My baby's hurt!!

I brought Jakob into the bathroom with me this morning, thinking that he'd be safer in there with me than either in his travel (inflatable) high chair (which has only a three-point harness) or roaming about on his own. What I should have known was that he'd try to push himself up on the tub (not that he did any of the other times I've brought him in with me these last few days). The bath mat was hanging on the edge of the tub. I should have seen it coming. He tried to push himself up with his hands resting on the bathmat. The bathmat slipped. There was a horrible thud. A pause.

And then the screaming began.

I pulled him to me and sat, rocking and consoling him. He cried so hard that sometimes he didn't pause to breathe.

I didn't know whether he bumped his forehead or his nose or what, but now there's a bump forming just between and above his eyebrows. His nose didn't bleed, and he doesn't have a fever. Once he was calmed down, his behaviour was fairly normal. I nursed him and delayed putting him down for a nap for a little while, just to keep an eye on him for a bit longer. Now he's napping.

I don't know whether he's got a headache (I'm sure he must), but I sure do. I feel absolutely awful with guilt and worry.

I realise that there will be many more bumps, but this was the first big one, and I should have taken down the bathmat so he wouldn't have slipped on it. I should have seen it coming.