child injured due to the inattention of a caregiver - what would you do?

[Anonymous]

would you let your nanny take your child to the local pool? you have to follow the child like a hawk. and no cell phone distraction krap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We had a very long discussion with the nanny today. We confronted her and told her there was a witness. She admitted it was her fault because she was texting someone..

The only reason I might consider not firing her is that she said "it will never happen again". I am pretty sure she will be more careful from now on.

Moreover, we live in Pennsylvania and it's more difficult to find a good nanny here.

How texting can cause a child to swing too high ( which makes no sense to begin with because swings only go so high) is beyond me. The nanny and the child in this situation are not connected. Even if she was smoking crack while banging a preacher in her car it didn't cause this child to break his leg.

It's simple. She was too busy texting to realize that a little guy lost control. Instead of watching him, she was texting.

[Anonymous]

I still can't believe a 4 year old was an efficient enough pumper that he swung "too high".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

She allowed him to swing too high. And he fell off the swing.

Poor judgement. Good luck ever trusting her again. This will be haunting.

Also folks, "going down the slide with DC on your lap" is one of the #1 reasons for ER visits. Kid sticks his/her leg out, speed is faster given weight of two people, and SNAP. Every pediatrician warns not to do this.

BAHAHAHA!!!! What ER do you work in???? Absurd.

[Anonymous]

Threads like this make me THANK GOD that I work for normal, non-crazy people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me THANK GOD that I work for normal, non-crazy people.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Threads like this make me THANK GOD that I work for normal, non-crazy people.

+1

They are "normal" to the moment you allow their kids to get seriously injured. Remember my words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. She took her eyes of my son for more than a minute.

I believe she wasn't supervising him properly.

Like someone mentioned before : you have to prevent a kid from getting in dangerous situations.

If he was swinging too high she should have told him not to do it. Simple.

It was easy to forsee he would fell off the swing.

I know you're trolling hard on this one, OP, but no one is taking the bait. Accidents happen.

Also, you outed yourself as trolling on the second post about expecting the nanny to come in on the weekend to watch your alleged child.

+1 You went overboard with the weekend bit. Remember, less is more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We had a very long discussion with the nanny today. We confronted her and told her there was a witness. She admitted it was her fault because she was texting someone..

The only reason I might consider not firing her is that she said "it will never happen again". I am pretty sure she will be more careful from now on.

Moreover, we live in Pennsylvania and it's more difficult to find a good nanny here.

Why didn't you mention there was a witness in your OP? Why didn't the witness notice that the nanny was texting when the accident happened? Please. Your story is not believable at all.

[Anonymous]

My four year old broke her arm falling off our home swing that was not swinging high at all. She started complaining that her arm hurt and we couldn't believe it was broken since the swinging was so mild and low to the ground. Turns out that she had fractured her elbow, but children heal quickly and she was only in a cast for two weeks. In these types of situations, I give the caregiver the benefit of the doubt. Repeated injuries are another matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We had a very long discussion with the nanny today. We confronted her and told her there was a witness. She admitted it was her fault because she was texting someone..

The only reason I might consider not firing her is that she said "it will never happen again". I am pretty sure she will be more careful from now on.

Moreover, we live in Pennsylvania and it's more difficult to find a good nanny here.

Why didn't you mention there was a witness in your OP? Why didn't the witness notice that the nanny was texting when the accident happened? Please. Your story is not believable at all.

PP here. What's your problem? Are you the OP's nanny? Or a different nanny that had similar experience and right now feels gulity?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

She allowed him to swing too high. And he fell off the swing.

Poor judgement. Good luck ever trusting her again. This will be haunting.

Also folks, "going down the slide with DC on your lap" is one of the #1 reasons for ER visits. Kid sticks his/her leg out, speed is faster given weight of two people, and SNAP. Every pediatrician warns not to do this.

BAHAHAHA!!!! What ER do you work in???? Absurd.

I'm not sure about this being a top reason for ER visits, but this is a common injury. My husband is an Orthopedic surgeon and sees a lot of it. It's very easy to do, especially if the kidd is wearing sneakers or any kind of shoe with good tread. The shoes easily kind of stick to the slide and their leg gets stuck.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/a-surprising-risk-for-toddlers-at-playground-slides/?_r=0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We had a very long discussion with the nanny today. We confronted her and told her there was a witness. She admitted it was her fault because she was texting someone..

The only reason I might consider not firing her is that she said "it will never happen again". I am pretty sure she will be more careful from now on.

Moreover, we live in Pennsylvania and it's more difficult to find a good nanny here.

Why didn't you mention there was a witness in your OP? Why didn't the witness notice that the nanny was texting when the accident happened? Please. Your story is not believable at all.

PP here. What's your problem? Are you the OP's nanny? Or a different nanny that had similar experience and right now feels gulity?

I am not a nanny but an MB who has been on these boards a long time. A witness would have surely mentioned that the nanny was busy texting when the accident happened. A nanny that was texting instead of watching her charge while her charge was flying high on a swing is not a "good nanny" so you are doing your child no favor by keeping this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

She allowed him to swing too high. And he fell off the swing.

Poor judgement. Good luck ever trusting her again. This will be haunting.

Also folks, "going down the slide with DC on your lap" is one of the #1 reasons for ER visits. Kid sticks his/her leg out, speed is faster given weight of two people, and SNAP. Every pediatrician warns not to do this.

BAHAHAHA!!!! What ER do you work in???? Absurd.

It's really not that absurd. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/a-surprising-risk-for-toddlers-at-playground-slides/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

She allowed him to swing too high. And he fell off the swing.

Poor judgement. Good luck ever trusting her again. This will be haunting.

Also folks, "going down the slide with DC on your lap" is one of the #1 reasons for ER visits. Kid sticks his/her leg out, speed is faster given weight of two people, and SNAP. Every pediatrician warns not to do this.

BAHAHAHA!!!! What ER do you work in???? Absurd.

It's really not that absurd. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/a-surprising-risk-for-toddlers-at-playground-slides/

Yes, this is a common child injury that shows up in ER rooms. No need to play semantics, it probably is the #1 PLAYGROUND injury requiring an ER visit. It is quite gross and painful to witness happening and the leg bone fracture or break is a major bone and healing process. Good luck.