Soooooo Guilty
I burned Kira's hand. The whole thing is still replaying in my head, and I can still hear her distinctive cry of pain.
Whenever we go to restaurants for dinner, I usually try to put Kira to sleep. Half the time she happily dozes off, but the other half of the time she fusses, compelling Trevor and I to pass her between the two of us. One person eats while the other one holds Kira. In the mean time, the one holding Kira still tries to eat so that our dinner mates (i.e., family and friends) aren't stuck watching us finish our dinner way after they are done.
Yesterday was a "fussy" night. Both our families (the Lais and the Lews) had dinner together at Shabu-Zen in Allston. The soup was just ready and Trevor was spooning the cooked cabbage into my bowl and placing it in front of me. I was holding Kira in the sling. Despite having many family members around and available for holding Kira, I ended up holding her for quite a while and to relieve my tired arms, I put her in the sling. Just as Trevor put the bowl down, Kira reached out for it. Her fingertips just managed to touch the rim of the bowl, tipping it over and flopping a piece of cabbage onto her hand and mine. Speaking for myself, it was hot! Once I realized it was hot, Kira started screaming! Poor thing. I could hear everything in her voice: shock, bewilderment, pain, and panic. My mom rushed over from the other side of the long table and dunked Kira's hand in a glass of ice water. She was still screaming, so I took her outside of the restaurant where she quickly calmed down. I needed a minute to breathe, too. I felt so bad. The whole thing was easily avoidable. I looked at her chubby little hand. It was a little bit red. Kira's hand eventually went back to normal. Lucky for me (and Kira), the hot cabbage wasn't on her hand long enough to cause damage.
After 10 minutes of feeling very guilty, I was thinking I need to put things in perspective. While I have a renewed to commitment be extra careful with my delicate baby, I can't expect myself to prevent all injuries from happening. I'm glad this event was so minor, and I hope I'll be ready for the next one.
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on another note, i didn't know that shabu-zen was also at allston. i love that restaurant but haven't gone there since nathan b/c parking is too difficult in the chinatown location. maybe this one will be better for parking?
btw, my plugged duct is now gone. i don't know how b/c i pretty much neglected it but it's not there anymore.
-joanna
-j