. In my heart, however, I’d just as soon not have to deal with any more sliding, falling or tripping any time soon.
