feel like crying

mishkanorman

i would think a harness added to a trolley may be even worse, if the child was to then slip they could get entangled in the harness making it even harder to help them,

Its a very random thing im sure OP, ive had soooo many scary things happen to my 2 and i know what you mean about not wanting to let them go !


mishka

alwaysonthego_2

thanks peeps for your support, when I was at the hospital, one of the nurses was really off with me. She asked if I was with the trolley at the time of the accident. I thought she was thinking it was me being negligent

devils_advocate

Don't worry about what a nurse said. YOU know that you would have done anything you could to avoid the accident, and that's what matters. But accidents do happen.

MY DS1 was always falling and banging his head. He's now got the proud boast that he's had his head examined in a number of different continents. Hasn't affected him academically or in any other noticeable way.

Mortgagefreeforme

That was really wrong of the nurse to make you feel like that, it's a good job she hasn't met me. With DD we were never at hosp, but with DS we are never away. Sitting in the trolley at two he leaned over to the side so far (I don't even know how) that he tipped the trolley while I was with it, of course this was watched by about 5 people who just stared at the demented woman trying to extract her DS from said trolley forgetting first of all to unclip him, all the while screaming OMG! I was so affronted I righted the trolley and left the store.
He also swallowed a ball one day, yes I did say a ball! At A&E they examined him and because of the size of it they decided to keep him in till he ate something, Oh said I he ate a pancake on the way here as I had to bribe him away from the game, he had no problems swallowing much to the nurses amazement!
He was on the see-saw one day and I went a bit wild and he slammed his chin down on the handle putting his top teeth through his bottom lip.
I never bathed him when he was a baby as the only time I did (and remember this is a second child) I dropped him and in my haste to pick him up I clattered his head of the bath!
I, Just like patchwork cat let go of the trolley in the car park to unlock my boot but DS was in the trolley and he freewheeled into the path of a car, one raging driver, one mortified Mum.
When he was two weeks old we met some old ladies who asked his name, try as I might I couldn't remember it, had to say to DD tell the lovely ladies what your brothers name is. Yup redfaced again.
And finally I once left him in his car seat on the pavement and drove off after strapping DD in car, realised after 2 secs, reversed and all was well.
Now hopefully I have given you a laugh and made you realise things happen, don't beat yourself up about it, just learn from it (avoid farmfoods when crazy trolley drivers are around) And do like I did buy a MASSIVE tube of Arnica

RadoJo

If it makes you feel any better, as a baby about the same age as yours, my father shot me in the head with an air rifle by accident (well, he was shooting at the window to 'see what would happen' and what heppened was the pellet hit me in the head), and I have never suffered any ill effects!
Try to remember that she'll get herself into plenty of scrapes, and you loving her and looking after her will be more important than being able to shield her from life altogether!

victory

Oh hugs for you, fortunately your little one is fine and that is what is best to remember not what could have happened and as for the nurse, forget she even spoke, you know you are a terrific mum, that is all that counts:D

Carmina_Piranha_3

the nurse was probably thinking it was an ordinary trolley like the tesco or asda ones where a child could only fall out if they were actually standing up/climbing and you weren't watching them.

my eldest was at the hospital a few times when he was a toddler, one of the times i thought i had broken his wrist, it was only sprained but i thought that they'd be calling social services when i said it was me who hurt him :eek:

reins might be dangerous if the child fell out and got tangled but the cotton high chairs mentioned would be fine, the child can't move.

JillD_2

dont beat yourself up about it, it wasnt your fault, just one of those things.
I hope by now LO is asleep and you have had a large glass of wine!

My ds when he was 2 1/2 fell in the kitched, just tripped over his feet, and banged the tiled floor so hard he broke a tooth which went into an absess and then had to be taken out under general anaesthetic. My MIL is forever going on anf on about how dangerous the floor is, but for goodness sake, he could have fallen in the driveway, tripped out of the front door, fallen geting into/out of the car, in the supermarket, anywhere. She just needs to blame it on something (the floor), I just think these things happen, I''m sure as a parent I will go through a lot worse!

ooo000ooo

First time i was left in charge of my second son his older brother gave him my contact lens holder to chew on while i was in the kitchen. The topp popped off and he swallowed one of the lenses. I had to phone the doctor on call for advice which unfortunately was his doctor. She told me it would pass through without causing him any harm and i should be able to retrieve the lens next day. I came home from work the next day to a pile of nappies to search through to find it (back in the old days when the lenses cost a small fortune) Luckily the lens he'd swallowed was one i had on loan from the opticians while my scratched one was being sorted so after finding it i cleaned it up and returned it. Needless to say i omitted to tell them where it had been