Bloody injury #2

On Monday we had our second run-in with a bloody face. Ryan and I were making breakfast and Hudson was standing about 4 feet behind us, playing with his vacuum. All of a sudden we heard a *SMACK* and then the wailing. I ran over to Hudson, picked him up, and started to look for signs of injury. His mouth was full of blood. All 8 of his front teeth were soaked red. He wouldn't let me look inside, so I still don't actually know what was bleeeding (gums, lips, tongue). He refused a frozen teething ring. I sat and nursed him to calm him down. Then he unlatched himself and went right back to playing as if nothing happened. This boy is tough, or as we like to say, he's got a little Heath in him!

We still have no idea how he fell (he didn't hear him running).

Guess this is the life of a parent of a little boy. Note to self: buy popsicles for mouth injuries.

It finally happened...

...one of the cats bit Hudson.

The funny thing is that I was going to post yesterday on how great the cats are with Hudson. In fact, yesterday I ran to the bathroom and came back to find Hudson on top of Kiva, pulling her tail. She was just sitting there. I praised her and gave her lots of kisses for being such a good girl. Guess she didn't get the message I was trying to send.

Let me preface today's story by saying that Kiva is obsessed with Hudson. When he's on the floor playing, she is constantly coming over to him, sitting up against him. I always shoo her away, but she ends up right back where she started.

So, today I was playing with Hudson in the living room/dining room area. Kiva was not around. I walked into the kitchen to put my dish into the dishwasher. As I opened the dishwasher I heard Hudson SCREAM. I ran in the dining room and found him sitting up screaming. So I figured that he didn't fall and hit his head or anything. I was a bit confused. I picked him up to examine him and found 4 bite marks on his arm. I felt awful! Only one broke the skin, but since cat bites are notorious for causing infection, we're off to the doctor....

A week of "firsts"

(Let me first start by saying that Ryan isn't doing all of these posts - he only did the Father's Day one. But all of our pics are under his Picasa account, so I need to be logged in as him to post pics on here. Just didn't want to give him all the credit!)

So Hudson has decided that this week was going to be a milestone one for him. He got his first injuries, ate his first actual solid (i.e. not pureed mush), and learned to crawl. Whoa, let's take this one step at a time....

Injuries
Hudson is a monkey man and refuses to sit still. So when he plays on his music table, he likes to kneel or stand like this:

Well, he got a little too excited and went face first into the table which resulted in a minor bruise below his nose:

Then about 30 minutes later, he was playing on his mat and got to the edge. He likes to grab at the base for his jumper. Well, he grabbed for it, lost his balance, and went head first into the hardwood floor. The result?


Yep, a nice egg (and a dazed expression). I'm not sure if he looks dazed because he hit his head or because his Mom grabbed the camera to document it.

Eating real solids
Isn't it funny that when kids start eating solids, their foods are far from solid? Purees and cereal? Not so "solid". Well we gave Hudson a "rice rusk" (fancy kid's rice cake) yesterday. It's actually solid. Here's a play-by play:

Mommy introduces the biscuit....

"What do you want me to do with this thing?"

"Okay, so it goes in my mouth..."

Tasting it...

"It's a little dry - I need some water..."

"It's so good that I'm going back for more..."

"The aftermath of my experimentation in solid food (you should have seen the floor!). Let the messy eating begin..."

Crawling
For weeks, Hudson has been getting onto all fours and "humping the ground". Then he started to move and arm or leg or scoot a little, but I was hesitant to calling it "crawling". Well, it's official. As of Tuesday (6/17), he is getting his cute little butt from point A to point B. It's still somewhat slow and unsteady, but he's movin'! Once I can get it on video, I'll post it.