It happened way too soon... causing my baby to bleed. I had clipped his nails once before, but it was already time to do it again. He had been scratching both me and himself. He was sitting in his bouncy seat and I held on to his hand. The whole time he was pulling away and I was trying to hold his little fingers still. I made it to finger #3... I pinched the clippers together and was waiting to hear the nail clip, instead it was soft and I saw blood. I ran to the bathroom and grabbed some tissue to put pressure on the finger and try to get the bleeding to stop... three tissues later it finally did. It was truly terrible! He was crying, I was apologizing, trying to comfort him. I wasn't expecting to hurt my baby so soon. It made me so sad to know that I hurt him and made him cry. I know in the future he will fall down, scrape his knees, jump off things, hit his head, etc. but I hadn't prepared myself for something to happen already.
So moms, what do you do when your babies bleed? How do you deal with knowing they're in pain?
Happy one month birthday to my baby boy!
To life... full of blood and tears.
2 comments:
Happy One-Month, Nephew Zeke!! Sister-mama, the best way I've found to comfort my bleeding children (without having experiences with infants)is hugs, calm voice, and cuddling. Lots of hugs! <3
Thanks! I do love to cuddle him!
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