https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:07:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-179319 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:45:30 +0000 Andrea 179319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What is with these nosebleeds? I posted about this last week and someone else did, too. It is super humid here so maybe it's just the time of year. I don't know! </p> <p>Anyway, I totally know how you feel. Sometimes the LO will be crying for a while because she just made this big poop and I'm like argh, go back to sleep. But she just wants someone to come change her diaper. </p> <p>You reacted calmly which is great!! Awww, don't be sad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-179075 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:49:03 +0000 mrs. wagon 179075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: @kpow: thank you!! </p> <p>@Alivoo01: thanks... he's definitely my son... new shoes make everything better!! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-179063 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:42:55 +0000 Alivoo01 179063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Major props to you for keeping calm and not frightening Wagon Jr some more. You are an awesome mommy - you even "cleaned" his blanket in a few minutes. ;)</p> <p>He seems to going about his day just fine now so try not to guilt trip yourself silly. The new shoes definitely will help push the scary incident this morning out of his mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-179030 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:19:54 +0000 wahine08 179030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get nosebleeds so often now, when I was little my cousins used to call my strawberry nose! I totally still get the sensation of panic when I see the blood, even from my face, so I can see why you'd be so concerned :( Don't beat yourself up! This would happen to any mom, especially since those monitors aren't detailed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-179009 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:07:46 +0000 mediagirl 179009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awww. You are not a bad mommy! You had no idea he was bleeding and not just being fussy. Plus, he will never remember this! You will but he probably has already forgotten. Plus, it's not like he was hurt, just a bloody nose. I do feel for you, though. Your story almost made me cry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178997 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:54:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 178997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: awwww you're making me cry. And you know what really gets to me, too... threatening to steal my makeup supplies!!! lol. No really I'm ok... it worked out really well because we just bought Wagon Jr. new sneakers yesterday, and he wore them to school today, and he was so proud of them. They're black sneakers, so he kept calling them his "baseball shoes" and he was so proud to show them off to his teachers. They noticed them as soon as he walked in and he was so shy and proud. So cute. I will replace the image in my brain of him crying covered in blood with the baseball shoes showoff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178992 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:52:09 +0000 Rubies 178992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: OMG, you are not! Stop it right now! Or else I'm flying over and stealing your Neutrogena wipes away from you! AND your BB Cream since my mom stole mine. :D You're an awesome mommy and Wagon JR. knows it. And so does your little Wee Wagon-to-be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178971 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:41:05 +0000 mrs. wagon 178971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: I know that's the part that's making me cry again... AHHHHHHHHH I'M A HORRIBLE MOTHER </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178968 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:40:08 +0000 mrs. wagon 178968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I am tearing up too, re-reading it.... UGH!!! How do I erase this from my brain??? :( :( :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178967 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:39:36 +0000 Rubies 178967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: @chopsuey119: This makes me so sad: "I cannot stop thinking about the fact that he was sitting in his crib, scared and alone, for 20+ minutes, covered in blood and smearing it all over his face as he tried to wipe his tears away. And watching his blankie get redder and redder as he tried to cuddle and kiss it to comfort himself." AAAAAAH! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178966 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:38:55 +0000 Rubies 178966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh dear! I can absolutely understand how upset you might be at yourself BUT it's not your fault! No guilt allowed! *hugs* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178964 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:37:12 +0000 chopsuey 178964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omgggggggg this makes me so sad!!!!! :( totally wanted to cry reading it. :( I'm glad he went to school happily! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178955 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:30:10 +0000 mrs. wagon 178955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh. I forgot to add, it's freezing here so I turned on the heat last night, and totally forgot that his humidifier filter needed to be changed, so it's completely my fault that his room was so dry and probably led to his nosebleed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-nosebleed#post-178951 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:27:32 +0000 mrs. wagon 178951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know those moments when you just feel like the most awful parent in the world and you cannot erase the feeling of regret that has just been burned into your brain? Ugh.</p> <p>This morning Wagon Jr. woke up with his first nosebleed. He woke up crying a little earlier than usual, and since he wakes most mornings crying, we ignored him as usual. We were away this weekend so when he kept crying instead of settling down and happily rolling around until we got him, I actually got annoyed. I figured he was having a rough time transitioning back into our regular routine. His crying sounded really pathetic and was stopping and starting, and I couldn't help but think "why is he crying? He should know by now he doesn't need to cry if there's nothing really wrong." </p> <p>There was something wrong... I went in to get him and he was COVERED IN BLOOD. The second I stepped in the room he stopped crying and pointed at the crib sheet and said "I spilled it", and I saw big dark spots on the sheet. Then I looked at his face and it was completely covered in blood. In his hair, in his eyes, all over both his hands, his blankie was totally covered, his pajamas and sleep sack... it was like a scene from a horror movie. I grew up with constant nosebleeds so I knew enough to know it was definitely coming from his nose, so I snapped into calming mommy mode and immediately started saying "it's ok RJ, Mommy is going to fix it all, Mommy will fix it, let's go straight into the bath and fix it all."</p> <p>(I'm SO glad I decided to go get him instead of Wagon Sr. as usual... Wagon Sr. would definitely have panicked and made Wagon Jr. a lot more scared.)</p> <p>The bath went ok but he did freak out a few more times as he watched us wash his blankie, and then a few more times as he realized his blankie was soaking wet. (Thank goodness we have 4... Mommy took it away and brought it back completely dry, what a miracle!) Then we went about our morning as usual and he was happy as a clam and went off to school just fine.</p> <p>Me? I pre-rinsed everything in the sink and then put everything directly into the wash. The smell of your child's blood as you rinse it out of his sheets and clothes is the worst smell in the entire world. </p> <p>I cannot stop thinking about the fact that he was sitting in his crib, scared and alone, for 20+ minutes, covered in blood and smearing it all over his face as he tried to wipe his tears away. And watching his blankie get redder and redder as he tried to cuddle and kiss it to comfort himself.</p> <p>I want to rip my brain out of my head to stop feeling this regret!!!!! :( I don't understand why I didn't see the blood on the video monitor. </p> <p>I'm happy to be back at work today but the only thing I wanted to do was stay home with him, wash all of the bloody things, and make everything right. He is such a trooper and was even happier this morning going to school than most mornings... he didn't even cling on to Wagon Sr. like he has been these days. Thank God or I might have just called in and quit my job to be with him every single day until he turns 18. </p>