Last night, I fell down the stairs while holding the baby.
Luckily, it was only a couple of stairs. Luckily, I was holding the railing. I was half asleep and bringing Acelyn down from her room to nurse. I remember realizing what was happening as I started to fall. I remember holding her tightly to me, and then worrying that I was holding her too tightly as my back hit the stairs. I remember her crying, and then me telling her that everything was OK as Nikki rushed out of the bedroom.
I did something to my neck and shoulders when I tensed up to hold Acelyn with one arm, and keep a hold on the railing with the other. The baby seems no worse for wear, and Nikki crashed hard after the adrenaline left her system. All in all, could have been a hell of a lot worse.
I’ve fallen down the front stairs in the winter twice. Once with Aidan (he ended up fine in the snow after having bounced off of my belly) and once with Acelyn buckled in her car seat. So I’m up to three. Let’s leave it right there, mkay?
Hope your neck/shoulders recover soon (and glad to hear there weren’t other serious injuries).
Maybe it’s time to do some modifications to the front stairs?
It’s a rental, so there’s no modifying for us. The house has some issues with stairs. Nikki fell down the main stairs (same ones I fell down last night) when she was pregnant with Cian. Her sister fell down them right after wrist surgery. I can’t count how many times Cian’s fallen down them, but he’s prone to falling down stairs, even when he’s going down them on his butt.