Brian had a business trip to Cincinnati on Friday. Before he scheduled the trip, we talked about Austin and I going. I was all for it. It sounded like a lot of fun. I really enjoy our short trips and it would give us some family time together. When we are at home, it's easy to get caught up in things we have to do so we don't spend time as entire family. Usually just one of us it playing with Austin. However we do go grocery shopping every week together as a family and Austin loves it.
On Friday we left for Cincinnati around 3pm. We stopped outside of Columbus for dinner at McDonald's. Austin loves the parfaits there. He got to run around a play for a little bit. We arrived at our hotel around 7:30pm. It was a nice business hotel with plenty of room. We got Austin ready for bed and called it a night.
We had breakfast at the hotel in the morning. Then I took Brian to work for the day. I met up with my friend from college, Natalie, her husband, Danny, and son, Owen, at the zoo. We walked around the zoo for several hours. It was a lot of fun. We did not see everything because the Cincinnati zoo is huge. After the zoo, we all went downtown and had lunch at Johnny Rockets. After lunch, we walked to an interactive water fountain that the kids could play in. Austin absolutely loved it. He had a great day. By this time it was after 2pm and Austin was exhausted. I drove Austin back to the hotel and he of course fell asleep in the car. Around 5pm I went and picked up Brian. Then we went out to dinner. It was a nice dinner and we got Austin some macaroni and cheese and he loved it. By this time, it was Austin's bed time.
On Saturday morning, Austin woke us up nice and early before 6am. We got up and ready for the day. We once again had breakfast at the hotel. Then we were not sure what to do. One of Brian's business men told us Blue Ash had great community parks. We found it online and it was only 5 minutes from our hotel so we took Austin there. Austin played on the playground for about an hour. He had fun. He enjoyed the bigger playground. He loved climbing up somewhat of a rock wall.
After the park, we decided to take Austin to Todder's Otterville in Otterville KY. It was about a 30 minute trip. It is basically an indoor play area for toddlers. Austin played with blocks, water table, and miniature grocery store. There was a small area outside to get wet. I was hoping it was bigger but none the less Austin had fun and got wet. We had some pizza for lunch there and then drove towards the hotel. Austin did not fall asleep so we decided to stop and get some ice cream. We got Austin a strawberry cone but of course he liked Brian's Cotton Candy cone better. I got Buckeye ice cream which has peanut butter in it so he could not have mine. After ice cream we went back to the hotel to swim. We were disappointment to find out the hotel pool was closed for an hour due to maintenance. We did not realize that until after we all walked down there in our swim suits. Poor Austin was so sad and did not understand why he could not go swimming for a while. Finally we went swimming. After swimming we went to dinner at Skyway Chili. It was surprisingly good.
On Sunday, we took Austin to the park then needed to drive home. Austin once again really enjoyed his time at the park. I need to look into playgrounds around home but have not done so yet. Once back at the hotel, we were finishing packing up and Austin was playing on the bed. He somehow bite his tongue severely. He does stick his tongue out a lot normally. He really bit it pretty bad. He started crying and blood was everywhere. I washed his tongue with clean towels and tried to get the bleeding to stop. We were not sure what to do. Brian told me to load the car because we were leaving either to the hospital or home. I took our suitcase down with some bags. I left Austin's suitcase in the room. Right after I left, Austin decided he needed to take down his suitcase to the car. It was a great distraction. The bleeding had slowed but not completely stopped. We got some ice for him to have and decided to start driving back home.
When we got around Columbus Austin woke up from his nap and Brian could see a mouth full of blood. We did not know how much it had been bleeding. I told Brian to get to me the Children's Hospital in Columbus. Luckily it was right off I-71. We we got there I looked at Austin's tongue and it had stopped bleeding again and decided it was best just to drive the rest of the way back home. I was keeping up with the speed of traffic and got home in about 3 hours.
Once home I called our doctor's office and asked what we should do. Austin was acting like his typical baby self. The cut though was pretty bad looking and very deep (at least 1.25 inches long and 1/4 inch deep). Nothing really bothers him though. We had not seen any blood since Columbus and after talking to the doctor we decided not to take him to the hospital.
The whole experience was scary but Brian and I remained calm. This tongue looked really bad but it was not bothering him so we were glad we did not go the the hospital.
Once home we ran to the store and picked up dinner. We had to unpack which is a little harder to do with Austin since he wants to play too but it was worth it. We just have Austin help us with things and he really enjoys that. For example if I need to do laundry, I pick him up and he throws the clothes in the washer. It keeps him happy and I am glad I get work done. We had a great trip to Cincinnati and so glad we got to spend some family time together.
Video showing Austin's bitten tongue
When we got around Columbus Austin woke up from his nap and Brian could see a mouth full of blood. We did not know how much it had been bleeding. I told Brian to get to me the Children's Hospital in Columbus. Luckily it was right off I-71. We we got there I looked at Austin's tongue and it had stopped bleeding again and decided it was best just to drive the rest of the way back home. I was keeping up with the speed of traffic and got home in about 3 hours.
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