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My son slipped on a cat bed and scraped his face down the fireplace screen before banging the bridge of his nose on the stone hearth. It was a perfect storm of disasters.

DD was running on the sidewalk and tripped- she slid on her face and scraped her entire forehead raw

My kids know how to open the freezer and get ice packs for their own injuries. This happens at least three or four times a day, usually with my daughter acting as nurse because my son is the one crying. As for major injuries? Last one was when my daughter did a dive toward the floor and caught her cheek on the side of my metal trash can in my office. She was chasing her brother. It's been over a month and there's still a slight discoloration on her cheek. My son's always getting nasty bruises. Never sure where they come from - I always get convoluted stories about something that happened months ago.

DS definitely gets injuries from running around almost every day, but the most recent bigger one was when he tripped and fell, hitting his mouth on the corner of the coffee table. Thankfully he didn't lose any teeth, but it looked pretty painful. He was over it in five minutes, of course.

He's also had nursemaid elbow! About a month ago. We had no idea if it was dislocated, sprained, or what, so we took him to urgent care. Two hours later, he got an x-ray and he was fine as soon as it was over. The doc thinks it popped back into place during the x-ray. Toddlers are rough!