Dads ... wear safety glasses when playing with children!

v>had something in my eye but I just
Well that’s what I should have done I thinkcouldn’t see anything in the mirror. Over
… instead I ended up in A&E with a sore eyetime it also got more and more painful (I had no
which turned out to be corneal abrasion. Whatidea that the eyeball itself contains so many
happened? I was playing with Noah on the floornerve cells!). Eventually I caved in and went to the
when he suddenly lashed out and accidentallyafter hours medical centre.
scratched my eye. Somehow my eye lidThe GP who examined me said that it is a
wasn’t fast enough to close in time so hecommon complaint and that he’s got lots
basically hit the eyeball with his fingers. Needlessof parents coming in with the same problem all
to say that he ALWAYS has razor sharp nails nothe time. Fortunately it’s an “easy
matter how often we trim them (is this a babyfix” — some cream that needs to be
thing?). Well that’s what I should havesqueezed into the eye lid and an eye patch for a
done I think … instead I ended up in A&E with acouple of days. All in all it took about 4 days to
sore eye which turned out to be corneal abrasion.clear.
What happened? I was playing with Noah on theSo now I’m thinking - maybe I should just
floor when he suddenly lashed out and accidentallywear eye protection when playing with Noah.
scratched my eye. Somehow my eye lidHopefully this problem will go away in time as he
wasn’t fast enough to close in time so hedevelops his motor skills or works out that
basically hit the eyeball with his fingers. Needlessparents’ eye balls are not to be poked?
to say that he ALWAYS has razor sharp nails noAnyway — just wanted to share this so
matter how often we trim them (is this a babyyou can brace yourself for the experience!
thing?).Needless to say Noah didn’t recognise me
At first I wasn’t too bothered about it butwhen I got home with my eye patch … what a
after an hour my right eye turned bright red andlife! ?
it just kept “crying”. All this time it felt like I