Baby getting hurt

It will inevitably happen, your precious, perfect baby will fall, tumble, slice and dice him or herself (sometimes with our help, but usually without). Even the most hovering and careful of parents cannot prevent it. Particularly once your toddler is running around. The best way to deal with it (for yourself) is to just get ready to see it happen. You are not a bad parent when Baby trips and falls against a piece of furniture and his bottom teeth go through his lip. You are not a bad parent when Baby suddenly jerks while you're cutting his nails and his finger gets nipped a bit. You are, however, a bad parent if you either 1) get so worked up over blaming yourself that you cannot comfort your hurt baby or 2) are so overprotective of your baby that you don't give him a chance to grow, and hurt himself again. (You are also a bad parent if you don't slow down your life and pay attention more if baby is getting hurt more than normal, or due to some mild negligence) Remember, this is just practice for when your child starts growing up and can really get into some scrapes!