Tongue Depressor

Warning...don't let the cute picture fool you, gory details to follow:

Molly has a tongue issue.  She sticks it out all the time and lately it has been getting in the way.  Earlier this week she was standing, then wobbling, then fell forward towards the floor.  She sat up crying with blood running out of her mouth.  Yep, she bit her tongue.  She obviously bit it pretty hard for it to bleed.  I calmed her down and gave her cold water to drink.  She settled quickly, but her tongue continued to bleed for a few minutes.  I called Mark but he wasn't concerned and sure enough it stopped bleeding shortly after that.  

Well, we had another incident tonight.  The girls had taken a bath and I was getting Morgan out of the tub.  When I looked over I watched Molly slip and hit her chin on the edge of the tub.  And, you guessed it, she bit her tongue again.  Poor thing.  This time it was really bad though.  I can't even describe to you the horror of this.  Blood was pouring out of Molly's mouth, much more than last time.  Morgan started sobbing telling me she kicked Molly in the face, when I know she didn't.  My shirt was covered in blood and will now be thrown away because there is no salvaging it.  And poor Molls just sobbed and sobbed.  I was able to give her cold water again and it seemed to help.  The bleeding did stop eventually but I know she is pain.  She whimpered and snuggled with me until it was time for bed.  

She really needs to do something about her tongue.  Its cute the way it sticks out, but I'm afraid she'll bite it off next time.  Talk about a tongue depressor.