OUCH

Have you ever gotten a really purple ear bruise from getting your head stuck in a recliner. Where mullets may really be a laughing matter, this was not. I was just a smidge, a tiny smidge away from calling 911 over this one today. Paisley was in my lap watching t.v. when she slid down on the chair a little to hang her little leggies in the crevice of the foot recline mechanism of my chair. It was all fun and games until she slid her body down through the hole, the very small crevice of a hole. I was not even remotely panicked until she dropped all her weight and now had entire body except her head under the recliner. Now I'm a little panicked trying to get myself out the recliner to help her without hurting her or closing the gap that her head and neck are now in. ugh!!!!!!!!!! okay okay still pretty calm when I start manipulating the seat and foot piece trying to widen the space so her head can slide through the rest of the way which didn't happen. It was as wide as it would go and now there is more screaming, tears, and pleading coming out of my daughter who I'm now seriously worried will not get out of this chair. I pushed, pulled, stretched, smushed...NOTHING. Now I start mentally calculating the time it will take 911 responders to get her and cut her out. There is no way she or I can last another 15 minutes like this...so I decide with the right amount of force I can get her out without hurting her too seriously. I literally pushed her little head and ears so hard and pushed her under the recliner and slid her out. Broken hearted and crying and sweating (I'm talking about me) I picked her up and tried to love her (which if you know Paisley is like trying to hug a porcupine) and the bottom line is, she survived, I survived, and the only damage is a bruise on her ear. This may be sort of funny if you weren't here to panic with me but I really felt awful. She has been grouchy all afternoon since the incident so I've given her Tylenol and hope she's ok. Any hopes for winning parent of the year are not officially squashed.