3 Big Ones

So Rayne had quite the adventure this week. As toddlers we should all know toddlers mange to get bumped, bruised, and just into all sorts of things. Well our dear little Rayne had three 'incidents' this week.

1) 12 Fire Ant Bites

2) Dropped a 12oz soup can on her big tow

3) A face plant into the edge of the dishwasher

Now think about these three injuries. If you had to choose which do you think caused a larger reaction at the time of injury? Which would make you scream the loudest and longest?? Do you have your answers good. Because now I'm going to tell you how you Rayne reacted.

In last place, as in the least reaction is 12 Fire Ant Bites. No joke. I was out grilling Burgers for lunch. Fred and Rayne were just out walking around. Rayne stepped off our patio onto the grass and fell. I knew that there were some ants around there so I went and stood Rayne up and dusted her off. She went on her merry way. It wasn't until about an hour later after lunch we were inside and Rayne began to fuss a little. She was taking the bottom of her foot to scratch her leg. I looked at her leg and saw a bunch of bites. A quick bath and some anti-itch cream later and everything was fine. The next day Rayne's bites had turned into little pustules. I scoured the web and looked at where Rayne fell down and it was concluded that it was Fire Ant bites. Then on Friday Rayne had a Doctor's appointment and although they were already starting to heal the doctor could deal they were Fire Ant bites. What a though little girl we have.

Did you guess a face plant into the side of the dishwasher?? Well you would be wrong. Sunday night Fred and I were cleaning up and Rayne was playing. She was getting a little excited, lost her balance and WHAM. Face met dishwasher. I picked Rayne up gave her a cuddle then looked her over. There was blood in her mouth. She had split her lip. I told Fred, he took Rayne out of my arms and I grabbed a cold bottle for Rayne. She happily took it and then stopped crying. We gave her a frozen teething ring after that. The rest of the night went just fine. No more blood, no swollen lip, no bruise. You would never know.

Anyone guess the soup can?? Wouldn't have been my guess either. But after dropping that soup can on her foot Rayne cried for a whole two minutes. Of course it was right at the base of the nail on her big toe. Been there done that and it hurts. It even bled a little, it was her first bleeding wound. That took place Sunday morning. Her foot hurt for most of the morning but by afternoon she didn't seem to notice the injury.

So our daughter may be little but she can sure take a hit. And it's natural. It's not like she has had to build defense against siblings. I have a feeling she just might be a handful.... ohhhh payback