Bruise or Food?

Kendall has been quite active, and as a result has several bruises at all times. Since she learned to pull herself up, Kendall has been convinced that she can stand on her own and walk. She stays vertical for about 2 seconds, and then falls over, bumping her head on the way down.

The weekend before Kendall's 8 month appointment, she tried one of these maneuvers, and hit her head on the Rubbermaid bin waiting to take her outgrown items down to storage. This resulted in a nice bruise above her left eye. A few days later when we went to the doctor, the bruise had faded and all but gone away.

In the course of the exam, the doctor asked about what Kendall had been up to (crawling, pulling up, drinking out of the sippy cup, etc), and said she was doing really well. Then he was looking her over, looked at me and said "Food or bruise?", while pointing to the bruise on her head. I responded "Um, bruise", then explained what happened since it feels like you need to explain yourself at the doctor.

The bruise had faded and was almost a mustard yellow. I suppose it could have been food, if she ate Chicago style hot dogs for breakfast. And I didn't specifically clean the baby before taking her to the doctor.

I came home to tell Nate about it, and he started laughing hysterically. Because it was pretty funny, and also I had come home with a similar expression from Seattle. Mouth or Bottom. There is a noise, and you need to guess if it is from mouth or bottom, and if you are right, the other person says "You're RIGHT!". Not sure how you can get it wrong, but it was so funny we started using it. Now we are applying the 'Food or Bruise' and 'Mouth or Bottom' to just about everything. I'll leave that to your imagination.