My worst parenting nightmare happened

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Anonymous wrote:Don't cook things while giving all of kids a bath.

You’ve never had a dish that requires 30-45 minutes of simmering or in the oven and multitasked while it cooked? Come on.

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Anonymous wrote:We do not have a landline and I never have a clue where my darn cellphone is at in the house. I can’t imagine my 6 year old running around the house trying to look for it to call 911. Teach them to leave the house and go to a neighbor.

My kid knows that my cell phone is always either in a specific spot in my purse, in a specific spot when it's charging at night, in another specific spot in the house if we're home. Create a spot (or two) for your phone. And get a landline. In case of an emergency 911 can trace a landline's address much faster than a cell phone.

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Ouch! I hope you heal soon!

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Put an Alexa in each room and set up emergency calling. You can just yell “Alexa I need help” (or the kids can).

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Anonymous wrote:Home alone with 3 kids (DH driving home from work) and I slipped in the bathroom while giving the kids a bath and fell super hard. With the baby in my arms. Thankfully the baby was cradled in my arms and was fine and I narrowly missed slamming my head into the side of the tub. Dc2 was in the tub and DC1 was drying off. Added to all of this I had food on the stove as well. I can’t believe how close I was to passing out from the pain (hit my tailbone super hard).

I have told my oldest DC who is 6 how to either call daddy on my cell phone or go get a neighbor if something happened to me but I don’t know if she would remember. Plus I have no idea what would have happened the baby or kid in the tub. Ughhh how terrifying!

Your fear did not happen. It almost happened and your DH was on his way home.

Next time, leave the baby in a crib or playpen or whatever when doing the older kids baths. Or wait until your DH is home.

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That is way too much multitasking. I would never cook while bathing the kids except a multi-hour oven or crockpot dish that doesn’t need tending.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't cook things while giving all of kids a bath.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Home alone with 3 kids (DH driving home from work) and I slipped in the bathroom while giving the kids a bath and fell super hard. With the baby in my arms. Thankfully the baby was cradled in my arms and was fine and I narrowly missed slamming my head into the side of the tub. Dc2 was in the tub and DC1 was drying off. Added to all of this I had food on the stove as well. I can’t believe how close I was to passing out from the pain (hit my tailbone super hard).

I have told my oldest DC who is 6 how to either call daddy on my cell phone or go get a neighbor if something happened to me but I don’t know if she would remember. Plus I have no idea what would have happened the baby or kid in the tub. Ughhh how terrifying!

Your fear did not happen. It almost happened and your DH was on his way home.

Next time, leave the baby in a crib or playpen or whatever when doing the older kids baths. Or wait until your DH is home.

+1. Sorry about the tailbone pain.

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I nearly died at home of an acute illness when my kids were little. My older child called her grandfather not 911 because she was overwhelmed. It worked though!

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So much judging. Damn we live in a judgemental society. Glad it ended well, OP.

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Glad you’re ok! The CPSC has some funny warnings about not leaving food unattended on the stove. It’s tempting, but try not to multitask.

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Anonymous wrote:My worst nightmare as a parent is losing my kid in public. At six your kid should know very basic first aid - put pressure on something bleeding, if an adult is non responsive call 911, know your address, turn off the stove or oven, etc.

Really? This is probably my very last of concerns when thinking about catastrophic things. Only because the most likely outcome would be someone would intercept kid and try to find you then call police. While super scary and it may take awhile, you are highly likely to be reunited with no harm done.

Having lost a child in public, I can tell you it is scary as f*ck. Found him 30 mins later and everything was fine but it was the worst day of my life.

I’m 45 and still remember how terrible it felt when we lost my little brother. Several times lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Glad you’re ok! The CPSC has some funny warnings about not leaving food unattended on the stove. It’s tempting, but try not to multitask.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaBndZuVwAEhimo?format=jpg&name=900x900

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Anonymous wrote:My worst nightmare as a parent is losing my kid in public. At six your kid should know very basic first aid - put pressure on something bleeding, if an adult is non responsive call 911, know your address, turn off the stove or oven, etc.

Really? This is probably my very last of concerns when thinking about catastrophic things. Only because the most likely outcome would be someone would intercept kid and try to find you then call police. While super scary and it may take awhile, you are highly likely to be reunited with no harm done.

Having lost a child in public, I can tell you it is scary as f*ck. Found him 30 mins later and everything was fine but it was the worst day of my life.

I’m 45 and still remember how terrible it felt when we lost my little brother. Several times lol.

Agree. My 3 yo disappeared in a Costco and I literally guarded the exit while my husband and older child searched for her. We found her, but so so scary.

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Thank God you survived. Now, what would you do different? A couple of years ago my Dad was helping two of my kids with their baths and he took a bunch of towels and put them on the floor by the tub and I was what? He said something like if I slip I’m really going to get hurt.