My best friend, who I love dearly but she has zero experience with babies, accidentally dropped Bebe last night. It wasn’t from very high up, but she landed on her cheekbone/eye from a couple of inches up and then flipped onto her back. I think I am more shaken up than my daughter is today, but I think she is not feeling 100%. I feel guilty that I wasn’t able to stop it from happening, even though I saw the whole thing. I immediately took her and nursed her and she calmed down a lot faster than I would have expected, so I think it looked a lot worse than it was. Her eye and side of her head were quite red and puffy for about an hour, but looked normal before we went to bed.
She didn’t sleep very well, and would wake up whimpering a little bit. I’m taking her to an infant chiropractor this afternoon. She seems normal and happy today, though I can’t shake the feeling that something is not quite right. Maybe she is just a bit stiff from the way she landed. Or maybe I’m projecting since I am definitely still shaken.
I know babies/kids are bound to get hurt, but the whole thing feels like it would have been so preventable if only I’d been watching closer. But I would never have thought I needed to watch my friend putting my baby down.
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