Smiling through the pain
It takes a lot to get Jane down, but a dislocated elbow (also known as nurse maid's elbow) did the trick. She dislocated it playing with Reid & Adin in the nursery at the gym the other day. She was crying inconsolably when they came to get me, which is very uncharacteristic of her, so I knew immediately what the problem was when I touched her arm and she winced, since this has happened before.
We waited for Daddy to come home to fix her, an she sat unmoving in the arm chair with her blankie watching Sesame Street.
Adin came in crying a little while later because he hurt his hand, so while I attended to him Jane slipped out of the room and the next thing I knew she was crying at the top of the stairs. She couldn't carry the blanket she went to get and wanted me to being her and the blanket back down, and then motioned for me to give Adin that blankie. Once I understood, she beamed and kept smiling at Adin.
I love seeing Jane's little womanly instincts and she's not even two yet!
p.s. I should add that although I tried three times to but her elbow back in place, Daddy did it immediately. I even used the same technique he's taught me, but I guess these past 7 years of training have really paid off for him! :)
2 comments:
what a cutie! maybe soon she can some babysit for siena? i'm open to it...
I dislocated my elbow when I was little and I still remember the pain. I have never broken a bone but I'm pretty sure the feeling I remember is comparable. Poor little thing. She is a doll.
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