A glimpse...

This past week Jacob gave us a glimpse of what kind of trouble we may be in for having such a high energy kid on the go. To preface this story, let us just simply review that Daniel and I are attentive, educated, and responsible parents, but it turns out that with Jacob that is sometimes not enough.

So, it was all a normal evening -Jacob was playing (aka: getting frustrated when his plane didn't magically shrink to fit through small places) and goofing around. He then had some dinner and even used his infant fork to play with some of his food!

After dinner, we let him continue to play with his infant fork and suck on the soft, squishy handle side, as seen below. In this scenario, the infant fork in question has metal prongs that are rounded (actually bulbous) at the tips as to not stab anything other than soft foods. Right.

Somehow upon his travels from the living room, where Daniel was, to the kitchen, where I was, he managed to insert the pronged end into his mouth and impale his soft palate. There was no fall involved nor anything to scare him and make him jump. It appears that jacob just outright got excited and jabbed the sucker back into his mouth.

Skipping right over the gory details, suffice it to say that our hearts stopped for about 5 straight minutes as we tried to assess the damage and next course of action. Fortunately in talking with nurses and doctors (our first call to the after hours number!), and because Jacob finally opened wide enough for me to glimpse the little wounds in his mouth...everything calmed down and hearts restarted. In all our nights with Jacob including the first anxious nights after his birth, that night was the stand-out worst. He was pitiful, in pain, unable to nurse, unable to sleep, frustrated, and exhausted. But, after that night, he never showed another sign of pain or distress.

Our lesssons learned:

First, Jacob won't be using a fork until he's 10.

Second, kids really are insanely resilient.

Third, Daniel and I realized that there will be more hearstopping moments such as this one as parents. And now we know our protocol for emergencies!

For those in need of proof of Jacob's resiliency, here's the little imp the following evening...with a block in his mouth.