I decided to take my almost 3 yo daughter abroad by myself to see her grandparents with her 6 yo cousin and parents while the wife had a pre-booked separate trip. I was already feeling apprehensive about the whole thing but it's been going really well for the first two days.
Their garden is tiny but has a big drop in it that both the wife and I were really worried about from a previous trip . I kept a close eye on her for the first day and naively assumed that the little one understood and avoided it. Unfortunately she then went down with her cousin when I wasn't looking to pick up leaves and stepped on the edge and fell over. She's fine as she landed on her feet but knocked her head a little on the way down. I sprinted down faster than I ever thought I could immediately as it happened and checked her over and comforted her.
It was an accident but I was on watch and I feel really shitty about it. I know these things happen but also that I could have avoided it if I was paying more attention.
I ofc told the wife immediately after the little one calmed down about what happend and my wife's responses just criticised me indicating that we're lucky it wasn't worse and that I need to supervise her better.
I was already feeling awful about the whole thing but now with my wife's reaction I've been on the edge of tears for hours.
I'm not sure why I'm posting this but I just wanted to express myself even if it is too strangers on the internet.