ouch! updated

UPDATE: We saw the dentist this afternoon to make sure Caden's little mishap last night didn't cause any permanent damage. Thankfully, his teeth are all fine. One of the top front ones is pushed back a tiny bit, but not enough to worry about. Caden's gums look fine and Dr. Davidson told us this should have no effect on Caden's permanent teeth. We do have to check his gums every few days for the next few weeks to make sure he doesn't develop an abscess which could cause the tooth to die. This is very unlikely, but we don't want to take any chances with his teeth, so we'll be checking diligently. I had a similar accident when I was about Caden's age. I bit through my lip, lost a tooth, and had stitches put in my lower lip from a swing set incident with a cranky neighbor girl. On a related note, Caden got brave and took a shower tonight. Doug and I fully expected him to be too traumatized to try a shower again for awhile.

Caden survived his first big accident. He was taking a shower tonight when he slipped, fell, did the splits, and knocked his face against the side of the bathtub. Blood everywhere!! He bit through his bottom lip, but the hole on the outside is very small. We avoided the ER tonight, but we'll be making an unscheduled trip to the dentist tomorrow! We were just there last week for his regular check-up. Hopefully, his fat lip will go down before his birthday on Wednesday or at least in time for his party on Saturday! Needless to say, once we got him cleaned up and calmed down, he wanted nothing do to with finishing his shower. He did let us give him a sit down bath, though.

the damage

the look
so sad!