never would have thought
Last night I put Jesse (10 months) in bed with me in the middle of the night. Although I usually put him in his crib now, we had friends visiting and he was fussing. In efforts to not wake our guests, I just kept Jesse in bed with me.
He’s cute and growing too fast so I was completely okay with it. Any reason to cuddle him close…
At about 5 in the morning I woke up to my hair being pulled out and my baby crying. However, my head was turned from him, and because of the pulled hair I couldn’t turn my head towards him to see how to untangle the hair. So, I just reached my hands back to him, grabbed his hand, and unwound my hair from his fingers.
But he was still crying and my hair was still pulling.
After feeling around behind me I realized that my hair was wound around his neck – and tightly. I hollered for Ryan to wake up and help and just as he did I managed to undo the mess.
We are so blessed that Jesse didn’t end up choking on my hair. But I know it could have easily been much, much worse. He bore the mark of the episode on his neck all day, though now the red line is mostly faded.
It had never occured to me that this could happen. And from now on I will always keep my hair pulled back if I have one of my littles in bed beside me.
Just wanted to pass the warning on – in case you never would have thought either.
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I really never would have thought, either! And when I have little-littles, my hair usually is pretty long (there’s something ultra-feminine about long hair and the big pregnant belly… and then I’m too busy and tired to get it cut for awhile when they’re little). Since we co-sleep until about Jesse’s age, I will definitely keep this reminder tucked away. Thank you.
And I’m very thankful he’s okay!
Oh my goodness, what blessing he was not hurt more then he was. That is so weird I would have never thought something like that could have ever happened. Praise God it was not worse.
Happy Monday! Thanks for this post. As you know I don’t have long hair, but I think this is a good reminder to all of us about having potential hazards around that can harm the little ones. I once caught my older wrapping a jump rope around Ellie’s neck and pulling her around. She wasn’t hurt, just a bit scared. I am so glad Jesse is ok. Love you guys.