My First Boo Boo :(

Last night Allison took her first really "bad" tumble outside. I knew it would happen eventually since she inherited my grace. She does not do very well with steps, so it's no surprise that a step was her downfall - quite literally. She was attempting to step up onto our brick porch and only got about half of her foot up so her foot slipped backward and she slammed her forehead on the ground. Ouch! I didn't witness it (thank goodness Frank was with her), but I heard the "I'm hurt" cry all the way from the other side of the house. I took some pictures of her owie while she bathed. I promise it looked worse in person, and that I'm only over-parenting a little. You may have to enlarge the image to see it. She's still pretty cute, though, and not worse for the wear!



















New topic. Allison is now cutting another tooth - maybe more than one. The last two nights she has gotten up crying multiple times, and that is SO unlike her. We have to go and sit with her for about 30 minutes, give her warm milk, and some more Motrin in order for her to calm down (Motrin only once a night). She'll be exhausted and asleep on my shoulder but the second her head hits the mattress she starts screaming again. On top of that, today she came down with runny nose that resembles a faucet. I'm sure all of this is related to teething, and Frank and I have decided that we hate this particular tooth. None of her other teeth have given her this many problems, and quite frankly, we miss our sleep. I think we are both having flashbacks to about a year ago. Does anyone know how long before the mystery tooth will appear? Is there an average time between when these symptoms start and when we finally see it? I'm dying to know what I'm in for. So far tonight has not been any better. We finally put her down at 9:00 (an hour late) and she's been in there crying for about 20 minutes now. I'm guessing this is going to be another long night. *sigh* I better be off to bed if I'm going to be of any use.