To leave visiting child hysterical in the conservatory till he calms himself down.

[sunburntats]

He fell out of the trampoline cos they didnt zip it up. (they normally do this without bieng told)

He was screaming his head off. I cuddled him, asked where he had hurt himself...no marks, nothing.
Ok me thinks, he has shocked himself....more high pitched ear splitting screamig the street down.

More cuddles/soothing/calming words.....louder screaching.
So
I said through the screaming....when you feel better, come and find me and we will talk.
I pulled the door to, and left him.

2 mins later, screaming abated, he wandered into the kitchen, told me he hurt his neck...no marks, not one...so cold compress given, DVD put on, all calm.

Felt terrible leaving him, BUT could not communicate with him at all.

He was SO dramatic, and ott.
he is 6 btw.

Its a bit of a minefield, other peoples kids isnt it?!
so, was i?

Next time dc's are using trampoline remind them of this and the importance of keeping safe. Sometimes they learn the hard way. Glad no lasting damage.

So being medically trained you would then be aware that more accidents happen to children involving trampolines than anything else in the summer holidays. Therefore allowing children on a trampoline without you actually being there to check they had done the zip up would be .....................................

If they usually do up the zip then what's to supervise. Children can play unsupervised and accidents happen regardless. All a bit cotton wool kids imho

Thanks guys, think that the majority think i did ok in this circumstance.

Those who dont, i dont think that you have read all of my answers.

The majority on the thread thus far think YABU...

I still dont understand WHY you posted this!

Sorry, because I could ask this question of so many aibu threads but this one has particularly made me wonder why.

Incident happens, you're happy with how you dealt with it, outcome is fine, no-one said you had done anything wrong, so its just one of those little nothing incidents that happen all the time. All that I follow but what is the point of this thread?

...and it cant be just to get different perspectives on it, because you've dismissed the (majority of) posters who have a different view to yours as wrong.

get rid of the trampoline

that is my advice

ignore it if you like

< expects to see lots more trampoline-related incidents this summer hols >

I think you did the right thing.

I cannot understand what all the fuss is about. He fell, you checked he was ok, you comforted him and left him for a couple of minutes to calm himself down.

He is fine.

Mind you I wouldnt have one of those bloody trampolines if you paid me.

AND the OP is a little odd (I mean the post,not the person).

I make it at least 9 YABUs to about 4 who think what you did was ok so don't know why you think the majority agree with you?

good post, mutt

ALso, that drip drip drip really pisses people off "but I'm medically trained" "I could see them through the window" as if we're somehow supposed to guess that stuff from the OP

yes agree with the AIBU by stealth. 'he's practically family, i've known him since he was 3 months' makes a huge difference in decisions about how to react to this kind of sitch.

He was probably very frightend at falling off the trampoline, So yes you were being unreasonable to leave him.You should have reassured him more and made sure that he was all right

I would not have left a crying child alone,i would have sat down in the same room until he had calmed down.

If i was to walk in on that situation involving one of my children i would be severely pissed off.

im cringing - seen some very horrible trampoline related accidents. not all apparent at first glance (or scream) either!

hate the bloody things so dont have one! baa humbug....

In future go out with them when they get on the trampoline and make sure it is zipped up.

Oh FFS what if it rained hammers? the child was perfectly all right one he had finished yelling (and the OP spent some time comforing and cheking him anyway), showing no symptoms of serious head injury, and some kds (and some adults) scream themselves into pant-filling frenzy if they prick their fingers.

Necks are vulnerable parts of the body.