Do you know a child who has had a series of scrapes, or close scrapes?

Wow he really did give himself a shiner there didn't he? Poor little soul - a hard lesson learned there I think! My son was slightly accident prone but my daughter at 5 has scared me witless sometimes! She has had a few bad allergic reactions and asthma attacks, swallowed coins fell into a greenhouse and that was all before the age of three! Since then I cannot remember a time when she was not covered in bruises or climbing garden sheds, taking all the skin off her legs as she skids along the playground! I think the worst time was when she fell down the stairs at home - she went from the top to the bottom (about 15 stairs) landed on her head , ok we have carpet but it is a concrete floor underneath, bounced up saying she was ok and insisted she was going to nursery and I couldn't stop her! Luckily she did no serious damage but I wait with bated breath the next installment! A mothers pride and joy - more like a mothers early nervous breakdown! xxx

No, they have not. You should really get your child to stop making weapons altogether.

My son has been a nightmare since he was born. At 8 months he had a fit and ended up in hospital for 4 days with a kidney infection. At 3 years he decided to lick the pavement and ended up with ulcers all inside his mouth. At one point I was so scared for his health we called an ambulance and he was taken to hospital, only to be sent home hours later with diralite. Then at 3 yrs he fell down a ladder leading to a cellar by leaning on the cellar door that was not securely closed. Then at 5 yrs he walked off and I lost him for half an hour, I thought I was going to die. At 7 years he decided to stick his finger in a light socket and turn it on. He ended up with a singed finger and told me he shook when he turned the switch on. At 10 years he decided to make himself a cup of tea and spilt the boiling water down his legs which resulted in an ambulance being called and him and I spending 2 days in a burns hospital. Luckily there are no scars. And his latest has been being arrested for graffiting, but as it was his first offense the police let him go. As you can imagine I am waiting for the next installment!!I would quote LOL, but I can't!!

Pigeon, My middle son seemed to have been born with the knack of finding a way to injure himself. I can not count the times I have been in the emergency room having one part of his body or the other stitched up. My first son broke an arm, a collar bone and a leg but no stitches. My middle of course has broke bones and had so many stitches I lost count. In fact one accident playing with his little brother (WHO THANK GOD HAS HAD NETHER BROKEN BONES OR STITCHES YET AND SURVIVED TO BE 12) fell and stuck something through his hand severing tendons to 2 fingers on his hand and rendering them useless, they were just flopping around. I nearly fainted on that one. I think God gave women special strength, to cope with rearing children. I for one do not know what kept me together on some of those trips to the ER.

Fortunately for me, both my girls are content to play with their doll house and Barbie dolls. I have a niece though who have this tendency to attract accidenst. Last year, she kept jumping up and down and hanged herself like a monkey on the stairs inside my house. I kept telling her to come down and stopped playing on the stairs. She didn't listened to me and suddenly fell down from the stairs. She was on her back and was crying loudly. I noticed a huge bump at the back of her head and immediately rushed her to the hospital. Its a good thing nothing disastrous happened to her head. But for a week, I have this temporary trauma of going up and down the stairs. I felt like slipping down myself too. "phew"

When my daughter was five she told me her butt hurt. I could not believe it when I pulled down her underwear and found a huge burn on her behind. She had sat on our wood stove and did not tell me until two days later. I took her to the doctor and got cream for it. I was so horrified when I found it. Our son only had on set of stitches and not broken bones. Our daughter only had the burn and one time she was kicked in the face at school and ended up with a huge black eye.

Thankfully my son is not this way. But you have described my husband as a child. He has had so many stitches novicane does not work on him any more. Too many concussions to count. He has had blow darts stuck out of him, busted his face open trying to jump off of his Moms kitchen table, ripped his finger open playing basket ball, fishing lures stuck in his hand...and the list goes on. If you can harness his energy and teach him about weapons when he gets older, you may be able to get him interested in becoming an engineer of some type.