in saying that I am the worst mum. Ever.

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DD burnt herself tonight I'd put my bowl of soup on the table and was going to get DP's dinner. I thought I'd put my bowl out of reach but obviously it wasn't far enough over and she pulled it onto her hand She screamed so loud. DP and I put her hand under the tap, nearly knocking all the dishes off the draining board in the process (not that we were bothered, obv.) I bf her and she settled down a bit. Took her to the walk in and she's fine, thank God. It may blister but probably not, and I just have to put vaseline on it frequently. I feel like an absolute shitty stupid twat though Every time I hear the horrible, growly screaming in my head I start crying again. I couldn't feel guiltier. My poor little DD has a red burn on her little baby thumb and it's all my fault

When Dd1 was a baby we were staying in a hotel in France and every evening we asked for a pot of boiling water to warm her milk. One evening as we were getting her ready for her bath I warmed her milk as usual and then went to tip the water down the sink but the lid flew off the teapot and the water went all down DD's back. I was mortified but luckily we put her straight under the cold tap and unbelievably the water never left a mark. 8 years on though and whenever she gets out of a warm bath she always has a vivd red mark on her bottom where the water originally spilt.

You have my sympathies. My DP was a bit of an a**e about it when (on the walk down a muddy track on bonfire night) I fell over a pothole with ds in his sling and his face was bruised and grazed. He acted as though he was keeping ds away from me as I was clearly a danger to him . It is very unfair to do this as the guilt you feel when you hurt your own child is enough without others sticking the knife in. Luckily I told my mum and unlike my DP she was very sympathetic and had her own horror/guilt stories to share.

charchar, honestly, the vaseline is just not necessary at all

you don't have to do anything to the burn

the best thing is just to keep it clean and dry

Oh I know that one oneyummymummy. The other night DD was asleep in bed with me and catapulted out of bed in her sleep onto her face. I have no idea how or why she did it but it was horrible. AlexanderPandasmum that's awful, you really don't need people making you feel worse when something like that happens. Accidents do happen. I nearly tipped DD out of the sling once when I was tightening it up, luckily she was caught by the highchair tray Am feeling a bit better after cake and crisps

i know how you feel ds got burnt by an iron when we were on holiday a few years ago. i put it on the floor to cool down, went for a shower and didn't hear them come back early. he ran straight into it. felt like a horrible mum. your dd will be fine try 100% aloe vera gel for the burn. absolutely brilliant stuff. it moisturises as well as cools burns and forms a kind of barrier. as an alternative my mum always had an aloe vera plant in the kitchen for burns and so do i.

vaseline = bad - it exacerbates the burn. Use savlon, acriflex, lavender oil, calendula cream - any of those would be better. Lavender is excellent to prevent blistering. Have you got any Aftersun? that you would use after sunburn - that would be ok as well.

Thanks for those tips, I think I've got calendula cream and aloe vera gel so I'll give them a go. It looks more like a scald than a bad burn luckily. She was back to chewing on it (teething) again 15 minutes after she did it so it can't have hurt that much. That of course convinced me that it was so bad her skin had gone numb Not one to panic me, no! She's tucked up in bed now still so hopefully she'll get a bit of rest. Between illness, bad teething and accidents recently the poor child hasn't had a break.