Crappiest Mommy award for today

So I am putting Juli in her carseat so we can be on our way to dropping her off at daycare so I can go to work.

All is fine and dandy until I go to put her straps on...she starts bawling and I chalk it up to her not wanting to be in her carseat...

I am telling her "its alright baby, lets go bye bye". She is still crying...like something is hurting her. So at every light I check to see what it could be.

She cries all the way to daycare... :(

When we get there I give her mortin for her ear ache pain and we walk in her daycare and I see this like 1-inch scratch by her left ear...I am like how and who and what and where did she get that...that is why she has been crying!!!!!!!!! The scratch is red and kind of poofy, but not bleeding or anything.

I just feel so horrible that I could cry...why didnt I catch that and how did it happen? My nails arent sharp enough, her carseat straps are not sharp either...maybe she scratched herself?!

So that is where I am at right now...I feel like a terrible mom because my baby was hurting and all I did was check her out without actually pulling over to make sure she was ok.

Not to mention that when I dropped her off, she started crying bloody murder and was screaming crying for me...

I called her daycare when I got to work ~ all of 7 minutes later ~ and she was fine, playing with her teacher.

So all in all, I have learned that next time, just take a few minutes to pull over ~ examine, comfort and be on our way again.