Every time

On Father's Day, Daniel was very excited to give Doug his Father's Day gifts. We surprised Daddy in bed with a lie-in, finger painted picture frames, and a little poem with Daniel's footprints included. Daniel was so pleased by Doug's reaction that he jumped into the air and tumbled backwards out of the bed. Yup. You guessed it. He landed flat on his head. I scooped him up and rocked him; Doug wanted to go to the ER. Having lived through this before, I knew that wasn't necessary, but rather I knew what I needed to watch for.

I continued comforting Daniel and I gently explained that jumping on the bed always leads to a bump on the head. Our day went on, Daniel didn't jump on the bed again, and everything was dandy.

A few weeks later, Daniel was taking a wonderful nap in my bed. He took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and sat up. He looked me right in the eye and said, "Every time I jump in the bed I bump my head. Every. Time." I think the message sunk in!