Jane's "Bwooze"

Last weekend I took the girls over to my sisters to babysit and spend time with my nieces and nephew on a Friday night so my sis and her hubby could go out. I'm eager to spend time with them as they are moving away in about a month ;-( And we had a really good time, even though the girls where completely exhausted. We got home about 9:30, which wasn't too big of a deal because we weren't totally adjusted from Mountain Time.

It was really, really cold, despite the fresh snow we'd had earlier that day. And Jane tends to cry when we are outside and it's below freezing. She learned to put her hands in her pockets and she loves doing that. I don't know how much it helps but it at least distracts her. So we had two exhausted, cold, kiddos, coming up the front steps to the apartment building. Jane had been more unsteady on her feet then usual (we found out a few days later she had a sinus infection) and she wanted Eric (I was parking the car) to "hold you!" (love how that pronoun is still confused, otherwise she'd seem too grown up). The heat of the entry turned the snow tracked on the tile into some lovely, slippery slush just inside the door and Jane went down fast.

Interestingly, the bump on her head didn't show up til the next day. That night she had a pretty awesome bloody nose. Eric took care of it and he did amazing! She wanted her Daddy and he did great. After the bleeding stopped, she went right to bed (didn't realize she'd hit her head, or we might have been more worried). The next day the goose egg on her "pointy head" (that's what Jane calls all foreheads) was had it's own goose egg and zip code. It was bad. And swollen. But not very colorful. The next day it got darker and the day after that the bridge of her nose swelled up and the black eyes appeared.

Everywhere we go people ask about it. And everywhere we go I feel like I have to explain in detail so people know I'm not a bad mom ;-) Jane's gotten really good at telling people about her "bwooze." She hits the highlights- it doesn't hurt, she had her hands in her pockets, she fell down, her nose "got bleed," and now she has a "bwooze" on her eyes.

We did go to the doc, btw (remember the sinus infection?) and they said that it looked totally normal and typical. Poor kid got roughed up a bit in the waiting room while running around with a more steady and active toddler. He pushed her in play and she went sailing into a metal chair. Ended up with a bleeding lip and a chunk of skin hanging from her mouth. She had a rash all over (which is the main reason I had taken her in), the bruised up eyes, bump on the head, swollen nose, runny nose, eye gunk...she looked pretty rough.

Man, I'm glad I'm not a toddler anymore. They sure are tough!