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Photo of the Week: The “Shiner”
Although this pictures doesn’t do justice to the latest injury - as the bruising is not yet at it’s peak - I just had to use it.
My 3-year-old son, Nicholas, is notorious for being a “boys boy.” He has had more injuries in his short span of life than even I, his mother, who has been called “Grace” for similar reasons. My mother-in-law actually suggested I keep an “injury scrapbook” for him.
The last two “major” injuries - always to his face - have required trips to the ER for stitches and both involved the evil coffee table. This time, no stitches thankfully, and no coffee table either - just the side of the bathtub.
By “side” I don’t mean the ledge either. I mean the wall. The flat, smooth part of the plastic molding. Nick’s little feet slipped out from under him before my not-so-lightning-fast reflexes could catch him and and WHOMP! Followed by a wale of epic decibels.
His eyebrow swelled up like a caterpillar was making a cocoon on his face (ew!). We struggled with an ice pack but it wasn’t worth the increased screaming or wrestling him to the ground.
Gradually, as the swelling went down the bruising appeared. He now appears as if someone has smudged purple/blue/yellow eye shadow above his eye. His first, but probably not his last, “Shiner.”
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