Clumsy Eejit! Jay Takes A Tumble

Jay (aka Wee Man) must be the most accident prone kid ever! A while ago, he got locked inside the car. Today, after his afternoon nap, he took a spectacular tumble down the stairs.

Mrs L. had woken both kiddies up and was headed downstairs with them both. Wee Man was lumbering downstairs having refused to hold hands. The rest of the event isn’t entirely clear, but he slipped about halfway down, took a tumble and smacked head first into the stair gate at the bottom.

Not a nice scenario. Add to that Mrs L is suffering from a particularly painful pregnancy condition called Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) which makes walking excruciating for her. She couldn’t get to him immediately, which was frustrating for her.

I got back from work shortly after this happened. Jay was still shocked and crying hard. He normally takes a fall quite well - gets straight back to mischief afterward. We managed to settle him with a couple of dolly mixtures, but later on his forehead came up a nasty shade of purple where he’d hit the bar of the stair gate.

Still, he seems to have gotten over his initial trauma. But what a shock!