That was scarey!
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Sat reading a thread on here didn't notice my 16month old pulling the newspaper off the table with my cup of tea on it. Fortunatley it was cool enough to not do any damage!
Covered her though, cue alot of yelling, shock more then anything.
All fine now, shocking how easily that happened, bit of a wake up call
Covered her though, cue alot of yelling, shock more then anything.
All fine now, shocking how easily that happened, bit of a wake up call
Jasandjules said:
Sounds like you had a lucky escape.
Is it possible to get a higher table? Or, if push comes to shove, what about those cups with little lids for use at those heights?
Alternatively you count it as a close escape, you must look out for that in the future. But you can't child safe the world. I personally prefer not to make the house free of every risk. Otherwise how will children learn.Is it possible to get a higher table? Or, if push comes to shove, what about those cups with little lids for use at those heights?
Our daughter who is now 3.5 does not seem to have suffered unduly, but recognises that stairs are the be careful on, hot drinks will hurt, low tables have to be avoided and so on. We had to manage without stairgates as we could not get one to fit due to the nature of the house.
My brother goes for the other option and protects everything, including keeping the dining room fenced off to keep a safe area for his cars. The result is that he is on edge at our house because his daughter does not understand that there are things you should not do like play on stairs.
Silver940 said:
Sat reading a thread on here didn't notice my 16month old pulling the newspaper off the table with my cup of tea on it. Fortunatley it was cool enough to not do any damage!
Covered her though, cue alot of yelling, shock more then anything.
All fine now, shocking how easily that happened, bit of a wake up call
Covered her though, cue alot of yelling, shock more then anything.
All fine now, shocking how easily that happened, bit of a wake up call
Need eyes in the back of your head!!
Oooh I know that feeling! it will happen hun, luckily it was cool, I always emphasise what is hot, and now if I have a cup of tea Jakob points at it and says carefull, that's hot! same with my hair straighteners etc. As said above, can't wrap them in cotton wool or they'll never learn and only inevitably end up hurting themselves more in future!
Jakob is one of those children that goes at everything far too quickly and falls alot as a result, he gets up and brushes himself off, but sometimes I find myself blaming myself, I took him and my neice to the park the other day, I was on the other side putting my neice on the swing and he was on the slides, he tried to climb up the wall next to the stairs instead (kids!) fell landed face first in a pile of mud and cut his head/above his lip, and his bottom lip, only cried for a minute though! I think that's part of me never wrapping him in cotton wool.
Jakob is one of those children that goes at everything far too quickly and falls alot as a result, he gets up and brushes himself off, but sometimes I find myself blaming myself, I took him and my neice to the park the other day, I was on the other side putting my neice on the swing and he was on the slides, he tried to climb up the wall next to the stairs instead (kids!) fell landed face first in a pile of mud and cut his head/above his lip, and his bottom lip, only cried for a minute though! I think that's part of me never wrapping him in cotton wool.
That's the thing about being a parent... you have to keep an eye out for dangers for things that you'd thought were obvious.
Still, apart from the shock and a lesson learnt for both of you (I'm sure your littlun has learnt something there... "Weekend tabloids are bad!"), no harm done.
Still, apart from the shock and a lesson learnt for both of you (I'm sure your littlun has learnt something there... "Weekend tabloids are bad!"), no harm done.
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