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Oh God, ds1 has just phoned emergency services on the mobile...

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GeorginaA · 28/11/2004 17:10

... dh stupidly gave him the mobile to play with and ds1 managed to dial 112 through the number lock.

Switched it off, but now what do I do... phone back and apologise? Wait to see if they call back? Are we going to have a police car outside our door in the next ten minutes?!

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KangaMummy · 28/11/2004 17:13

I would ring again as they may think that something has happened and that your mobile cut out.

they will not be cross

acer · 28/11/2004 17:13

My ds did this once on our home phone, luckily he hadn't put it down, so I apologised and they told me to put the phone down and wait 10 seconds before making a phone call, my sis inlaws ds did it once and a policeman turned up! I would wait and see if they phone back, don't worry this must happen quite alot.

Freckle · 28/11/2004 17:19

DS2 once called the fire brigade deliberately. We'd told him off and sent him to his room and he thought the fire brigade would rescue him! Just think what I felt when the door bell rang (I had no idea DS2 had called) and there stood 5 hunky firemen .

Fortunately, they were OK about it, but we had to have strong words with DS2 about calling the emergency services.

lima · 28/11/2004 17:27

I don't know about mobiles, but if you dial 999 on a land line the line says open even if you hang up. Try switching the mobile on and see if the line is still open

bensmum3 · 28/11/2004 19:58

my ds (17 months) managed to do this on our land line on friday, dh had left the phone within reach, i was cooking and saw he had the phone, walked across the kitchen and heard a voice, the operator asked me to confirm we did'nt need the emergency services..
Let us know GeorginaA, did a hunky policeman come and rescue you ?

WideWebWitch · 28/11/2004 20:00

My ds did this when he was about 2, from a land line, and they were quite cross. With MIL, who had him at the time though, not me!

Twiglett · 28/11/2004 20:02

what happened then G?

A toddler once pushed my panic alarm and it was good to see the police response does come within the 3 minutes promised .. they were fine about it

miggy · 28/11/2004 20:04

dd did this too on a landline. She was about 2 and dh was supposed to be looking after her while I was in the bath. The phone rang and I answered it and it was the police checking my address details and asking if we were ok because a call had been made. I explained that it was dd accidentally dialling the number and apologised profusely but he gave me a real lecture about how they were about to scramble the emergency helicopter etc (yeah-really believe that one!), felt like I was the 2 yr old-boy was DH in trouble

JanH · 28/11/2004 20:05

The trouble is - with landline calls, I didn't know about 112 - they picked on 999 in the bad old days of dial phones because it was the least likely number for a small child to be able to dial by accident (and 0 would just get you the operator).

As that no longer applies maybe they should come up with a new one? Other countries don't have 999.

misdee · 28/11/2004 20:12

i have switched my warden call system off. nor safe with kids about. we switch it on if dh is by himself.

Furball · 28/11/2004 20:21

DS (3) about a year ago at my Mum and Dads got hold of their phone and dialled 999 accidently then put the phone down. They traced the call and rang back completely confusing my dad who didn't know DS had rung. It was only afterwards we realised what must have happened. Seems to be a suprisingly common occurence judging by this and other threads. I wonder what the actually total is?

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GeorginaA · 28/11/2004 22:11

Nothing happened.. although thinking about it, when I took the phone off him I said something along the lines of "what have you managed to do to daddy's phone... oh no, you've dialled emergency services!" then hung up, so presumably bloke on the other end heard that and realised it wasn't an emergency!

Am reassured that it's a common occurrence even though I still feel lousy for wasting their time.

BTW, according to dh who has just been on a first aid course, 112 is the best one to phone (not 999) as it takes you straight through to your local dispatch not the national emergency operator. This is according to the red cross nurse, anyway.

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misdee · 28/11/2004 22:33

yup thats true GA. learnt that on my 1st aid course as well. had to use a few weeks later when dd1 fell on a dolls house stnad and needed stitches.

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