Yeeee-ow-ch...

I think we have alluded over the last couple of weeks to the fact that Alfie has become much more mobile and in turn a handful. Until last night we had managed to keep any damage down to small bumps requiring "there there" treatment.



I was supporting him at his usual spot where he manages to pull himself up on the entertainment unit. He was pretty steady there with me crouching behind him, that was before he wobbled and fell... I managed to catch him but he caught his head on the now obviously sharp and therefore dangerous metal handle! It wasn't a heavy knock but what appeared to be a graze became a trickle of blood. This was upsetting for Beth and I was devastated because I wanted to have done a better job of catching him. We managed to stop the flow with some cotton wool and attach a plaster. Beth and Brett (who arrived just in time to help out!) made lots of soothing noises which helped.



We removed the plaster this morning without any fuss, he doesn't seem that bothered about the cut, in fact he's struggling more with his cold and the fever he's running. As you can see it hasn't shifted the smile!

The whole incident has made us think even more about the house and how safe it is for Alfie. Many of the cupboards already have child locks, while the dangerous handles have been removed and rubber corner guards stuck to sharp edged furniture. We also plan to buy a proper first aid kit just in case. I guess it also makes us think that accidents happen in seconds and that not all of them will be avoidable!

It wont be Alfie's only accident that's for sure, we were only chatting on New Years Eve about how children need to learn for themselves and in that there is a certain amount of learning the hard way that needs to happen. You can't wrap him in bubble wrap for the rest of his life! Despite being a relatively minor scrape it will certainly live long in the mind as the first!