On Sunday morning the cat was mewing in an odd way. She was either alerting us of something or trying to taunt Madeline in the other room. The next thing we heard was the dreaded thump. Madeline had managed to pull herself up and out of her crib head first. The basic cause of this was my own ineptitude at having not lowered the crib to the lowest setting earlier. So this week Madeline has had a black eye from the fall. The pediatrician said she should be fine. She didn't show any symptoms of a head injury like vomiting, dizziness, or excessive sleepiness. If anything she didn't notice that she had fallen after the initial shock wore off. But for the week she has been our black eyed pea and she will remain black eyed for the forseeable future.