Baby’s First Shiner.
Yep, Carrie’s got a black eye. Well, sort of – it’s not nearly as bad as it could be. She was carrying a hard plastic toy and tripped and fell onto it, and she’s got a nice reddish bruise on her eyelid and right below her eye. I’m expecting it to turn purple by tomorrow. There’s a tiny but very superficial part of me that’s concerned about whether it will be gone before her birthday party in two weeks…or better yet, by the time we get her hair cut next week. The rest of me is just extremely thankful that she didn’t seriously hurt herself. I’ll admit, my heart stopped for a split second when I saw that bright red mark right under her eye…I was thinking it was much worse than a bruise.
It’s scary being a mama.