Sometimes Grandma DOES know best.

For the last fifteen years my mother-in-law has been telling me the dangers of letting my children play with sticks.     Specifically, that if they fell while running with a stick in their mouth, they could really hurt themselves.  Now since I grew up on a farm, where a freak accident would more likely involve losing your hand in a self-unloading wagon I always ignored this advise.  Until last night when my goofy seven year old fell with a stick in her mouth and ended up in casualty with a badly scraped and bruised mouth and throat.  I have officially apologized to the MIL for ignoring her advise.   

Oh wow! I hope she is ok. I always tell my kids no running with suckers in their mouths because it scares the crap out of me.
Hope your little one recovers quickly.

OMG, poor little girl. The thought of it makes me feel ill. When one of my daughers was 18 months, she'd hold a bottle in her mouth with her teeth. She ran and fell, and split her lip. There's a tiny scar yet 5 years later. Running with anything in the mouth is soooo not good.

Ice cream and ice lollies should help her throat feel better. She'll love that.

Oh no!!!  Poor thing!  I hope she is ok!!!

Thanks.  She's feeling better, although it was pretty scary at the time.  I refused to look in her mouth because I was too afraid of seeing a gaping hole.  I still can't believe she did something so silly.    

And we set an all time record for Casualty!  In and out in FORTY minutes.  

Wow, Mindy, that is a record time.  Hope your daughter is feeling better soon!

Thanks.  She's feeling better, although it was pretty scary at the time.  I refused to look in her mouth because I was too afraid of seeing a gaping hole.  I still can't believe she did something so silly.    

And we set an all time record for Casualty!  In and out in FORTY minutes.  

Aww...I'm glad she's ok and getting better.

You're like me...my kid gets hurt and I can't bear to look because of what I might see. I remember my youngest falling face first into a ceramic tile floor when he was about 18 months old and when I picked him up blood was pouring from his mouth and I just knew he'd knocked his teeth out and I couldn't even bring myself to look. I made my (then) husband look instead.

Oh and his teeth were all still there.

Ack!  I'm so glad she's OK!  How awful!

goodness! i hope she is all better soon! 

take care

aww, poor little girl.  Hopes she is up and running very soon, but without sticks.