AIBU to wait on steps with my injured child outside flats?

[Mammababa4]

So this morning I was meeting a friend in central London with my 4 children for breakfast then to go to a museum. My children are 7, 5, 3 and newborn.
While walking from the station to the breakfast spot my 5 year old little girl fell over, she had a bloody knee and twisted her ankle, I called my friend to ask if she could come meet us with some plasters and help me carry DD back to the station as she wasn’t going to be able to walk around a museum, my friend said sure and she would be there in 10 minutes.
DD was really struggling to put weight on her ankle so I sat her down on the steps of an apartment building. It had double doors and DD is only small so she wasn’t taking up the whole steps.

First 2 people came out, I apologised they were fine and went off to stand at the side. Then another man came out, and I told DD to bring her hand in so he didn’t step on it, but before DD got a chance he stood on her hand, she’s fine but obviously it really hurt. The man immediately swore in French (maybe thinking I don’t speak any French), then told me to move her from the steps. One of the people who had come out before came over and apologised for his swearing and told him to leave it, he was clearly angry though.
I explained to them DD is injured im waiting for a friend and we won’t be long.
A few minutes later another 3 came down clearly part of the same group I was trying to make sure all the kids stayed away from the road while comforting DD. As they open the door I said oh watch we are here. Again they told me she shouldn’t be sat there, so I explained again. None the less the man from early came back over to tell me I was being selfish and inconsiderate but the rest of his group seemed to shuffle him along. Two of them came back and asked if they could help/apologised for the man’s behaviour but said they could help me move DD around the corner where there is a small park/garden with benches. I declined as I didn’t feel comfortable with a stranger carrying DD. The man who had a very strong accent then muttered something about it being inconsiderate for me to keep blocking the door when I’d be offered helped but they walked away.

WIBU?

OP clearly explained why it was an accident

the OP did say it wasn't intentional to be fair

I'm sorry but you sound absolutely pathetic. You were blocking the entrance to their home and you child was literally stood on yet when they were nice enough to offer to help you move to somewhere much more considerate you "didn't like the thought". Fgs. It is vanishing unlikely that they offered that so they could abuse her in some way. Good grief.

Such a shitty way to talk to someone, particularly an overwhelmed new mother who already took all the advice on board. Does it make you feel special?

It's over and done with. Why on earth are you worrying about it now? You did what you could at the time. Forget it, you can't change it.

Also first aid things and equally important, safety reins.

In your situation OP l would have let the kind stranger carry your DD to the bench, do you think he would have acted inappropriately in front of you ? Bizarre.

You sound very dramatic and your DD sounds as though she is copying your dramatic ways

You're a brave mum,4 little ones is a lot to handle in London.
I hope you are all OK now x

The OP refused an offer of help to move her child somewhere safer for some reason.

Yes this is what i picked up

None of us would get through life with with four young children without stepping on other people's toes sometimes, OP. It will happen, and it will be fine so long as you all reach home safe and (relatively) unscathed. Don't give up trying to do stuff with them, you'll get a feel for what works and what doesn't and kids with lots of siblings deserve to have adventures too.

And don't always assume you or your DC are in the wrong either. Some people get grumpy at children merely because they exist and take up space. Yes, you probably were in this particular scenario, but people will still get at you even when your kids are doing nothing wrong. I was out with my two yesterday and they were behaving very well and standing nicely chatting while we were queuing and someone had the nerve to say crossly to me "can you move those kids out the way?" Out the way of WHAT? They were just waiting quietly in the queue like everyone else, none of us were going anywhere.

I live in a private block of flats in a (much smaller) city centre. Sure we’ve had problems like you describe. And yet, amazingly, it wouldn’t stop me realising that someone was genuine and could do with some help. Maybe on account of me not being an arsehole. As for accusing someone of trespassing if they sat on our steps….don't be ridiculous!