Foggy, but better March 28, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Depression , trackbackThanks everybody for the emails and the comments. I am doing a bit better. The extra lexapro helps. I didn’t get much sleep over the weekend. I tried to nap, but Luna came over to the bedroom and started calling for me outside the door. How can I refuse a pityful "mommy" cry from outside my door?
Good news for the week (now I have to post photos!) I finished the painting in the living room. It now has one wall in "New London Burgandy" which is REALLY dark, but I love it. I have photos, I will post later.
We have the downstairs bath/laundry tiled (mostly). The upstairs is today and tomorrow.
I had a crazy day yesterday. It was BEAUTIFUL so I took the girls to 3 different playgrounds. At the first one, my favorite, there is a toddler play area and an older child play area. Luna goes on both. The older child area has one of those cool Indiana Jones bridges on it. She loves it. I had just helped her climb the rope wall to get onto the playset. She and Soleil were on the bridge together and then it happened.
Luna fell on the bridge and slipped under the rail, falling the to ground. She landed on her butt (perfect landing for a fall) and then her head hit the ground. This playground has the soft rubber stuff on the ground. Whew. I ran for her (all of 10 feet away) and so did every mom on the playground. They were all watching me as I picked her up and soothed her and took her to a bench. Soleil came over and apologised. I asked what happened and she said that they were playing and Luna fell. I asked if it was an accident or on purpose. She said on accident. I told her that it was ok and why doesn’t she go play because Luna looked ok. No blood, no broken bones, no concussion (her pupils had already dialated down for the sun). Once I calmed her, we went back on the bridge, together. I don’t want the poor kiddo to be afraid of these things. She went on the bridge with me, and then dropped my hand like a hot potato and was off for about 20 more times on the playset.
Somehow, the parental reaction was more bothersome than Luna’s. I think there was this feeling that I was nuts to not just coddle her and take her home. I got some strange looks when I had her go up again. Maybe I am just reading too much into it, but there was something there….
BTW- at the second park, Luna slipped and bit her lip. Blood everywhere and then she started picking her nose so one woman thought her nose was broken..nope! Just blood from her lip….up her nose…because that’s where the good tasting boogies live!
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Oh, don’t worry about them…I’d send my kids back out if they wanted to go back out and play again, too!
I hope you are feeling better.