Polishing Up My Mad Parenting Skillz

Once you become a parent silence has a whole new meaning.

Last night I was finishing up the dishes while Bob was out feeding the dogs, Aspen was at my feet and Kyan headed up to our room.

At first I thought, thanks family finishing up these dishes is quite simple with everyone occupied.

Bob finished up outside, headed in and I had completed my chores as well. That's when it hit me. It was too quiet. You know when your mommy radar goes off and the only thing racing through your head is the fact that you should have known that silence had lasted too long.

In a panic I yell for Kyan as I dart towards the bedroom.

Then I hear it.

The scream.

The scream that means, I'm in pain, not at all to be confused with the "I'm tired", "She took my toy"or "I'm mad" screams. This scream has a distinct tone one that sends your heart racing to your baby for fear he has been injured so severely the hospital is the only option.

As I reached the bathroom the screams were louder and the crying had started.

My baby, the boy who made me a mother, was hurting. I couldn't get there fast enough.

In what seemed like an eternity I finally reached him, he was laying down in the shower in a puddle that appeared to be water. Kyan was hysterical and not at all understandable, but he was in my arms, safe.

I took a deep breath and realized my son, my first born, the boy who made me a mother had emptied the entire contents of an extra large bottle of Johnson & Johnson's bedtime bath onto the shower floor then proceeded to try to walk through it and had a little accident.

Nose meet unsuspecting cup. Cup meet Kyan's nose.

The cup is doing fine, not even a scratch.

Kyan on the other hand looks like he may have had a little altercation over some juice on the playground. He's tough but I'm not sure the boys on the playground will ever forgive him for smelling like a lavender bush, the kid reeks of lavender.

Here's the little bugger, bruise and all.

This picture really doesn't do the bruise any justice, I'll have to take another now that the bruise has had more time to develop.