i was in old navy the other day, and mosey was kind of whiny and unhappy, but i had just thought he was getting hungry and tired of shopping... but when i looked at him, our baby's mouth was full of blood! he was eating cheerios, and the one he pulled out of his mouth was soaked! his little hands quickly turned bloody because he was pushing them in and out of his mouth as he fussed and cried. he also wiped his face and mouth on the padding of his stroller, and then i pulled out a burp cloth from my purse (i had it there because of his runny nose that day), and that got tinted pink as well. it was a hot mess. sheesh. i was trying to soothe him, clean him up, and figure out where all the blood was coming from, but that all was nearly impossible. also, i was big-time freaking out on the inside. i asked the old navy employees whether they knew anything about babies and why ours might be bleeding like he was just in a boxing match. one person suggested maybe he was teething. thank God that He didn't make babies' mouths gush blood when they were teething. it's scary.
anyway, so, i did what any mom-of-the-year would do. i took my items to the check out and paid for them. i mean, the sale was ending that day, and i wasn't about to come back to get these few things. ha.
shane (ER nurse) reassured me via telephone that mo was going to be okay, and after 10 sweaty minutes, things did start to calm down. i never did figure out what caused the bleeding, but it really did resolve on its own. oh, and i got the blood out of the stroller using palmolive oxy clean dish soap and an old toothbrush of mine. worked great.
love,
sweaty shopper
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