I hesitated to write this blog post, worried it would make me look like a terrible parent. But, the thought of this happening to someone else has pushed me past my concern for myself.
We first decorated the nursery when I was pregnant. In fact, I did a nursery tour which you can see here.
It is a simple room, filled with love, including some framed photos for T to look at above his crib. They have hung on the wall for three years now.
Until yesterday.
Everything was completely fine yesterday. I put T down for his afternoon nap like always. He sounded like he always does, playing and talking to himself before drifting off to sleep.
When I went into the nursery to wake him, I was shocked at what I found. Blood was surrounding him in the crib sheet. Not an insane amount, but enough to scare me. I mean, come on. Who expects to see blood in their toddler's bed? Then I noticed our photo on top of him. I looked up to see that he had managed to reach high about his bed and pull the frame off the wall. He may have even had to jump up to grab it. Panic set in as I frantically searched for broken glass.
He was still sleeping when I saw glass poking out from under him. Still in one piece. I woke him up instantly and continually checked to see where he was bleeding. Miraculously the glass was all in tact and he only had a few small cuts. How that is possible is beyond me. He could have been seriously injured and lost a lot more blood. It obviously didn't even hurt him too badly because he didn't make a sound. There were just little nicks on one hand and then a cut deep enough on his other hand to need a band-aid.
That's it.
When I think of what could have happened, well...
I wanted to share this story so that you take a good look at what your kids can get in to. Whether it's a photo frame or something else. Try really hard to consider if they could hurt themselves.
Needless to say all those photos have come off the wall.
