Moms, trust your instincts.
By GuateMom
@GuateMom (1411)
Canada
July 11, 2007 8:36am CST
I just had the scare of my life. My 19 month old son sleeps in a separate room and we usually leave a night light on so that we can see to change him when we go in at night, without turning on the main light.
The night light was near his bed, but my husband kept saying it was too bright and when he went in at night, he would hang things over it. I told him not to do that, because they could catch fire, although he insisted that it wasn´t hot at all.
We moved the night light to the door, the opposite end of the room, so it would be dimmer by his bed. But a couple of times, I have caught my husband hangin pieces of clothing over it anyway! This morning, I went in to take my son out of his room and the lamp was melted, the cloth that my husband had put over it was charred!
I am SO angry at myself for not doing something more to stop this from happening. Thank God it was only the cloth that was burnt, because this fire would have been right in the doorway and there are no windows in the room. We would have been badly burnt getting my little boy out and it is very possible that if this had happened at night, he would have died. I am shaking right now just from thinking about this.
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@heavenschild (4777)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
That is soooooooooo scary!!!
I certainly hope your husband listens to you from now on as that is obviously very dangerous as you had originally thought! He really needs to listen to your reasoning.
I am glad, however, that your son is O.K :)
Take Care GuateMom and continue to take good care of your son!:)
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@GuateMom (1411)
• Canada
11 Jul 07
Thanks. I doubt my husband will listen, because he always thinks I am overreacting. He will probably say something like "Well, it didn´t actually burn the house down." Or something like that. But I am not letting him put another night light in that room. If our son needs light, we turn on the main one, even if it wakes him up!
The weird thing is that I had a dream last night that I told him not to put our son on a children´s ride and he did and my son lost a foot. Weird to wake up and find it was vaguely true!
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
15 Jul 07
Unfortunately, it's not a matter of instincts here, it's a matter of common sense - your hubby really should have known better.
I'm not sure what kind of room has no windows but i wouldn't put a child in a room without a window.
Your husband would have been better off going out & buying a new globe with a lower wattage - he should have known never to hang anything over a hot globe.
It is such a scary thought though & i am so glad that he is ok & everything worked out ok, just make sure your hubby knows never to do it again & that he'd be better off just going to a store & getting a new globe for the light!
I'm just relieved to hear nothing actually caught on fire.
@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
11 Jul 07
Wow, it is awful when we have these misfortunes happen to us. I had a few "scares" with my boys over the years. I hope your husband sees now that you were right. Sometimes men can be so stubborn. It is not your fault. You had no idea he had hung a cloth over the light once again. You should be angry, but not with yourself !! Your husband needs to learn that sometimes, he may not be right in his thinking. My heart goes out to you over this, as I said before I too have had many scares. I believe many more are to come. It's part of parenthood. Thank God your little boy is ok. (((hugs)))
