Myrka Cantu is sharing a scary moment that happened with her baby son.
The Unexpected star, 22, shared a video on her Instagram on Saturday, Nov. 15, after her 10-month-old baby son Alejandro fell off her bed and was taken to the hospital. Cantu explained that her baby son suffered a fractured skull after falling off the bed the mother-son duo was co-sleeping in.
“Now, I’m always one that says do what is easiest for you and for your kids, and I’ve always defended co-sleep if it’s for your sanity and what is easier for you, if it’s done safely,” Cantu said during the video.
“Definitely should have taken the fact that he’s crawling into consideration when co-sleeping,” she continued. “I woke up in the middle of the night. I don’t know if he started playing or if he was sleep-crawling, and he straight up fell off the bed.”
“He did fracture his skull and he got a brain bleed. I’m not going to lie to y’all and tell y’all that I’ve been perfectly fine, because I’ve been crying like there’s absolutely no tomorrow,” said Cantu. “I’m running on no sleep. Literally been awake for a full 48 hours at this point. I haven’t ate since 7 o’clock yesterday and I’m not f—— hungry. I don’t understand how I could even possibly eat.”
However, Cantu said that her son is doing well and hasn’t even had to have any pain medication.
“He is doing extremely well, and it’s not something that surgery can fix or anything like that,” she explained. “We haven’t even given him pain medication, they’ve just been giving him fluids and checking his vitals.”
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In her caption, Cantu, who appeared on season 4 of TLC’s show Unexpected, said she wasn’t sure if she wanted to film this moment, but felt like it was a teaching moment that could help others.
“I really contemplated filming this but shi[sic] just too real. Bring on the mom shaming at this point I deserve it,” she wrote.
“[My son’s] the first one I have ever co slept with as a baby and I promise you he’s the last. As safe as I was nothing could have prevented him falling off while we were asleep , other than him sleeping in his own crib ALONE,” she continued. “My baby is so strong I’m so inspired by him and I know we will look back at this teaching moment and be grateful for it ONE DAY. For now it’s FML and give me a FKN break.”
