My worst parenting nightmare happened

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

Probably a sign to slow down.

And no more kids. You are juggling too much, it sounds like.

[Anonymous]

Teach your child to call 911, including from the Lock Screen on your phone.

[Anonymous]

Omg OP how super scary! That is basically my fear too, only mine is the stairs. I’m glad you are okay.

[Anonymous]

Wow, that's scary. I'm glad you're OK.

[Anonymous]

Hugs, OP. That is so scary. I’m goad you are ok and nothing worse happened.

[Anonymous]

Op I’m sure your oldest would remember. They’re 6!! Train them how to ask for help and which neighbors to go to. Mine is 5 and I don’t think she could find my cell phone and then navigate to the emergency number though. But she knows our neighbors and can unlock our doors to get help.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op I’m sure your oldest would remember. They’re 6!! Train them how to ask for help and which neighbors to go to. Mine is 5 and I don’t think she could find my cell phone and then navigate to the emergency number though. But she knows our neighbors and can unlock our doors to get help.

Op here - yes I think my oldest could do it. She is very responsible. I was mostly worried about the baby. He is actually 13 months old and oldest dc can’t pick him up. Not sure what would have happened to him.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Glad you’re ok!

And get yourself an instant pot! No open flames and it switches to warm once it’s done.

[Anonymous]

Always put a big towel on the bathroom floor when kids are taking baths. It gets super damp, and super slippery. Glad you're okay.

[Anonymous]

It is scary but sometimes these near misses can be a good thing to make us pause and redo things. When DS was 5, I had a sudden severe medical emergency. Phone was dead. Couldn't find our one cordless house phone. It was the middle of the afternoon and I sent DS out to bang on neighbors doors. We all live on at least 2 acres so this was scary in and of itself. As I gasped for breath I went looking for my cell phone charger. Thankfully the first neighbor was home and all ended up okay after a shirt hospital admission.

But it made us revamp things. We got a landlind with a cord. We keep a cell phone charger permanently plugged into a kitchen outlet. I'm much better about keeping my phone charged.

[Anonymous]

Seems like your worst parenting nightmare didn't happen though. It was scary for sure, but everything was fine. In the future, don't cook while giving baths and put towels on the floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op I’m sure your oldest would remember. They’re 6!! Train them how to ask for help and which neighbors to go to. Mine is 5 and I don’t think she could find my cell phone and then navigate to the emergency number though. But she knows our neighbors and can unlock our doors to get help.

Op here - yes I think my oldest could do it. She is very responsible. I was mostly worried about the baby. He is actually 13 months old and oldest dc can’t pick him up. Not sure what would have happened to him.

When your 6 year old went to the neighbors, one (or more) would have come over to help your baby and younger child.