There Will Be Blood

Shaan had his first bleeding incident the other day. It happened as follows. I was sitting on the couch. He pulled himself u, between my legs looking at me. then something distracted him. And me. He turned, got tangled and fell face first into a plastic car on the floor. Blood gushing. Baby crying. Dad panicking.

At first I thought he may have jarred a tooth loose. I tried to find a popsicle to stick in his mouth - none. So I found a teether that we keep in the freezer. Jammed it right in there. Still crying. He sucked on it for about minute and a half. Done crying. Smiling in fact. Put him down and he went back to playing. He bled a little on my favorite UC Santa Barbara sweatshirt. I vowed never to wash it again, as a reminder of the time time I failed my child and he bled for the first time. My wife went and washed it. Now all I have is the horrible image of my boy doing a face plant and then his mouth and teeth covered in blood.

Oh, it wasnt the gums ot teeth at all. He cut both his bottom and top lips. He is fine. I am fine. There will certainly be more of that. Life is no fun if you dont get the occassional bruise, bump and cut.

My wife turns 30 tomorrow. I keep joking with her that I cant believe I am dating a 30 year old. The thing is, that it really isnt old, its just fun to make fun of it. We are going to DC for the weekend. Got a swanky little hotel in the city. No baby. Joy, what joy.