I think kids under, say, 5 must be immune to the sort of injury that killed Natasha Richardson. Because otherwise given the frequency of serious head-bonkage in the toddler population, we'd be hearing about deaths.
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - May 10, 2009 3:42:01 pm PDT #18912 of 30000
information libertarian
Burrell - May 10, 2009 3:46:03 pm PDT #18913 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
You may be right, flea. I know the heads aren't as hard and therefore have more resiliency. But still, I was a bit stressy for a couple hours.
Stephanie - May 10, 2009 3:53:28 pm PDT #18914 of 30000
Trust my rage
frisco has fallen off the changing table and the bed and landed on his head both times. Scared me to death but after some crying and nursing, he was fine. Still, SO scary.
Burrell - May 10, 2009 4:03:57 pm PDT #18915 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Thanks, Stephanie. He's acting just like his typical self now.
Franny is conked out on the couch. Poor thing. Day was too much fun. Our neighbors have a giant trampoline (with netting) in the front yard. Franny, predictably, finds it irresistable.
egad, there's school tomorrow, isn't there? I need to pack her lunch.
Amy - May 10, 2009 4:11:41 pm PDT #18916 of 30000
Because books.
Burrell, if I had little ones still, the Natasha Richardson thing would have freaked me RIGHT out. But Sara's five and a half now, and the last time she bonked her head like that was a while ago. All three kids did it several times, though. They're definitely built to take some lumps growing up.
§ ita § - May 10, 2009 4:39:42 pm PDT #18917 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Trixie Belden's mother used milk-soaked bread in her burgers.
Burrell, did he get a lump on his head? Is that a product of a squishier skull? Because I stopped growing knots as a response to head trauma somewhere short of puberty. I always wondered why.
sarameg - May 10, 2009 4:44:35 pm PDT #18918 of 30000
Given the headbutts I've gotten from the nephews and various other littles, always surprises me that their heads are still bendy. I mean, I know, but it sure as hell doesn't feel like it when they collide with your cheekbone....
My skin is being really icky and blotchy and shit. I'm hoping it isn't the water, just something else.
Jesse - May 10, 2009 4:45:26 pm PDT #18919 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Trixie Belden's mother used milk-soaked bread in her burgers.
That's because they were poor!
Burrell - May 10, 2009 4:48:30 pm PDT #18920 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
No lumps, ita, but it was the back of his head. I don't know if that makes a difference.
Trixie Belden's mother used milk-soaked bread in her burgers.
Isn't milk-soaked bread the secret to good meatloaf and meatballs? Although like Jesse I tend to think a good burger is nothing but meat, salt, and heat.
Jessica - May 10, 2009 4:50:18 pm PDT #18921 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Isn't milk-soaked bread the secret to good meatloaf and meatballs? Although like Jesse I tend to think a good burger is nothing but meat, salt, and heat.
I was about to type this exact thing! The milk-soaked bread helps to keep meatballs light. But that's not a texture you want in a good burger.
Now that it's summer I want to start grinding my own burger meat for the grill. Mmmmm, burgers.