To feel like the worlds WORST mother?

[pyjamaparty1]

Ds is 2, this morning he was stood on my hoover in the kitchen trying to get something off the side. I said to him 'get down from there before you fall and hurt yourself' and with that the hoover (Henry to be precise) moved and ds fell off, his leg landed all twisted and he screamed for a few mins then stopped crying, he sat on the sofa for the rest of the afternoon happy and content but wouldn't move, I tried to stand him up to no avail! By the time dh came home I decided to take ds to minor injuries, turns out he's broken his leg and now I can't help but feel guilt :-( I feel guilty for having my hoover out where he could climb on it, I feel guilty for leaving him so long before getting it looked at, I feel guilty for him having to wear a cast I literally just want to cry my eyes out. I just feel like the worlds worst mother at the moment!

Don't blame yourself, blame Henry. I've always thought he was a malevolent little shit behind that sunny smile

😂😂😂

I broke my arm when I was 10 and was told to go out and play and not make a fuss. 2 days later I went to A&E and had a cast for six weeks.

4 days after getting mine in a cast we went on holiday and my brother fell off the top bunk and 'hurt' his arm. Saw GP who said it was fine. Got home a week later and he went to A&E. Bad break.

So we were both in casts and everyone looked at my mum like she was a child abuser (she was, but that's not relevant to this)

The worst was that it was the summer hols and there was so much we couldn't do and we never got to miss any school.

Cheer up OP, it's all part and parcel of having children. I have spent long hours of my life in A&E when my lot were small, particularly with my reckless daughter.

Like PP say this will be a family story one day!!

My brother was such a miserable, whiney, moany toddler that it took his arm swelling for my parents to take him to A&E where a broken arm was confirmed (they always say he was just his usual self and they never knew how he broke his arm!!)

This was 35 years ago!!

Oh no, you mustn't feel bad. It's one of those freakish accidents that just happen with kids. He was just unlucky in how he fell. DH got her arm stuck in the slats of a dining room chair yesterday - after I had said, "stop mucking about with that chair, you'll fall off it". She gets off the chair and seems to be just standing there innocently, then next thing, "muuumm my arm is stuuckkk!" She's fine - just a wee bruise. Except now I am stuck Googling safety covers for chairs...

...I mean't "DD". Cannot type today.

We missed a broken arm. Ds was fine, bit sore went to sleep still bit sore next day and yep it was broken

Yabu!! Ds1 broke his leg when he was 3 - I took him to kids A&E - it was x-rayed, he was examined- nurse said just a sprain "get him up and walking on it" - next day radiologist called and said there was a break and to go to fracture clinic. It was healed within 6 weeks but he was in a full leg cast completely non-weight bearing.

We've all been there, he'll be back on his feet before you know it, don't beat yourself up!! A bad mother wouldn't care less!

My DS has his foot put in cast around this age - fireman's pole accident at nursery. DS loved having a cast and was also casting his demands (doctors thought he was faking the broken foot as x-ray showed nothing but wanted not to risk it). He had a lovely time with his orders - always remember the Mummy I would like a hot chocolate and for you to bake me some cakes, some served warm and some served cold. He also insisted we did a lot of cuddling on the sofa and once back at nursery was loving showing the other kids. He laughs about it now.

My son hurt his foot going down a slide in soft play. We went home as he was crying about it. I honestly didn't think it could be broken so when my husband came home 2 hours later we took him to a&e. He wasn't crying in pain but just wouldn't walk on it. I felt guilty when they found a green stick fracture. Bless him. He recovered pretty quickly to be honest. Don't be so hard on yourself. We live and learn.

My then 1 year old got his face pierced (he fell on a piece of metal I didn't know was there). I took him to A&E and there was another lady in the kids area and I always remember her kindly saying ""I've got 5 kids, you can do your very best and they will try better to hurt themselves". You took him in after you had observed him for a good amount of time, he wasn't crying etc - you did exactly the right thing. You're a good mum x