Falls

Julius was romping around on the floor in Sylvia's room last night when he incurred yet another injury. He was flopping around on top of a blanket when his face made contact with the bottom rail of the bed. At first it didn't look that serious. It bled profusely but mouth cuts tend to do that. However, upon further examination we found that his frenulum(the piece of skin that connects his upper lip to his gums) was torn and that the area around his front teeth was bleeding as well.
My first worry was for his teeth because, although they are still baby teeth, damaging one can have a serious effect on the way his permanent teeth come in.

Alan had just gotten home so scrambled to get back into the car. Our pediatrician's office was closed of course, being 7:00 pm and on a Sunday no less so we opted for Doctor's Care(which was still open, thank God.)
His teeth appeared to be fine, not loose at all and the frenulum was not torn enough to require stitches. He does have to take a round of antibiotics to prevent infection and we'll have to keep an eye on his mouth to make sure things are healing properly.

Of course he was fine immediately after but when that much blood is involved and when the injury is to the mouth I'd rather be seen by a doctor just to be on the safe side.