SIL furious niece cut her knee.

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So I was baby sitting DN 13 months for the first time. We were playing in the garden, she has started toddling about so only walking a few steps at a time. She was playing with my DD 3 years and she's tripped and scraped her knee. Just a normal little scrape, didn't even cry and laughed her head off when we put a special princess plaster on.

Well SIL collected her and is furious. She says I should have watched her more closely as she isn't walking properly yet and this is the first time she had been injured and it was when I was watching her so maybe I shouldn't babysit again. She is also upset that I didn't ring her when it happened.

Now for me it's not a big deal so I didn't even think to ring, that being said I have a 3 year old who is permanently covered in scrapes and bruises so maybe my opinion is a bit skewed.

Was I really unreasonable? I am gutted that she thinks I wasnt supervising properly.

Well either your sister in law is going to learn to be more laid back, or her poor daughter is going to have a miserable childhood.

Precious first born

If she's that precious about it don't babysit again- imagine if it was a proper cut or scrape? Kids hurt themselves all the time, it's not balanced blaming you, don't help again, and don't give it a second thought.

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As is sometimes the case here on MN, first post nails it.

This. SIL should come round…

Also this.

My SIL (who is lovely and younger than me and had no kids at the time) was watching my DS when he was a toddler, literally for 5 minutes, and he ran headfirst into the table or something and got a massive goose egg bump on his head. She was devastated. But toddlers do what toddlers do - wasn’t her fault and I never suggested it was. In fact she was way more upset about it than I was and said recently (DS is now 10!) she still feels bad about it.

Now she has her own toddler, and thankfully he’s not quite walking yet, so not at the injury stage, but I’m hoping she remembers that day when the inevitable happens to my nephew too! Accidents happen!