It was bound to happen

I’ve mentioned this before, but Cameron loves to stand.  In fact, we can hold this three month old little boy’s hands and he will (slowly) walk a few steps.  There are lots of times when he simply isn’t happy unless he is on his feet.

On Saturday afternoon, the Hubs was hanging out with Cameron, and Cameron was in the standing-mood.  They were hanging out in the La-Z-Boy rocking chair, and so Dan leaned forward to let Cameron stand on the floor.  Meanwhile, I’m sitting a few feet away on the computer.

All of a sudden I hear, simultaneously:

“Oh S#!&”

“Waaaaaaiiiiiilllll”

(If you’re wondering, the first comment came from my husband, and the second from my son.  We’ll forgive my husband for his little expletive outburst – it was a little traumatic.)

I look up from the computer, and Dan goes “I hurt him”.  I ran over to them and picked up my screaming son.  Turns out Cameron’s feet wound up under the La-Z-Boy and Dan rocked over them.  Obviously, my husband was not trying to hurt our son.  Instead, he was trying to have fun with him.

But sometimes, things happen.

I am not so naive to think that we will never mess up as parents.  I read a lot of mommyblogs and mommy message boards that I know that everyone has these moments.  Babies roll off couches.  Babies get their head bumped while being carried.  Babies cry.  Parents freak out.  And in most situations, no one is worse for wear.  (When I was a toddler, my Dad accidentally dislocated my shoulder.  I’m fine.)

I grabbed my baby and we snuggled while he cried at me.  We undid his feetie pajamas to check out the damage.  There was some redness and some broken skin.  We gave Cameron Tylenol, and we waited.  I was very interested to see how he would act once the crying subsided.  I wanted to make sure that he would still stand on his feet and that he wouldn’t flinch when I held his feet to change his diaper.

All in all, Cameron is okay.  Snuggling with a chaser of Tylenol seemed to do the trick.  He’s standing on his feet and is fine when his feet are touched or held.

I think I have to do a little more damage control (and snuggling) with Dan.  He feels terrible that he hurt his little boy.

As parents, we wish we could be perfect.  We never ever want to hurt or disappoint our babies.  But, the reality is that Dan and I are human.  We are fallible.  And we will not be perfect parents no matter how hard we try.  Hopefully, together we will always be there to pick the other one up when we fail.  Together we will parent Cameron to the best of our ability, and hopefully Cameron will forgive for the times when we fail him.