Third child...

There's a little joke in Doug's family that the third child is the most accident prone.  Well, Isaac has proven this to be true in our family.  It totally sucks too because anything that involves broken skin and blood is something that I just can't handle.  Isaac fell and got stitches last year on his eyebrow, and that was enough for me to pass out!  I held it together, but I have to admit, it was pretty hard to.  

This summer has proven to be pretty bad for Isaac in the accident department.  I think he has some sort of quota to fulfill, because he keeps hurting himself.  And every accident is on his face!  Drives me nutty!  First he fell and hit his head on the TV stand...that resulted getting the gash glued shut.  Then he biffed it and crashed, head first, into the driveway...this resulted in him hitting his front tooth and getting scrapped up all over his hands and knees.  THANKFULLY, he just bruised his tooth and there was no sign of him breaking it.  Oh boy...that was close!  And THEN, he crashed, again, on his bike and hit his chin!  That resulted in a nice, OPEN, cut that had to be fixed with 7 stitches.  That experience was up there as one of the worst experiences of my life!  Do you know what they do when the give stitches to a 3 year old who won't sit still?  They strap him down!  And then they have a nurse hold his head still while the doc does the stitches!  It's horrible!  And all I can do is look at the floor and rub his legs and tell him that he's ok...when in reality he's totally not ok.  It's the worst feeling EVER to have your child in that position.  But, on the bright side, Isaac was as happy as can be as soon as they unwrapped him from the mummy hold...all he wanted was an ice cream cone!  And he totally got one too!  

He's a pretty brave kid.  I just wish he'd learn not to hurt himself so much...this momma can't handle another trip to the doc for stitches, or worse...