Oh Lord, and it's only Tuesday!

Man, what a week it's been! And it's only Tuesday! Stephen is sick with a cold. (major bad for him, it takes forever to leave his system bc he has Asthma) A word of caution for parents of toddlers or older special needs children: My dad gave me a glider/rocker with a rocking footstool thing. (you know what I mean) Stephen becomes obsessed with anything new, that comes into the house. Last night, I heard Stephen, rocking away in the living room while watching TV, as I was getting his Vick's vapor bath ready and I didn't think much about it. All of a sudden, I heard a blood curdling scream, and he met me half way down the hall, holding his left ear and screaming his head off! I could see the marks on the left side of his face, and his ear was red, and bleeding behind it. He's nonverbal and unable to tell me what happened, but I assumed after hearing the rocking, he must have gotten his head, hung up in the footstool! (he's been playing with that since it came into the house) the mark on the side of his face is exactly the size of the wooden parts that swing. Thank God, he was able to get himself out of there, without breaking his neck. I've heard horror stories about recliners and a member of our Angelman community, lost their 11 yr. old son a couple of years back, bc he got his head lodged in the foot-piece. he's okay, other than bruised, but it could have been tragic. I just wanted to let parents know, so you can all be careful with those things. Pray for my lil' buddy, he's really sick today, and we were supposed to go to a party at the Center tonight.  (bummer) Thanks...Oh, and btw, look at the picture below, He looks JUST like his dad in this picture. He couldn't deny him, if he wanted to! :wink: And stay tuned, I have more holiday themes to come, if Stephen allows me to post anymore today...