No I did not get myself a dog because Ed is terribly afraid of them (I should have checked this box before we got married and now I can never dream of getting one!) Rather, it is my darling who looks like one now.
Last Sunday morning after a diaper change, a happy Gerard was rolling in our bed while I tried to fold his soiled diaper into a smaller piece for easy disposal. Suddenly, from the corner of my eyes, I could see him bending towards the edge of the bed and almost going to fall over. I tried to grab him as fast as my reflexes allowed but whilst I managed to prevent him falling down from the bed, his face knocked against the corner of our dressing table and immediately, a huge purple bruise swelled up the bottom of his left eye and there was also some blood as there was a bit of abrasion on his skin.
The poor boy wailed for a minute but halted when he saw his mummy even more upset and terrified. I quickly brought him to the doctor to check if his eye was ok. Fortunately, he said it was just a bad bruise and his eye was not hurt. The bruise and swelling should subside within a few weeks.
Since then, wherever we go, Gerard gets stares from people for obviously the wrong reason. The o-jiisans and o-baasans give us their sympathetic looks and sometimes whisper among themselves. Some friendlier ones offer me their "home-tested" remedies and say babies at this age are very active, so we have to be really careful.
Well, I cringe with guilt and feel heartache whenever I look at Gerard. I think it was partly my fault that I failed to look after him properly because he was technically "under my care, custody and control" at the moment the accident happened. To make things worse, I have to bring him to visit his paternal grandparents tonight. His grandma called three times since last night when Ed broke the news to her, I can already envisage a big drama is going to happen later with probably lots of crying (not me!), pitying and reprimanding. At times like this, I wish we were still in Denmark or anywhere that is far far away. :-(
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Sayang sayang Gerard!
Ah, I know how you feel...the combination of guilt & heartpain, yet have to withstand the reprimands from others at the same time. :-(
Don't be too hard on yourself. You are already trying your very best to be as vigilant as you can be. Just that our lil' ones are really getting too active & fearless at this stage!
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