I have been yawning more than usual this past week.
Last Saturday night, daughter E was lying beside granddaughter ABC, reading her a bedtime story. ABC was having a drink of water from her covered tumbler and, in her excitement, hit her mom in the eye with the bottom of the tumbler.
E called for me and I rang into the room. Her eye was already swelling, so I got her an ice pack and calmed ABC down and got her to sleep.
E had been hit hard enough to see stars and lose her vision in that eye for a moment, so we weren’t surprised when she had a headache the next day. And the next. But then, she started to feel dizzy a lot and get nauseous. I was afraid she had a concussion, so we went into the doctors’ office. It turns out that the symptoms of concussion are very similar to the symptoms of bleeding in the orbital socket, which has a lot of nerves that are very sensitive.
The treatment is also similar to concussion: rest, quiet, avoiding activity and eye strain and loud noises, taking pain relievers, not lifting heavy things.
None of which is inherently easy with a toddler in the house.
It turned into everyone else in the house taking over as much of ABC’s care as possible.
Which brings us to yawning. I have been taking over the nighttime care, sleeping on the couch on the first floor rather than in my room on the second floor. ABC is a pretty restless sleeper, so I would go into her several times a night to cover her or sing her a song or read her a book to get her back to sleep. When my husband B would come down between 5:00 and 6:00, I would sneak back upstairs for another couple hours of sleep, but I admit that I have been tired and, thus, yawning a fair amount during the day.
Last night, ABC didn’t wake up at all, so I got to sleep for a long stretch myself, which was nice and resulted in much less yawning today.
Let’s hope it is the beginning of a trend.
(By the way, E is improving, so there is some hope that she will be able to be more active soon.)
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Wow, that’s scary. I’m glad y’all get it checked on, and she is recovering. A single whap from a toddler. Who knew?
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Toddlers don’t know their own strength!
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It’s a blessing you can be there to help E and I hope she’s going to be okay. I remember both of my children were restless sleepers in their first couple of years, but it all worked out. Take care!
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Thanks for sharing your story. We’ve made some progress on the sleep front, so we appreciate your experience. At least, ABC won’t be changing time zones until the summer, which may help.
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