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This morning dd(7) was arsing about brushing her teeth and after telling her to do it properly a couple of times I told her I was going to do it. She was being v uncooperative and wouldn't stay still, whining etc. I was getting more and more frustrated and cross and then at some point in the proceedings I realised there was blood coming out of her mouth! She said "my tooth!" and I realised I had actually brushed her wobbly front tooth out! And because she was in such a frazzle she swallowed the bloody thing.

The worst part was when dd1 walked in and saw the blood and said "what have you done to her?"

A cuddle, some cash for the tooth and admiring her new gap in the mirror sent her off to school smiling but I still feel awful that I did that!

What's the worst thing you have inadvertantly done to your child?

Probably the time I walked tiny baby dd into a brick wall. She was so new that I had yet to grasp the concept that, with her in my arms, I required more clearance. It was her head that smacked into the wall. I had nightmares. Dd seems fine now, 9 years later.

I have also knocked dds tooth out! We were in Wagamamas and she said it was hurting. So I asked her to come and stand by me so I could have a look. I slightly poked it with my finger and pushed it out! Dd was a bit surprised but ok, but the WORST bit was I then felt faint from the blood and had to lie down on the wooden bench!

Ah don't feel too bad.

I remember when ds1 was about 2yo when I was carrying him home when a bee started flying around us so I automatically used ds1 as a weapon to bat the bee away, now 11 years later he won't let me forget it. I've also fallen onto ds1, again when he was about 2 and scarred his foot.

I'm such a horrible mam!

I was carrying my jar of moisturiser along with some other things and stepped over dd who was lying on the floor whilst dh changed her nappy. Lost my grip on glass jar of moisturiser which hit her on the forehead. She screamed, I instantly felt nauseous. She just wanted cuddles from daddy as mommy was clearly not fit to be around a small child! I felt horrendous. No damage done luckily.

OOps OP.

I shut my DS's fingers in the boot when he was about 3, when I opened it after dropping the keys they were pointing upwards! Luckily at that age they are soft and malable so they went back into place.

I'd also just come back from sainsburys so a huge slab of chocolate cake made me nice mummy again!

Don't worry I have worse stories. Anything not resulting in hospital admission is not worth worrying about.

Dd1 Shut her fingers in the door. Had to have damaged fingere nails removed under GA.

Dd2 - I left immersion on all day, should be put on for half an hour max for hot water emergencies. water in taps consequently so scalding hot her skin all over hand and wrist just peeled off luckily didn't require a skin graft. 40 year old ish hot water tank assuming modern immersion heaters have a fail safe for this, it was v difficult trying to explain our antiquated heating system to the doctors in hospital.

Both dds were under 2 at the time and I was distraught.

Thanks all - knew I could confess here!

GeorgianMum I can just imagine how awful you must have felt I did similar with dd1 - she was a big strong newborn and once when I was going through a door with her she flung herself backwards and smacked her head off the frame.

After dd calmed down today I said "well that was quite a dramatic way to lose you tooth wasn't it?" and she said "what does dramatic mean Mummy?" so at least she learned a new worrd before school.

I've done that walk new baby into a wall thing as well. I once bashed dd2s head on walls and door frames in our narrow corridors about 4times in one week, you'd think ice have learnt first time.

I did the bashing new baby into a wall thing.

I threw a 6 hour old Ds2 into the air. I forgot he wouldn't weigh what Ds1 did, my arms went up too quickly. I caught him though

Sorry for typos - not concentrating in my rush to post.

Keep the confessions coming....although you are reminding me of more things I've done. I shut ds' fingers in the door hinge when he was about 2 - he was going out of the room and I shut the door behind him, it wouldn't shut for some reason so I pushed again then heard the scream. I still shudder when I think about it. I hope my children will fogive me.

This morning I whipped a t shirt out of the draw and spun round which kept the momentum of the t shirt going, straight into ds's face. It caught him on the eyelid. I felt awful and he said "why did you hit me?!" He was not happy with me but eventually accepted that it was an accident. Thankfully his eye is fine! I think I have bashed both children into the door frame before whilst carrying them as babies.

A doula friend of mine fell downstairs with her 14 month old daughter in her arms. Daughter's leg broken

Moose I know someone whose son tripped her while she was carrying toddler and she landed on top of the toddler and broke her leg. indeed.

I tried to entertain 1 year old DS in a restaurant by making paper planes. I sent one flying and it landed directly in his eye .

Ds totally milked it.

I opened a door into DSS1s face. His nose was level with the handle and there was blood everywhere. I'd only been dating DH a few months and had only just met his kids!

I still feel awful when I think about it.

I've shut ds fingers in door too, he didn't cry straight away so I pulled the door again, not realizing it was his poor fingers stopping it closing, he cried then!

Threw DD into a ceiling fan and fractured her skull.
Allowed her to jump into a swimming pool fully clothed around 18 months old.
Watched in horror as she fell off the top of a slide
Smacked her full in the face with a swing ball bat
So many horror stories, so little time

Argh I was carrying DD as a tiny baby when I walked into a waist high bollard cos I just couldn't see it with her in my arms. Stupidly in my shock I dropped her! I was mortified but as we were about 100 yards from the village surgery I took her straight in and asked to get her checked by a doctor. He was a bit incredulous that I'd just been walking along and then dropped her, but thankfully she was fine!

When DS1 was about 2 we were out in a park and I picked him up from behind,under his arms to spin him around.
He started to slip out of his coat, he fell flat on his back onto the ground and left me still holding his coat.
We were spinning too fast to suddenly stop.
Bit of a shock for him, but one of those funny memories I won't forget!

My mum and her friend tied string round my wobbly tooth and then tied the string to the lounge door handle, before slamming said door! Was over in a flash but so scary, I was only just 5!! Mum still finds it hilarious now, 15 + years later!

I've scarred ds3s head

We were playing this game where I was tickling with his toy brush, he got up and went to run (he was under 2) and tripped over the brush/his own feet and split his had open on the tv stand. One trip to A&E and one had glued he still has the 1cm scar three years on.

My mum accidentally stabbed me in the face with a kitchen knife.

I don't ever forget to bring it up now.

Hit 6mo DS in the face with his highchair.

DH dropped him in a boating lake. I say dropped, DH swears he ran in chasing some geese, either way DS went into a lake on DHs watch not mine.

He's had several coats with stiff zips which suddenly come unstuck mid-zip so we've both accidentally punched him on the chin when our hand comes flying off

Left my purse in reach and he ate a pound coin, to be fair though we thought he'd eaten three.

He's 3yo now and in one piece but he's a rough and tumble sort anyway. DD is 18mo and has escaped completely unscathed so far probably because we made all our mistakes with DS

Dropped 1yo DS onto the swivel base of a chair. He needed to have his scalp glued back together in A&E and still has the scar. I still feel guilty.

The worst I've done to DD is (touch wood) drop a potato onto the top of her head while I was making dinner, but there's time for more as she's only 9mo.

Poor little baby heads.