Hey, sympathy! These things happen, and they are terrifying, but you did everything well.
This sounds like the time I thought I'd broken Maya's arm. She came racing across the room to give me a hug, and banged one hand into my hip instead of reaching around it. Her arm went SNAP! and she started screaming, but the doc said it was just a strain on her wrist - equivalent to "nursemaid's elbow". Everything was fine about two hours later.
I think human brains have evolved to take care of little kids even under severe sleep deprivation. I know that I was able to do all the absolute ground-level stuff required to care for Maya when she was about 18 months old.
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This sounds like the time I thought I'd broken Maya's arm. She came racing across the room to give me a hug, and banged one hand into my hip instead of reaching around it. Her arm went SNAP! and she started screaming, but the doc said it was just a strain on her wrist - equivalent to "nursemaid's elbow". Everything was fine about two hours later.
I think human brains have evolved to take care of little kids even under severe sleep deprivation. I know that I was able to do all the absolute ground-level stuff required to care for Maya when she was about 18 months old.