Forget the helmet we NEED a Bubble!

As you can see from the pictures Henry has taken another fall. I swear I can not take my eyes off this kid for a second. I had just walked in the house with groceries and Henry was playing in the driveway putting rocks in a chimera that is sitting outside the garage. He has been doing this for months it keeps him busy and right on one spot. All of the sudden I hear a crash and Henry screaming. I run out pick him up and first thing I do is look at his mouth teeth are good great, then I see the big scrapes on his head luckily it was just scrapes and no big bumps. I think he may have been trying to climb on the chimera and knocked it over. I took him in and calmed him down and not five minutes later he had shut his thumb in the pantry door. I think he cried harder and longer about that then his head! So ever since he has had his scrape on his head he will point to it and say boo boo. Now we have taught him to say boo boo all gone. I have posted the pictures also so you can see the before and after of the missing tooth.

Before see all my pretty little teeth ;')

After see my tough Hockey Player smile ;'(

OMG is this for real!?!?!

It is 7:30pm tonight I am doing dishes and Henry comes walking into the kitchen and boom falls flat on his face and lets out an awful scream. I knew wright away that it could not be good. By the time I get to him to pick him up there is a puddle of blood on the floor. I look at his mouth and his tooth that was pushed up into his gums is now moved way down. Richard was not here so I had to keep telling myself stay clam so trying to catch the blood clam Henry and call Richard I was also looking for the dentist's phone number why would I have wrote it down? Oh because that would have been too easy. After calling the number twice I finally got the number I needed to call for an emergency. So with Henry screaming in one ear I was trying to hear the dentist in the other. The dentist said to meet him in his office in 20 mins. Richard got home and we put Henry in the car and headed down to the dentist. By the time we got Henry in the car he was acting as though nothing was wrong. Just happy and chatting. I sat in the back seat with him and kept telling him open your mouth. I was so afraid that the tooth was going to fall out and he was going to sallow it! When the dentist looked at it he said yes the tooth has to go no way to save it. Richard laid Henry down on his lap and the dentist pulled his tooth right out. Just a little crying from Henry and he was ok. So a couple more days of Motrin and Henry is good to go again. I am beginning to think Henry needs to wear a helmet! Does anyone have an extra one we could borough? Anyone?

To the Dentist we go....

I got up early this morning to call and make a dentist appointment for Henry. I first called my dentist to see if they could recommend a pediatric dentist and they recommended Dr. Love (no I am not joking this is his real name)! I gave Dr Love's office a call and kept getting an answering machine giving me their hours and a something about billing and emergencies, nothing about scheduling an appointment. I hung up and called back and then realized that they did not open until 9 and it was only a little after 8 so I waited until after nine and still got the same message. I then decided to call the dentist that the ER had recommended. When I called they said they could work me in and that I may have to wait because I was a work in. They told me to come in at 1 and fill out paperwork and by the way we go to lunch from 2-3 and it will be $350 for the dentist to just see you! I said ok because I was not sure I could get into any other dentist and was still unable to get to speak to anyone at Dr Love's office. I called my dentist back to make sure there was not another number for them but they said no. I tried one more time this time someone answered the phone and asked if I could come wright away and that it would be $60 for the dentist to see me and $40 if they took an x-ray I said I will be wright there. Oh yeah did I mention that Dr Love is at the beach and the other dentist is in town. So I called the first dentist back and told them that I wanted to cancel. They put me on hold and when they came back on the line they asked why I was canceling I said because I found a lot cheaper dentist and they were at the beach where I live. They just said ok.
We waited probably about 15 20 min and the dentist came and took a look and told me all the things that could happen to Henry's tooth 1. it could turn grey from damage 2. it could get knocked lose again and fall out, and 3. it could also get infected. Then he said since Henry was such a good patient they would try and do an x-ray. They had me sit in the chair with Henry on my lap and they took one x-ray. He did great only cried when they put the film in his mouth. The x-ray showed that the one tooth was pushed up to his permanent tooth and there could be some damage but we will not know until it comes in. If so it will probably be an easy fix just a little bond needed. The dentist said there really is not much to do but watch it and follow back up in 2 weeks.

Pancakes Anyone?....

Oh what a morning! Ok so I know Henry is definitely getting taller as I found out this morning he can now reach things on the edge of the counter. I had made Henry pancakes this morning. I had buttered them, put syrup on them and had them setting on the counter and turned around to get a knife and fork to cut them when I heard UTT OH. I turned around and looked and there was Henry standing there looking at the pancakes on the floor. Thank goodness I had just mopped the floor the night before so the pancakes went right back on the plate. Telling Henry to stay back (all I needed now was little syrup footprints all through the house) I went and got a soapy paper towel and wiped up the floor, still telling Henry to stay back I rinsed the floor and turned around to get a dry paper towel to dry the floor when I heard a thump followed by a wail. Yes Henry had stepped into the wet spot and fell and hit the back of his head. He was ok after a few minutes. Maybe I should have let him step in the syrup he could have stuck to the floor instead have busting his butt ;')

Burnt Steak & Busted Lip....

Yep that is what was for dinner tonight in this household. Oh my gosh what an evening! I don't think the busted lip was the cause of the burnt steak. It was probably the rolling pin Henry dropped on his foot earlier. Then the busted lip came later. I was trying to grill, cook veggies and mac and cheese and in the middle of all my craziness Henry slips and busts his lip! At first I thought it might have been a tooth but thank goodness just a busted and bloody lip. The steak was burnt but still edible and the veggies and mac and cheese were good and the bleeding had stopped so all in all not a totally failure of a dinner.