But let me back up. Moments before this picture was taken, Cassie had insisted on taking a walk in the parking lot, which was entirely too steep for her, and tumbled head-first onto the pavement. Trev was right behind her and snatched her up right after she fell. She was upset for about two minutes, then was back to her curious, busy self. We didn't notice until later that she had really scratched and bruised one spot on her head. She still has a few scabs.
Cassie was itching to get out of the backpack during most of the hike (I kept popping snacks into her mouth to keep her happy and distracted) so we stopped a few times to let her explore.
We were so careful when we let her walk around, and she was getting impatient with us not letting her walk on her own. We decided to hurry back down the trail and get her home to flat terrain and her nap. When we were in sight of the parking lot and Cassie was clearly upset about being stuck in a backpack, we decided to let her out. The trail was a fairly flat gravel road by then. I lifted Cassie out of the backpack and set her down on the gravel to walk around. Unfortunately, instead of standing when I let go (I thought her feet were firmly planted), she bent forward to examine the gravel and ended up examining it too closely. She hit the ground pretty hard, head first, and her nose started bleeding. I felt so terrible! We cleaned her up with the wet wipes we had, and in about three minutes she was happy and squirmy again, wanting to walk on her own. This time we made her hold Daddy's hands.
If you zoom in, you'll see a little blood right under her nose and on her shirt. You'll also see her mischevious tongue-smile.So even though Cassie had forgotten about her falls moments after they happened, and someone said to me, "she's at that age where she always has bumps and scrapes," I still feel like a pretty bad parent.
4 comments:
Your holidays sound like ours. I like how you are all wearing BYU apparel :)
No! You are great parents. End of question. Not many parents would go on a hike with a youngster even though the child totally wants to go and has a blast. She is lucky to have you as parents. (p.s. I won't tell you what happened when Eli was on the couch and I looked away for a second. You aren't alone in the bruises area.)
You are not bad parents. A couple of years ago Jake fell off my bed and since he wasn't being THAT fussy I didn't take him to the doctor for a week - only to find he broke his arm! Is that neglect or what? Aren't you glad kids bounce back!
I've always said they need to invent some kind of helmet for kids this age. Andrew always seemed to bump his head on the same spot every time.
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