Yesterday’s Val’s Day was really eventful and heartbreaking for me for Sherilyn broke her forehead. Alycia and Sherilyn had been waiting for daddy to come home to cut the Val’s Day cake and were reluctant to take their baths. They waited until 9:30pm and when daddy was outside the gate, they were so happy that they were jumping up and down when Sherilyn accidentally fell and hit her forehead on the sharp corner of the wall. I was taking the cake out from the fridge in the kitchen, my slowcoach maid was washing her clothes that she should have washed in the morning and my mum was opening the door for daddy to come in. I rushed out from the kitchen on hearing the loud bang followed by a loud wail, picked Sherilyn up and saw blood covering her forehead and face. I freaked out and my mum quickly used the palm of her hand to press the hole of the wound on the forehead. Daddy quickly went upstairs to bring the first-aid kit down and put a bandage on Sher’s wound whilst she wailed non-stop. There was quite a deep gash on her forehead and daddy suggested bringing her to the hospital. So off she went to the A&E Dept of the hospital with kakak and daddy. Luckily no sutures were required, only a dressing. Sherilyn is required to go back to the hospital for a cleaning of the wound on Sunday.
Sherilyn was all smiles again when she came back from the hospital. This little nipper who is hyper active, daring and mischevious has always been accident-prone since young and has given me far too many heart attacks and heart stopping moments. I am always paranoid of leaving her alone anywhere. That’s one of the reasons why I am reluctant to send her to school and have always been treating her like a baby.
When Sherilyn came home from the hospital, she refused to bathe and insisted that she cut the ‘birthday’ cake. Alycia who felt guilty of causing the accident (as Sher climbed on Aly’s back and when Aly stood up, Sher fell and hit her head), let her sister take centerstage and blew the candle.
I will have a tough time bathing Sher for the next few days. My maid would have to cradle her like a baby in a supine position while I wash her hair so that water will not get into the wound. Her hair still smells of blood as I did not wash it thoroughly last night since it was already very late and the dr advised against washing her hair for 3 days. But how to tahan for 3 days as her head is covered with sweat and blood!
It was really quite a black Val’s Day and yesterday being the 8th day of the CNY was Sher’s Chinese birthday as she was born on the 8th day of CNY. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, 16 Feb.
My naughty and mischevious baby never seems to get deterred or frightened by accidents. She gets over pain very fast and is up and running again. She’s really a tough cookie and very resilient too. She has been through many minor bloody accidents but she never seems to have a phobia of those things which caused the accidents. What am I going to do with her to make her more mindful?
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