On Sunday, Nana wanted to help me give Baby Jack a bath. (He just loves baths) So we gave him a bath in the tub (without using the little blow up bathtub). I usually take a bath with him and he has been standing up a lot when we are in there together. So....he stood up while Mom & I were bathing him and I held him and then had him sit back down. He did this several times. Then he started to stand up again...and slipped...and came down on the side of the tub with the underside of his little nose.
It was horrible. He was screaming....blood was gushing out everywhere. I was terrified...and acting crazy...asking Paul to get a towel...but it had to be a specific one...Mom was running around...it was crazy. We got the bleeding to stop after a lot of blood went everywhere and the sweet little thing finally stopped crying, nursed a little bit and fell asleep.
We called the pediatrician who said to wait a few days for the swelling to go down (she assumed that there would be swelling) and see if it looked "deformed". If it looked funny, only then were we to bring him in.
His little nose did swell up a bit and it was bruised up at the top of the bridge...but with a little Tylenol...he was fine. The next day, the swelling had gone down some and the bruise was lighter. Today you can't even tell that anything happened to him. It was so horrible, though. What would I ever do if anything terrible ever happened to him?
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