One evening, after putting our children to bed, I finally took a long shower while my wife, Megan, sat in the hallway watching a show on her tablet.<\/p>\n
When I turned off the water, I heard our three-year-old son, Oliver, crying for me.<\/p>\n
I rushed out and asked Megan why she hadn\u2019t comforted him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went in three times,\u201d she said. \u201cHe kept asking for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inside his dark bedroom, Oliver immediately reached for me. I picked him up and felt something wet against my shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cI made a mess, Daddy,\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n
Thinking he had spilled water or gotten sick, I wiped his face with a towel.<\/p>\n
Then I switched on my phone flashlight.<\/p>\n
There was blood around his nose and mouth.<\/p>\n
My heart jumped.<\/p>\n
We quickly discovered he had climbed out of bed, tripped over a toy truck, and struck his face against the corner of a low dresser. In the darkness, Megan had assumed the moisture on his cheeks was tears.<\/p>\n
We took him to urgent care immediately. Thankfully, he needed only a few stitches and had no serious injury.<\/p>\n
The scare changed our nighttime routine completely.<\/p>\n
We installed a soft night-light, removed hard furniture near the beds, and made sure the floor was clear before bedtime.<\/p>\n
That night reminded me how quickly an ordinary parenting moment can become frightening\u2014and why small safety precautions matter most when you least expect to need them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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