Dangerous Rosaries & Tarzan

Lacking an actual photo of the two-ton wooden rosary my mom has hung in her hallway, I found this picture that, though much smaller, gives you an idea of the look of it. On hers, the cross is higher and the whole thing is wider and lighter, but you get the picture.

Last night as Mom and I were cleaning up after eating, Lm snuck around the corner and turned his toy container on its side, climbed up, and tried to swing from this thing like Tarzan! We had no idea till he ran screaming into the kitchen with blood all over him and a split in his lip.

It was panic city! My poor baby had split his lip very deeply. There's not much you can do for a cut that deep on the inner lip, no stitches, bandaids, etc. We got some gauze out and I taped that down and gave him some ibuprofin immediately. Then I held him for about 2 hours to console him. This happened at 7:30 or so and he cried for a half hour, then would stop, then start again until he fell asleep for the night at 2:30am. I called the nurse but again, there's nothing they could do if I brought him in, so I didn't.

My poor baby! I had to really fight back tears (and a little squeamishness) as I nursed my boy into a calmer state. We couldn't even figure out what happened until this morning when I noticed that rosary broken and hanging in pieces from the wall! The toy container was nearby. Putting our detective powers to work, we figured out how he must have injured himself.

It seems like there are no end to the dangers that my kids can find...