Four Stitches

Yesterday, Bambino had his first big booboo. He likes to push things - from toy trucks to small chairs to big chairs, and he was pushing this little chair around in the kitchen when he tripped and hit his forehead against the corner of this chair.

It bled a lot and I contemplated taking him to the ER in case he needed stiches.

But after I cleaned up the cut, I figured it was just superficial. Especially after a while when he totally forgot about it and happily went on playing with his blocks.

But when I emailed this photo to his Dad, he demanded that I take him to the ER right away. Wanting to err on the side of caution, I did what Daddy asked and we spent about three hours in the ER where he ended up getting four stitches.

We finally got home at 9:30 last night and I took this photo:



We owe him a toy firetruck (he is into trucks these days) for being a super trouper at the ER. If it was up to me, I'd just leave the superficial cut alone, but the doctor thought it'd heal better if the cut was sewn shut so...



... now he looks like a little prizefighter with a boxer's cut :)