Lesson #82
This kid is tough as nails!
Having a boy as our third child, I think we kind of expected that this kid would be naturally tough. His older brother is the definition of rough and tumble. And although his sister isn't exactly a bruiser, she dishes out her share of blows when feeling threatened or annoyed.
Miles has been a fighter from the start. Arriving into the world 7 weeks early, he had to overcome a few hurdles from the get go. Over the past 2 1/2 years, this little man has endured more injuries than Max and Zoey combined. He has broken a leg, gotten stitches and sported many a goose egg on his forehead. I am not sure if it is a result of being the third child or just his accident prone nature. He is definitely very daring and will try to do things his older siblings do well before he should be doing them.
Yesterday marked yet another milestone injury for our brave little guy. Outside saying goodbye to family friends, I didn't bother to throw a pair of shoes on the kids. We were just popping out and heading back in. Well, in the short three minutes we were outside, Miles managed to step on a huge nail sticking straight up out of a board. Apparently, Max had hammered it through last week and failed to tell me. Over an inch of nail was exposed so it was definitely a painful incident.
There was a lot of crying, many tears and more blood that I have ever seen come out of one of my kids. I eventually brought the bleeding to a stop and applied a band aid. He went to sleep shortly after so fortunately, it was forgotten for a while. He was a little tender-footed for the first few hours of the day today but was back to running by 11:00 am. Nothing is going to slow this kid down. I only wish I had his tolerance for pain!
This kid is tough as nails!
Having a boy as our third child, I think we kind of expected that this kid would be naturally tough. His older brother is the definition of rough and tumble. And although his sister isn't exactly a bruiser, she dishes out her share of blows when feeling threatened or annoyed.
Miles has been a fighter from the start. Arriving into the world 7 weeks early, he had to overcome a few hurdles from the get go. Over the past 2 1/2 years, this little man has endured more injuries than Max and Zoey combined. He has broken a leg, gotten stitches and sported many a goose egg on his forehead. I am not sure if it is a result of being the third child or just his accident prone nature. He is definitely very daring and will try to do things his older siblings do well before he should be doing them.
Yesterday marked yet another milestone injury for our brave little guy. Outside saying goodbye to family friends, I didn't bother to throw a pair of shoes on the kids. We were just popping out and heading back in. Well, in the short three minutes we were outside, Miles managed to step on a huge nail sticking straight up out of a board. Apparently, Max had hammered it through last week and failed to tell me. Over an inch of nail was exposed so it was definitely a painful incident.
There was a lot of crying, many tears and more blood that I have ever seen come out of one of my kids. I eventually brought the bleeding to a stop and applied a band aid. He went to sleep shortly after so fortunately, it was forgotten for a while. He was a little tender-footed for the first few hours of the day today but was back to running by 11:00 am. Nothing is going to slow this kid down. I only wish I had his tolerance for pain!
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