HELP ME PLEASE! I'm such a bad mum :(

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DS is 11 months old, Had a cup of tea on the coffee table and he knocked it over, it fell away from him but his hands went into to and a bit went on his chest.

I held his hands in cold water and rubbed water on his chest, His hands and his chest are now covered in sudo cream.

His hands look okay and his chest has got a red bit on it.

PLEASE i need advice, Help me.

What do i do?

:( I'm such a terrible Mum, I just dont know what else to do.

He is now splashing in the cold water.

You are not a terrible mum, accidents happen. Have no advice but I hope you both feel better x

You are NOT a bad Mum. I would put some ice on his chest and hand on and off for the next 30 mins. Do you have any silverdene cream or burn cream?

You have done the right thing and there will be no marks on him tomorrow. Just don't worry about it.

Get a cold, wet flannel on the burnt bits.

How bad are the burns? Are they very red/blistering? TBH if he seems happy enough then I'd say it's a very minor burn and he'll be fine.

You are not a bad mum, it could happen to anyone, it's just bad luck. You must have got a terrible fright but there's no real harm done.

For future reference you're better off forgetting about the sudo crem and just putting cold water on the burn.

Just to say don't use ice as that can damage skin that's been burned, just cold water or a cold flannel.

Awww don't be so hard on yourself, its easily done. Stick something frozen on it if needs be but if he seems ok and it wasn't a lot them I'm sure he will he fine.

Didn't know that cailin

The exact same thing happened to me and DD when she was about 2
If the tea was just made - as it wad in my case put affected bits in cold water he will scream place down at this for at least 20 mins I did this whilst on phone to NHzs direct who said go to a and e a s a p
They were fab saw us straight away my dd chest was red no blistering.
There is something re if the mark is bigger than a 50p you need to get it checked
Hope this helps
You are nit a terrible mum btw

He seems fine in himself.

The burns are red, No blisters. :(

Your DS will be fine. By the time the tea is in the cup, with milk in, it is not hot enough to do any severe damage.

But please, people, it is a scald, not a burn! Fire burns, water scalds.

Sorry for typos was trying to write quickly
If he is happy splashing then probably he is ok!

Vitamin E cream is really good for scalds if it leaves any kind of mark. Don't panic or beat yourself up. These things happen and he's clearly fine if he's happily splashing about in the bath.

bigger than a 50p is the guidelines in being seen, but hard to judge without seeing it, try not to feel bad though, although easier said then done.

My DS pulled a cup of freshly made tea onto himself before it had the milk in, must have been about 18 months or so? Went on his chin neck chest arms hands, we chucked him in kitchen sink and threw cold water on him for at least ten mins, he didn't understand why but luckily there were 2 of us there and one did the comforting the other did the water. Took him to a and e when finished with the water, by the time we got in there and I explained what had happened they asked to see it, so I laid him on the bed and would you believe there was not a mark on him...think they thought I was a loony!! So it wasn't as bad as I thought, but we were very lucky. And I know that was a chance used up. needless to say nothing like that has happened in my house since and I pray it never does again!

Hope your DS is ok now. Don't beat yourself up about it unnecessarily, but please don't ever forget it.

Your not a bad mum, accidents happen. Please do not put any cream on it, and agree if its bigger than a 50p needs to be checked.

Ideally cold running water, 10 cm above the burn site and for at least 10 mins. If skin is red and unbroken.

Don't beat yourself up too badly about it, accidents do happen, and in the grand scheme of things, this one wasn't really that bad x

drink wine for shock ( you, not baby)

Just to echo you are not a bad mum, accidents do happen. This summer my ds (who is 3) flipped over slightly in the pool on holiday and got pushed down by his stupid rubber ring. He was right next to me but I was chatting to another little girl who was playing. He was 'saved' by her mum and was thankfully fine, just shook up. I felt so and at myself, especially as my own Mum had warned me about rubber rings when I brought it.

Gag "bought" before AmIStill comes back.

I roundhouse kicked DS in the head, and on to a 1970s sharp-edged wooden bedside table when he was 13 months. I was answering the phone in my mother's bedroom and reaching across, and when I'd finished I rolled over and tried to stand up really briskly to get back to him - he'd followed me in and I hadn't seen him. It was terrible, he had a scar on his chin for months. [embarrassed]

We all do it. At least, I hope we do. And it feels like the worst thing ever - you'd so rather it was you, wouldn't you?

Erm, not hoping everyone's babies are hurt! Just hoping that I am not a worse mother than everyone else. (Poorly phrased, there.)

Awwww your not a rubbish mum, it was an accident

Please, please don't beat yourself up, you're not a bad mum. It was an accident, they happen (thats why we have accident and emergency)

amistillsexy, thats not true. My son pulled a fresh cup over himself at 29 months. It got his face, arm, stomach chest and leg. We put him straight under a running cold tap for half an hour and it still blistered. He had burn dressings changed every day for 2 weeks, and had to wear a protective vest for a while after while it all healed. The damage it did surprised me. We're very lucky that he didn't scar

WRT ice - it's ok to put ice on burned skin if it's wrapped in a teatowel but it's slight overkill and very harsh on the sufferer. Don't put ice directly on the skin as it can stick and pull the damaged skin off which is obviously not good.

Cold running water is the best thing to use.