I feel so awful, i've spent the day feeling awful and like the worst mother in the world. I'm in bed sad now and can't sleep. I have a very active 14 month old boy. He's been walking since 10.5 months and he's constantly runnining, climbing, spinning etc. Today he fell and hit tbe top of his forehead on a sharp edge. I put ice on it which controlled the swelling but he does have a shallow cut still, about an inch long and a bruise.
He seems fine but I can't get over it. He's only had one other big injury so far, also happened under MY supervision. He tripped and bit his tongue. There was so much blood, it was horrific. He was fine, our next door neighbour is luckily a GP and took a look at him and said it was a minor bite but the tongue is very vascularized so it bleeds lots but heals well. He was fine and happy after 10 minutes but i was covered in blood. That was 3 months ago and I still think about it.
I don't know what I want from this post. I am trying to be more careful and supervise him better but tbh it feels impossible to have a hand on him at all times. Any tips welcome.