Have you ever had a "close call" with yoru child or baby?

I just came back from having a close call with another person's kid. I made a discussion on it. It should be the top one. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1285302.aspx Since I have no kids that discussion is probably the best I can contribute to the thread. Personally, I'll be very attentive of my child. Probably because I've seen and read so many incidents where parents weren't attentive and something horrific happened.

Once when my son was about 5 my ex allowed her dad to let him ride in one of those big farm trucks. Just as they were pulling out of the lot the passenger door came open and my son rolled out and hit the ground. Fortunately he was not hurt, but instead of chewing out her dad for his carelessness, I am the one to get the chewing, and I was in another vehicle altogether. That was the worst one, unless you count the time that he got the bright idea at about 14 years old to stick a pair of scissors in the bathroom wall outlet.

I am a overprotective parent and never let my children out of my sight but yet I have a memorable experiences. We were outside and just returned from costco, we lived out in the country not too many fences and lots of wildlife. Here we are unloading the van and all of a sudden my 2yr old daughter is gone... its getting late and the sun is going down and I panic... The one good thing is at the time we had two dogs and well one went with her and the other lead us to her... We found my daughter almost 100 feet up the road checking out the horses at the neighbors... It was so scary of course I'm thinking oh my gosh its getting late we will never find her and the coyotes and mountain lions... man I have never been so scared!

I remember this with my oldest.... Once in the grocery store I was used to them following behind me and I guess I got a little bit ahead of my son. I was only in the next aisle, but he didn't see me and started screamig for me. I don't know who was scared more - me or him!!! And with my youngest he frightenend me... He was supposed to be in the yard playing but I didn't see him. I thought he might have wandered across the street to the river and I started to panic. I found him in between the beds in his room, he was fast asleep in the covers on the floor. Even thought he was safe, I was frightened. It doesn't take long for something bad to happen and I had though the worst...

I think every parent has had something happen to them that scares them. And I don't think it makes them bad parents. Parents are human and make mistakes just like everyone else does. My youngest has rolled off my bed. My husband taught me a lesson once. We were at the store and he had gone to look at something. I had both girls. My youngest in the infant car seat. I turned to look at a toy that my oldest was showing me and let go of the car for a split second. in that time my husband was able to pull the cart away without my knowledge...I about freaked out. I was ticked at him...but I NEVER let go of the cart anymore.

yea i think most all parents have had that. I had lost a child 3 years ago and yes we were there cooking when the accdent happend. Things happen and it just sucks. we alos ahd a close call with one of our sons and thought we would lose him to but that dont mean u are a bad mother. BUt trust me you do wonder that.

I was changing my daughter's diaper and I dashed to the bathroom to get a washcloth and she rolled of the changing table. I felt so bad. I did not know that she would roll of the table. I held her and she was okay. My son, when he was 1 1/2 years old managed to open the door and was sitting in the middle of the street. I am so glad for guardian angels that watch over us daily. I don't think that you are a horrible parent. We did not know that my son could open the door.

No you arent a bad mom. its hard to keep eyes on an active child. we have 3 grown ups here but grand daughter still gets hurt and it happens so fast that you really dont see it and all three of us act different Me more slowly fo rI am oldest of course and have been thru it all the parents panic as she is only one they will have and Uncle he is pretty fast but CHeyenne is faster than any of us She gets out of my site I holler where are you I cant see you and she will pop up and say here I am mammaw BUt all parents have gone thru this panic system of where is my kid what have they gor into or where are they when ya dont see them right off dont make you a bad parent just have to have eyes in the back of your head too. hugs

There are two that stick out in my mind. Both were with my youngest and both scared the crap outta me. My youngest had a gee-kee (blanket) with a nice (the silky edge) on it. He was constantly ripping the nice off so he could rub the frayed part on his face. Well, I guess one time I hadn't payed attention to how long the nice was and it actually strangled him in his sleep. I woke up to hear him coughing - he was barely breathing. If I hadn't heard him his nice would have strangled him. After that I made it a point to ALWAYS check how much he had ripped off and either sew it back on or cut it shorter. Another time I was doing some houswork and the kids were playing in the yard. We lived across the street from a community beach, but the kids knew not to go over there. They were right outside and I could look out the window and see them. One time I looked out and only saw my oldest. I asked where his brother was and he didn't know. I looked in every room in the house and in the entire yard. I asked the neighbor if they'd seen him and no one had seen him. I was soooo afraid that he had gone to the beach - he didn't know how to swim. I decided to give the house one last look before I called the police and I found him on top of the blankets between the two beds (when I had originally looked there I only saw the blankets) taking a nap. After that he had to tell me when he was going to take a nap!!! Kids are scary and it's just so hard to keep an eye on them all the time... We do our best though for the most part!!!

