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face-plants and I hate you
Jun. 12th, 2006 12:55 pmLast night about 6:30 Casper was sitting on mr. flea's lap, wrestling to get away and eating hummus and pita, and suddenly GOT away and face-planted onto the wood dining room floor. Result: small bloodiness of one nostril, big bloodiness of mouth which as far as I could make out involved both cuts inside the upper lip and bleeding from the sockets of the two front teeth, big fat lip, no tooth looseness. Ice wrapped in washcloth applied to good effect, soothing music put on, and Casper actually fell asleep for about 15 minutes in my arms (as I got progressively wetter from the melting of the ice cube.) She woke when I tried to transfer her to bed, but took Motrin at that point and listened to stories with more ice pressed against her lip, then cheered up considerably as the Motrin kicked in and went to bed pretty much as normal.
This morning mr. flea reports ongoing fat lip, teeth still seem firmly in place, but she refused to eat or drink anything (room temperature milk was too warm, cold milk was too cold, oj popsicle and any food refused.)
mr. flea felt terrible about the whole mishap - blaming himself, and also he is generally much more upset than I am when Casper is hurt. On top of that, we have the ongoing issue that Casper definitely prefers me to him when upset, and even will tell him to go away or that she doesn't like him. Bear in mind, mr. flea stayed home with Casper more than half of the time I worked for 6 months, still gets her up and ready for the day every weekday, and spends most evenings and weekends at home with us. He's not a "babysitting" daddy; we share primary care. But when he says, "I love you," to me, she says, "*I* love Mommy. You love Penny [the cat]." Got that? In Casper's world, Mommy and Casper love each other, and mr. flea loves the cat. This makes him sad. Last night she went from accepting his care to hating him, on and off. Poor guy.
This morning mr. flea reports ongoing fat lip, teeth still seem firmly in place, but she refused to eat or drink anything (room temperature milk was too warm, cold milk was too cold, oj popsicle and any food refused.)
mr. flea felt terrible about the whole mishap - blaming himself, and also he is generally much more upset than I am when Casper is hurt. On top of that, we have the ongoing issue that Casper definitely prefers me to him when upset, and even will tell him to go away or that she doesn't like him. Bear in mind, mr. flea stayed home with Casper more than half of the time I worked for 6 months, still gets her up and ready for the day every weekday, and spends most evenings and weekends at home with us. He's not a "babysitting" daddy; we share primary care. But when he says, "I love you," to me, she says, "*I* love Mommy. You love Penny [the cat]." Got that? In Casper's world, Mommy and Casper love each other, and mr. flea loves the cat. This makes him sad. Last night she went from accepting his care to hating him, on and off. Poor guy.
