my daughter has burnt herself

[waitingforsomething]

I just need traffic - dd age 3 just put 2 fingers on the hob- she has got little blisters the size of her fingerprint on these two. Her hand is submerged in icy water but she has been screaming and crying for 45 mins. I can't get her to cuddle me, eat even a bit of junk, watch peppa, she's just screaming in shock and probably pain.
I've got a baby ds I can't get hold of dh and my mum is at the cinema. Somebody help me I'm panicking about her and I don't know what to do

[Mammabear31]

Glad she's okay OP. DS (2) pulled a hot cup of tea onto himself earlier in the year. Was bloody horrific and luckily he only had superficial burns on his arm (had a long sleeved top on) and it looked a lot worse than it was. He had to have a bandage from armpit to wrist for a week, with regular cleans and redressing but It healed very quickly and now you can't see anything. DH & I felt absolutely awful for so long but it happened so quickly....and now DS won't go near a mug!!

[cate16]

See, you're a good mum!
Accidents happen, and you got it sorted promptly :) :) :)

[specialsubject]

thanks for update, good news. If you get through childhood without an A and E trip you are doing very well!!

can I suggest a first aid course too, they don't take long and you can often get them cheap or even free. An essential life skill for everyone.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Oh that's good to read your update this morning waiting
Great to hear she's doing so well
Well done to you for getting it in water and then asking for advice etc.

[waitingforsomething]

Thanks so much everyone for giving your time for advice yesterday. Dh got home quickly and I took dd to A and E - she calmed down when she saw him a bit. They saw her quickly, said id done the right things and they just dressed it as burns are not deep and said to have it checked over with gp in a week. It was such an awful shock and I felt so bad that I hadn't taken better care, but I see from all your stories that accidents happen and she is chipper this morning and stuffing her face with Cheerios as as special treat!

[LikeASoulWithoutAMind]

How is she now OP? Hope you are both OK.

[Thatpoorpig]

Op please don't blame yourself or feel like a bad mum. When I was 7 I poured a kettle of boiling water over my arm giving myself 2nd degree burns but I was left with no scar or damage at all, you would never know anything happened.

They will take care of her At a&we and she will be fine

[cakedup]

I second the cling film around the fingers. I did exactly the same thing as your dd - put my fingers on a lit hob to check if it was on or not and the cling film (plastic bag in my case cos I didn't have any) wrapped tightly round completely and immediately eliminated the pain!

I did however wake myself up in the night by scratching my face with plastic bag fingers and jumping out of bed in fright because I thought my fingers had turned to plastic.

[SistersOfPercy]

I did it as an adult with a lightbulb, fuck me did that hurt. The end of the fingers are so sensitive I had tears in my eyes myself for an hour.
Can't begin to imagine how it must feel with tiny fingers.

You arent a bad mum BTW. A bad mum wouldn't be asking for advice. You always blame yourself but really, don't. Hope she's all OK now and tucked up in bed.

[RedWineLush]

DS burnt his finger pads on the oven age 1. He also screamed for ages. We took him to the minor injuries unit and they used jellnet stuff and saw him every day for a week to change the bandages. They were fab. Don't give yourself a hard time, she will be fine.

[lunar1]

I hope you've got on ok at a&e.

[ALemonyPea]

Hope you're at A&E being seen and your DD is ok.

[ThreeLeggedCat]

My son did this, with all 5 fingers on the one hand. We took him to A&E. They will bandage to prevent infection, and check that the burns are not too deep (which would need something else, not sure what as our son's weren't that deep).

You are not the world's worst parent. My DH was stood with him, said "X don't touch the hob" turned round to put something in the sink and that's when DS burnt himself. It happens, look after yourself too. My DH was so worried that people would blame him, and not one person did - all the ladies at his work told him all the stories of when they'd done the same or worse.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

The water will have done a lot of good I think OP
When DH gets home take her to A&E or similar for medical attention - cling film might be an idea?
Park the guilt to take best care of your DD

[icecreamcrackers]

Ive just done my first akd at work course and they said all burns to hands need to be seen plus the water should be cold runni g water not water in a cup etc

[TempusEedjit]

Absolutely no cream as it seals in the heat (the walk in centre told me off for this when I badly scalded my leg recently). With hindsight they were definitely right!

[ghostyslovesheep]

clean it gently with a clean towel, wrap in clingfilm - go to A+E just to be sure

also give her calpol

You are not the worst parent - I had to take DD3 for a burnt hand when I pored gravy over it so I win that one!

But don't use iced water - it can hurt and cause shock - tepid cool water is best xxx

[OverScentedFanjo]

Lightly cover with the cling film, don't tightly wrap it round.

[TheWrathofNaan]

Happened to my little one too. All was fine and we still talk about her touching the hob to see if it was hot eight years later!!!

[LikeASoulWithoutAMind]

You're not a bad mum, this stuff happens. You might be in shock yourself though, I know when my ds scalded himself (backed into me when I was holding a fresh cup of hot coffee, spilled a couple of teaspoons of coffee at most) I was a shaky wreck.

I'm sure she'll be OK but you're doing the right thing getting her checked. In the meantime, have you spoken to the NHS on 111? I'd give her some Calpol or Neurofen as well.

[mrsjanedoe]

as above, in such cases:

tepid water for AT LEAST 20 minutes
NO cream!
then cover with cling film
Seek medical assistance asap

give calpol/nurofen to take edge of pain

Accidents happen, they don't make you a bad mum! Good luck

[BalaRua]

You certainly aren't the worst mum in the world. These things happen. Big hugs and hope your dd is ok (I'm sure she will be) x

[Redberrypie]

Please don't feel like you're the worlds worst parent, we have all been there. Accidents happen.

[pinkisthenewpink]

I guess the other thing you could do is phone them and explain the situation, or phone a pharmacist for advice?