When I was 13 I was playing the yard with my younger brother and tossed an aerosol can to him, he missed and it hit him in the head. Blood went everywhere. I was home alone with him and freaked out. I grabbed him and ran in the house and laid him in the tub. We didn't have a phone at the time and I had no clue what to do. I put a towel over it and kept talking to him and my Mom came home about then. We got him to the hospital where he had stitches and was ok. It was terribly scary. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

My son's fallen down the stairs once, rolled off the bed numerous times, and I'm just waiting for him to get big enough to want to climb onto the roof and fall off that. He's JUST like I was, so now I know why my mother worried constantly, lol. I think it's a normal part of growing up, as long as it isn't anything neglectful. Blessed Be

I have had too many close calls with my son (now 4). The first major one was when he was about 14 months. We got KFC for dinner and he was eating chicken nugets at one point he just started acting strange and fighting to get a breath. At first I had no idea what just happen so we grabed him and try to see where was the thing he was choking on we called 000 by this time he had turned blue. And some how the managed (I am not sure if it was my sister or brother in law that did it) and they puled out a huge peice of cartilage (about the size of au 5 cents)

I went shopping for a particular present for my eldest son's birthday, I had my baby in the pushchair and my 2 year old son walking. We came to the traffic lights, crossed to the middle and my son was holding on the pushchair, and it was like 6th sense, I just knew he was going to let go. So I grabbed for his arm, missed, he ran onto the road, my friend grabbed him just as a car whizzed passed, inches away. I was shaking so badly I had to sit down. I do have a wrist strap for him but he sits on the floor if you put it on and refuses to walk. I sat him on the pushchair after that, I was angry, scared, thankful, relieved all at the same time, it was horrible.

Well I have feared for my child life once before. My daughter who was 6-7 months at the time was sitting on my Deep Freezer and my sister was right there in front of her but we were engaging in a conversation when my daughter begin to fall. As I told my sister to grab her I frighten her and she missed my daughter. I was so scared because she acted as if she wanted to go to sleep which gave me a scare that i'll never forget. But I think there is a point when all parents feel that they could be better parents at least I know that I do.

I have never left my children or forgotten them or anything but my youngest is very accident prone. I could wrap him in cotton wool and he'd probably choke on it! He's got a scar on his head from before he even turned two years old when he fell and cut his head because he'd gone up to the bathroom without me and, even though I followed him, he fell before I caught him. Another time, I was right with him, watching him every second but he still fell right onto his head - almost the same place as he got the scar - and had a huge bruise come up like a cartoon bump. I don't know how I could have stopped that unless I had have not let him walk - which would have been ok but I had already waited for him to be 23 months old before he walked so I wasn't going to discourage him! There are some children who get hurt because the parents aren't watching but I'm sure most accidents are unavoidable. I guess if a child is regularly having avoidable accidents then the parent would usually be to blame but even then there are some very clumsy children! As for leaving kids in cars, I have never done that and I don't know how someone could forget about a child in a car. I know there are people who leave kids in cars while they go into a shop or something but leaving them for a longer time is irresponsible and forgetting they are even there, I would assume one of two things - either the parent has a serious problem with their memory or they don't really care about their child. There are plenty of the second description around here but the first description, I know my sister has almost left her son on the bus when he was a baby but she found out recently that she has dispraxia which can affect memory - in such cases, it is not the fault of the parent and as long as they realise in plenty of time, it shouldn't be a cause for concern.

No miami, you are what is called NORMAL - thank goodness! We all do it and 99% of the time get away with it because 99% of people are honest, child loving and mentally balanced. Our stomachs churn when we read in the papers of those 1% incidents where harm comes to the kids. Sadly that is news. Example: I was at the top of a ladder fixing tiles on my roof. Suddenly there was a voice at my feet "Daddy, what are you doing?" My heart dropped! There was my 5 year old daughter up the ladder behind me, 20 foot above concrete and totally fearless and me with my hands full of tiles/tools/etc. any of which could slip off if I let go. Thankfully my wife was at home and came and climbed up and got her but what if I was on my own? There but for the grace of God, as the saying goes!

I was in a mall with my oldest son who was about 4 and was holding his hand and looking at make up (as usual). In a heartbeat, he got away and was gone. I went CRAZY. I had security guards looking for him and I could barely breathe. They found him in a sporting goods store playing basketball. Check this out. Years later my second son was 4 and I was in a different mall and we were walking along and, you guessed it, he just got away and was GONE! I went nuts again and this time, this one was in the parking lot. Oh man, I can't even stand the thought of what could have happened. To put this all into perspective, I am the most overprotective mother on earth even NOW and they are 21 and 17! But somehow, someway, in a split second, both managed to get away from me in a mall. I won't ever forget that and, when/if I have a grandchild, that kid will be on a leash or in my arms or something! All the time! I think even the best moms have close calls. Kids are squiggly, wiggly, and very fast. I don't know of any mother who hasn't had at least one close call. All moms can do is to be the best they can and try very hard to avert any disasters by being as responsible and attentive as possible.