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What the Heck
I have to write this down or
else it might escape my memory forever… Last night, Tammy went on a little
shopping trip with her mother, so it was just the kids and me hanging out at
the house. The ward (church/congregation) I attend just got two new
missionaries assigned to serve in our area and had come by to get introduced to
my family and me.
Madeline (age 4) quickly got
bored with our conversations and asked if she could go and brush her teeth. Of
course I said yes and, “Go for it,” I said. About a minute later I hear,
“DADDY!” “DADDY!” “There is a hole in my lip.” Confused and a little
concerned, I excused myself and jumped up from the couch were I had been talking
with the missionaries. As the bathroom and Madeline came into view, I noticed a
lot of blood and wondered out loud, “What the heck?” I quickly grabbed a
towel and some cold water to clean her up.
I then gave her instructions to apply pressure to the wound thinking she
had simply bit her lip or smacked herself in the mouth with the toothbrush.
A little later she came out
of her room with her face covered in blood. “What the heck?” I cleaned her off
and grab some ice and had her sit with me so I can hold the icepack to her
mouth. Thirty minutes passed and her lip was still bleeding so I decided to
call Tammy and get some advice. “Keep doing what you’re doing,” she said. “I’ll
be home in a little while.”
Doctor Mom to the rescue
About an hour later Tammy came home and Madeline’s
lip was still bleeding at about the same rate. She talked things over with step
father (a dentist) and decided to try some super glue to close the wound and
stop the bleeding. Tammy laid a pillow on the kitchen table and then Madeline crosswise
like an examining table in a doctor’s office. Madeline just loved this; she
loves going to the doctor – don’t ask me why. As Tammy is examining the injury
more closely and talking with her patient, she discovers what daddy
missed.
Madeline didn’t hurt herself
brushing her teeth. She hurt herself shaving. She decided to steal my razor and
shave her face and cut her lip. For whatever reason Madeline thought it would
be a good idea to shave her face so she could be like me. I am so glad this
didn’t end any worse than it did. When you think about it, it could have been a
real bad situation. As clever as my daughter is, sometimes she makes some
poor and humorous choices which undoubtedly make very interesting anecdotes. I
am glad she is ok, but I learned once again, not to trust a four year-old alone
with anything. If you can think it, they can/will do it.
