Adam had his first stay in hospital on Thursday night.

I was in my office working late on Wednesday and suddenly there was a loud crash and the sound of crying coming from our room. I jumped up and started running, and by the time I was out of the door Donné was calling.

When I came into the room Donné was in a panic and Adam was lying on the floor crying, with the base of the cot having fallen out from underneath him while he was sleeping. Serious levels of parental panic. That is written calmly now, but with adrenalin pumping and hands shaking we were very concerned.

Adam calmed quite quickly. We checked him over and there was nothing that we could see – no scratches, bumps or bruises. He had a drink and went to sleep, with Donné keeping a close eye on him.

One of the pins that hold the cot base in the higher positions had wiggled out, which caused the base to topple, dropping Adam to the floor. I’m not too sure why it came out, but I think it may have been the combination of replacement pins with some repairs to the cot that caused the problem. The cot is now in its lowest position which does not use the pins.

In the morning he seemed fine, maybe just a little bit cranky, but that can be understood given the fall. Physically he seemed fine.

Then at bath time I noticed his head was looking a bit swollen on the one side. Hmm. He was behaving normally so we decided to watch him closely through the night.

We checked him out later and the bump was bigger. Time to go to hospital. Fortunately our friend Kim was willing to rush over and keep an eye on the other two while they slept.

The ER doctor checked him out and said that if the bump was smaller he would have sent us home, but it would be better to do an ultrasound in the morning and keep him in hospital overnight for observations.

Adam’s first hair gel

The bump was down in the morning, and everything was fine according to the ultrasound. No fractures, no brain issues, just a bruise.

We are very, very grateful that he is fine. It was a bit of a hectic 24 hours.