Hurt my daughter accidentally, feel so so bad

[foreverinadaze]

Early yesterday evening my dd fell outside and cut her nose and her lip. As lip wounds do it bled for an age and finally stopped
Her nose is a little bruised and scraped
We had a cuddle and all better now
She's 16 months old and.nappy changes are like wrestling a crocodile. She screams and flails and acts like this is the worst thing ever
So I had to do her nappy early hours because she had wet through her pyjamas and sleep sack. This was about 4am and I stupidly thought I could do it in the dark to not wake her up fully. She started thrashing and screaming as usual with nappy changed and in the dark I caught her lip with my wedding ring and it started bleeding everywhere again
This made her scream more
We had cuddles and she's fast asleep on me but I feel awful. Can't look at her without guilt and crying
Will she remember this? Will it make her scared of me?
I'm so worried

Ah OP dont worry. I think it's totally normal to feel completely awful but honestly we have all been there and they dont remember. It was a total accident. The real reflection of you as a parent is that you immediately comforted her and made her feel safe and secure - that's what she will remember.

In the nicest possible way, don’t be ridiculous. Think back to being little - how many inconsequential childhood injuries do you remember at all, much less feel scared of people for?

No she won’t remember. And no she won’t be scared of you.
I fell while carrying DD1 when she was a similar age, she went flying out of my arms and scraped her wee face ending up with a nasty gravel burn/graze up her cheek and eyebrow. She looked awful for a few weeks, but healed up fine and has absolutely no memory of that incident!

We were in a and e in October when she fell out of her cot. She fell yesterday and used her face to break her fall must be a face thing

I just hate seeing her upset especially when I caused it. You are right. She probably will forget it when she wakes up

I fell over with toddler dd in my arms. Tbh I don't think she was really hurt, more shocked than anything else. It was outside nursery and one of the nursery nurses came out and helped us up. The staff were all so kind as I was blubbing.
I sort of twisted as I fell and I think I took most of the impact.
They told me she was fine and to go to work and they would look after her.
I phoned loads that day, checking she was ok (she was fine).
Work were lovely as I burst into tears (again) when I got there.
Everyone in the office told me their stories of accidentally injuring dcs to make me feel better.
Unfortunately these things happen, please don't beat yourself up.

I pulled my 4 year old daughter’s chair out from the table for her to get down after dinner. I must have pulled it too quickly because she was holding on to the table, fell off the chair and her chin slammed down onto the table.
I thought I was going to throw up.

She cried a lot. I apologised a lot. She had forgotten by the next day.

Think how many loving interactions she had with you recently vs one accident. She won’t be scared of you, she loves you and knows you love her.

Sorry you had an accident, it’s horrible when you feel like you’ve hurt them but she won’t remember, much less hold it against you.

Ah OP, the guilt is awful. I have three and I've hurt them all in some way

I zipped one kids coat up and caught her neck in the zip - horrible.

I pulled glass jug out of the fridge and one kid was under my elbow and I caught her in the face with it which resulted in a black eye -- horrible.

It was an accident OP, don't be too hard on yourself.

Of course she will not remember this. She probably doesnt even understand that it was you who hurt her.
Kids are pretty resilient. She will be fine. Dont beat yourself up over it.