I think I broke my kid.

[Jermys]

She has been discussing the "fall" all day.  Poor kid, I really freaked her out, but OMG the stuff she's saying is half cracking me up and half breaking my heart:

"Dad, remember when Mommy was dead in the kitchen and I cried?"

"Mom, be careful so you don't fall down!  Carry that with your arms, not your boobs, okay?"

[daisyheadmaizie]

I passed out in the middle of the grocery store when I was pregnant with DS. DD still talks about how mommy fell and then the firefighters came. Luckily, the firefighters were a fun distraction for her, so it was less scary. I felt so bad for scaring her.

[speckledfrog]

Hahaha! Poor, sweet Edith.

[meganew]

Her teachers and classmates are going to hear all about this on Monday. Lol.

[lilafowler]

OMG. Poor kid!

Is it bad that the last sentence made me lol?

[litebright]

Awww, sweet kiddo. She's worried about her mama.

[Jermys]

Sue, I'm torn on that. Part of me (the part that's like "OKAY, I get it!") wants to stop talking about it, and the other part thinks she needs the reassurance. I might let it go today and tomorrow just go back to normal and see how she does. H has kind of been making me be in bed today, just in case. He's been feeding me and making me drink lots of fluids.

I feel fine, but I have been sleeping a lot because sleeping is awesome and I was up half the night.

[Jermys]

And I swear, I don't carry things with my boobs...I'm not sure where that came from!

[Jermys]

I didn't, but I called. He said that I was probably dehydrated and could stand to drink some water. I need to do bloodwork anyway for my thyroid, so he's going to check some other stuff out while he's bleeding me on Monday.

[speckledfrog]

I think repeating whatever reassurance you told her to begin in a nonchalant/upbeat way is the route I would go. I don't think you are the overly dramatic type, so I don't think talking about it (Oh, remember whatever you said the first time) when she brings it up won't scar her.

[Jermys]

H and I are sticking to the story of "Mommy didn't feel good, and she tripped and fell." She said the dead thing and I was like "Oh, I wasn't dead! I just fell. Like when you fall on the playground. No biggie. I got right back up, remember?"

[SugarKane]

Poor kid. It was pretty traumatic for her so she might mention it for a while. DD still talks about a car accident we were in that was almost 4 years ago. Just keep reassuring her that you're ok

[Deleted]

Not too long ago I sliced my foot bad on a loose threshold that had come up in our house. There was a huge pile of blood and I was holding our 3 day old. DH was upstairs and couldn't hear me yelling for him so I had to have DS run upstairs to get him. The cut looked so much worse than it was, and I kept reassuring DS that I was FINE - but he still talks about it frequently. Tells complete strangers that mommy cut her foot and blood was everywhere.

That shit just stays with them, ya know.

[Jermys]

Mar 9, 2013 21:20:44 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

Mar 9, 2013 21:01:37 GMT -5 Jermys said:

And I swear, I don't carry things with my boobs...I'm not sure where that came from!

Don't lie, you are a woman of many talents.

Lord knows the damn things are taking up enough space, they should do a little work around here!

[mudslide]

I missed what happened. Are you okay?

[statlerwaldorf]

I fell almost a year ago on our steps and DD still won't let it go. Every single time I go up or down the stairs she reminds me to be careful.