When biting your tongue isn't the best option

We had a little scare with Seth yesterday around 4:45 pm. Ted and I were in the living room putting his carseat back together when he came walking over to where we were and tripped, hitting his chin on the coffee table and biting his tongue. He started crying and his tongue immediately started bleeding. He had made a nice little gash in his tongue with his two front teeth. We took him to the doctor and he prescribed some medicine to ward off infection and said it would mend itself back together fairly quickly. Thankfully, Seth has been a happy little boy since and we are glad he didn't need stitches. Sadly, I am sure this is probably the beginning of many scrapes cuts, gashes, bruises, and bumps. I guess I better prepare myself!