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So you know Caleb fell off the bed. That was last Friday.
Yesterday I got a call from Hot Mummee, telling me that Caleb’s fallen again. This time it was because the bouncy hammock spring snapped. Snapped! Can you believe it?
Luckily this happened with Grandma around. Being a manual bouncer, I guess she was bouncing it when it snapped- she was there to react fast enough to break his fall; though only able to catch his body while his head still struck the ground. Her other hand was catching the falling bottom half of the spring and hammock-hook.
But still….
I can only imagine he struck his head probably at the same spot as Friday’s incident. Flustered, that evening Hot Mummee and I took him to the nearby paediatric clinic to have him looked at. Again luckily, the short term signs are that he is okay. Long term signs, however, are still the same as the previous post’s. This Dr however also added: To look out for any bulging on the top of his head.
Babies are born with a soft spot at the top of their heads. Without going into too much detail, this spot is the gap between the skull plates, that will eventually fuse together when the baby reaches 1 year old.
This Dr says to occasionally touch to see if this spot is still sunken in and soft-ish. An otherwise hard and/or bulging spot would mean that there is pressure built up inside the head, which is bad news cos it’s likely to mean internal bleeding.
So my little man has had a pretty tough few days.
To top it all off, Caleb himself has contracted a flu / fever combo. Think he got it over the weekend, ie, after the Friday fall. We don’t think these are related (stress?) but it doesn’t help.
So yesterday was a pretty stressful day for everyone, and for the past few nights, we’ve been having sleepless nights being woken every 30 minutes or so of his coughing (have you ever heard a 5-6 month old cough like an old man?) followed by strong crying due to that discomfort, followed by twists and turns, rolling over and tugging at the much needed mosquito netting that is protecting him from the pests, followed by Daddee or Mummee holding him to rock him back to sleep, followed by the whole cycle again….
8 responses so far ↓
1 Ann // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Ooohh…..sounds tough.
It is a phase…it will pass. Difficulties and worrying times also do!
And then it will be sunshine and laughter once again….
Hope you and Hot Mummee are both still well and doing a-okay!
2 hissychick // Jul 3, 2008 at 6:36 PM
I hope little Caleb is OK, I’m sure he is.
Have you ever found yourself hurting an injured body part simply because you are trying to protect it? It seems to happen a lot.
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3 Moomykin // Jul 3, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Oh, Poor baby…
I have heard from my MIL that the spring does snap and she has fastened extra ropes for security sake. Not much of a sight but safety first.
Hope Caleb gets over the fever and flu quickly too. Poor baby.
Yes, and poor Daddee and Mummee….so in need of rest and peace. Take care.
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4 ladybughugs // Jul 3, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Poor little pun’kin!
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5 Daddee // Jul 4, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Thanks all for your concerns and cheer-ups!
To me, Caleb did not seem himself yesterday.
He’d usually respond quite soon to my tongue-clucking. Yesterday, he didn’t; at least not as quickly as I am used to. He’d just glared at me.
Then again if he was in pain he’d be more than just not smile and glare, he’d be irritable all the time..
I only hope that it’s really just the flu.
6 toddlerdaddy // Jul 6, 2008 at 10:46 PM
I hope all is well with Caleb – I’m sure they will be.
Kids are a lot tougher than we give them credit for, and far more resilient – certainly compared to us old bastards
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7 Cheong Mei Ling(biuye) // Jul 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Poor little fella! Tough as nails eh! With the flu as well. Even we adults would have a trying time. Hot Mummee updated me on July 4. The yeye has yet to read the blog on this and you can imagine her response. But Caleb will be right as rain in no time.
8 Daddee // Jul 7, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Thanks ToddlerDaddy, Mei Ling,
Yes, the little man does seem to be back to himself, thank goodness.
Maybe it’s cos his flu is going away. His cough is still there though, but at least his spirit seems up.
Last weekend was a bit of a hectic one, suffice to say that because of some social and extended family activities, Caleb had to be left with my parents’ some nights and thus we did not get to see him until Sunday, where he seems a lot better.
phew….
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