I just love being a mommy!! But, like all moms I have my fears...one of my biggest fears is dropping Lucas!!! I am serious, ever since we brought Lucas home from the hospital I was terrified of dropping him... Maybe it is because I never really held newborns...Ask any of my friends... Whenever they tried to put their newborn in my arms I would look at Mark like HELP ME NOW!!! He can handle babies with such ease...I don't even think it is funny when people say that someone must have been dropped on their head as a child for them to act that way.... Well, thank God once my little man came into my life I had no problems handling him. With that said...Lucas is six months three weeks old...last week I even thought to myself what a great mom I must be since he had not fallen one time. (I know I know!! What an idiot!!)....Well today around 3:00 pm I was feeding Lucas on the couch. I laid him down right beside me for a split second before I picked him up to burp him. I literally turned my head for a half second and I heard the DREADED THUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cringed and thought, " THAT DID NOT JUST HAPPEN"....My sweet Lucas fell smack down on our wood floors!! Why did we not go with carpet!! Anyway, it took Lucas a second to start screaming because he was so stunned. I scooped him up and felt like the worst mother on earth while checking out the damage. He only cried for about 10 seconds... he actually stopped crying and looked at me and smiled. It was like he was telling me, "Mommy I am ok don't freak out." I am not a frantic person at all..in fact most people would call me laid back...so Lucas was taken aback when I was all out of sorts. When I called Jennifer to tell her what happened she started laughing telling me it happens to all moms. Then she told me to walk over to the couch and really look to see how low the couch is to the ground. She was right...not far at all. The moral of the story is....there are plenty more falls to come...the first one just seems to be the most anticipated....
Tiffany
Well I have to tell you my bad mommy story to make you feel better. I have these oh so cute pictures of charlie sitting in my Bathroom sink. When he was about 6 months old I used to sit him in there and look in the mirror so I could do laundry. (My laundry room is in my half bath) Well I had stepped into the hall to get the rest of one load. and I hear a huge thump followed by screaming. He had hurdled himself out of the sink and into the laundry hamper. Which tipped over and threw him into the floor and rolled him over to the washer.
ReplyDeleteNeedless to say Charlie wasn't the only one crying. He got over it in about 10 seconds. I was freaked for hours. But I think the laundry hamper broke the fall thank goodness!
So you are by means a bad mommy...it happens to all of us at some point.
Holly