Notice, on Friday I’d said amusing, not good. But, it did lead to a great discussion on the way to the ER.
So, as I was calmly making lunch on Thursday Batman was attempting acrobatics using our recliner and the sofa. He slipped and fell face forward onto the tile.
Being the good Mom that I am I of course said, “What were you thinking?” as I scooped him up without looking and calmed him down. After he’d calmed down a little I then went into diagnosis mode. Looked at him and the large amounts of blood on his face and clothes, and said, “Let’s go to the doctor.”
So, everyone got dressed, because we OF COURSE were being lazy that day.
And as we were driving there it turned into a science lesson. Yes, a science lesson on the way to the hospital.
See, the boys were worried that Batman was going to die because of all the blood that had come out. They wanted to make sure it wasn’t too much blood.
So, we talked about what blood is used for and how it gets food to the rest of the body and brings oxygen . It made for a good distraction while we were driving and helped keep everyone calm.
Then later, when we’d gotten home and I’d had a chance to read up on about how much blood a little guy has in him, we talked some more.
An adult human has about 5 liters of blood in them. Batman is less than half of an adult human, so I averaged that out to about 2 liters. And that’s when inspiration hit.
The 2 liter bottle of Sprite is about how much blood Batman has in his body right now. They were all duly impressed, I was less impressed when they started talking about drinking said Sprite, but what could I expect.
That little cup on the bottom is about how much blood he lost from his “bleeding owie.” I figure he lost about a 1/4 cup of blood, give or take. That looks like how much is staining the clothes and jammies, and what soaked through the paper towels.
And amusingly enough I’ve gotten several comments from friends on Facebook saying “Now I’ll be able to tell your twins apart.”
Yeah, until his brother gets the same injury a week later, that’s what happened last time. A week later his brother got the exact same head wound, and then a week after that the boys dropped a shovel on Princess’ head and she got a nice little scar on the top of her head.
Oh well, it’s been at least 3 or 4 months of no ER trips, so this is good.
You guys have any less exciting life experiences you’ve turned into science lessons this week? I promise next week to have a less bloody post………. Maybe I should go ahead and schedule that for the sake of sanity………
