Danika has been refusing to wear her mittens, so lately I have been telling her that when she doesn't wear her mittens or gloves, she has to put her hands in her pockets. She is pretty willing to do this, and it seemed like a happy compromise for both of us. That is, until yesterday morning.
We had the mitten fight on the way to daycare, I settled for my usual compromise, and we got out of the van to walk into the building. We got about half-way there, and my precious little girl tripped and fell flat on her face. It was like I could see it happening in slow motion, but I just couldn't reach her in time. And...since her hands were in her pockets, she couldn't catch herself. She hit the cement face first. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty, but when I scooped her up, her mouth was full of blood and she was terrified.
Long story short, while initially it looked like she put her teeth all the way through the upper lip, after we got the bleeding stopped, we realized she didn't. She put a deep gash on the inside, and she got several cuts on the outside from the cement. Mommy had to take the day off work to comfort and cuddle the little bug, but it all turned out all right. She got to eat a lot of popsicles and jello and she liked that. :)
By late afternoon, she was even pretty good natured about it. I asked her to show me her boo-boo and she puckered her lips right up and pointed inside. I asked if I could take some pictures and she said, "Yep." So...I did.
Here is Danika "Bruiser" Bierer as she looked yesterday afternoon.
