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OK, so my family is in the middle of a cross-country relocation, and DS and I are basically living with my parents for a few weeks until we close on our new house. DH is staying in a small furnished apartment near his new work location.
Well, yesterday morning DS was playing in the babyproofed livingroom, and wandered into the dining room while I was in the kitchen but could still see him. He pulled up onto a corner table, as high as the dining room table itself, and somehow pulled one of those big candles in a glass container down, which proceeded to break and slice open 2 of his toes.
Long story short … he had some tendon damage in both toes, so he had to have surgery b/c otherwise he could have ended up with permanently numb toes that would have impeded his ability to learn to walk properly. I knew he wasn’t going to be an early walker, but now for sure, since he will have a cast up to his KNEE on for the next 3-4 weeks.
We (DS, my mom and me) spent over 11 hours in the hospital yesterday. They couldn’t take him into surgery right away b/c I let him eat a bunch of crackers while we were waiting for the doctor to take a look. I never imagined he would end up in surgery, I thought he’d just get some stitches and they’d send us on our way. The good news is that since he has a mild eating aversion, he wasn’t overly upset about not being able to eat all day. 
Meanwhile, DS’s 1st b’day party is tomorrow, and everyone will see him in his cast and think I am a bad mommy for letting this happen. I go back and forth between thinking it was just a freak accident and it was all my fault for not watching him closer.
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