Tuesday, October 9, 2007

"Nursemaid's Elbow"...



...a fancy term for: "you suck at parenting, way to go and dislocate your kid's elbow, nice going stellar parent!" Or in other words, today was a bit of an upsetting day (at least for an hour). We dropped J off at preschool, and decided to head over to the mall to get a book and a video we have had our eye on since conference. Well, it was me, Hubbs, and Memm. I think in the last year and a half, this is the first time that Hubbs and I went anywhere alone with just Memm. Well, Memm has this thing she likes to do called: "Drop my weight and create my own "wheeeeee" game!" You know what I am talking about right? Every parent has done it. I know Casey has. Anyway, playing the 1-2-3 game wasn't even the culprit. It was a fit Miss threw after we had to take her away from the 75 cent fake pony ride...she wanted to ride it and I didn't want to wait for the four other little kids waiting in line to finish. Anyway, Hubbs grabbed her hand and we all started walking out, that is when Miss threw herself to the ground and did a 360 while Hubbs still had her hand in his. We didn't realize anything was wrong until we got in the car and I handed her a book and she grabbed her left hand with her right and tried to "open" the book. She was crying and crying. I looked at her wrist and swore it was sprained/dislocated/hurt really bad...she kept crying and holding it. Anyway, went straight into our pediatrician, (man, I love my ped office! AMAZING staff, amazing doctor...really never had a bad experience with them EVER!) they got us in literally THREE minutes after we walked in and it wasn't her wrist it was her ELBOW! Crazy, the doc told us it is usually the elbow when parents think it is the wrist. Anyway, none of this was a big deal at all. I was very calm, just feeling a little bad about her being in pain, but she is fine now. But I guess once this happens, it can happen more commonly. So, anyway...no more playing 1-2-3 at our house! :( Sad cause I really love that game.

13 comments:

Carrie said...

Poor girl! I'm still waiting for the day when L breaks something! Anyday now, I swear!

Arianne said...

that poor emms. I am sorry that happened. I am glad you were able to get right into the doctors office.

I LOVE the pics of Emm and her hair is darling!!!!

Alecia-Merlowicz-Morris said...

Ohhhh, poor baby!!! We LOVE that game at our house too and as the kids are now over half my height it just aint working like it used to.

Emm is sooooooo CUTE!!! What a little doll.

me said...

Poor little Emms!!!!! I hope she (and you) are feeling much better! She looks just adorable in all the pictures!!!

Lace said...

Sad story! I'm always afraid of Ayla dislocating something cause of course she loves that game too! Her pictures are beautiful!

mommyoffour said...

Oh, how sad! I am glad that she is ok. What a way to end your little outing with just the three of you!

I love her hair in these pictures. I did ry's hair like this one time (and LOVED it!) and she said that someone told her it looked silly, so she won't let me do it again. Mean kids. :(

Adventures in Baby Fat said...

Poor Emm! She does look adorable in those pics though!

This happened to my little sister twice when she was little, both from people swinging her around. It's so sad (and kind of gross) to see their arm that way. Poor baby! Hopefully mama is okay too. :)

Cassie said...

Poor little Emms, and Poor mommy! I do love her little piggie tails.

Don't feel too bad. I'm a crappy mom today as well. I pinched Alyssa's arm in her high chair today. She has a big bruised welt on it now. We should both run for mother of the year!

moosh in indy. said...

Welcome the the crummy parenting club, I totally saved you a seat.

Amanda said...

I'm so sorry! That is no fun. My sister-in-law did that with her children as well and their's came out of the shoulder socket. Cute pictures of the Emms though. I love how she is looking through the books.

Shannon said...

OH so sad! I hope she gets feeling better soon! Ask me one day about what heppend to Brooklyn.... At least they didn't think you were abusing her. So sad for you guys though! You really are great parents!

Amy and Josh said...

Glad she is doing better, she is so cute.

Barrett said...

I am glad she's feeling better! I hate it when I do things that hurt my kids (zipping up Boo's newborn skin in her Halloween costume!, scratching them with my wedding ring, dropping a box on Boo down the stairs (it wasn't my fault the handle broke!) latching their high chair buckle on their belly skin...the list is endless!) Poor things! Good thing kids are resilient! It always makes me feel like crap though!
P.S. I love that little black jacket! I want one!