I feel awful

[cinnamonbun]

I went to a cafe today with DD (8 months). Had a brief chat with two other mums on my way out when I hear my DD screaming. When I turned round she had fallen head first out of her pushchair - I had forgotten to close the straps!!! Luckily she was fine and stopped crying after about half a minute but I felt like the worst mother and I'm sure everyone else in the cafe (it was packed) thought the same. After I picked her up and tried to leave the pushchair kept falling over (along with other items) as the bag hanging on it was so heavy and people kept having to pick things up off the floor for me, I felt like such an idiot and amateur mother! I keep thinking my daughter could have really injured herself and still shiver at the thought of what happened.

[EssenceOfJack]

I once drove all the way home from hospital where my precious 4 week old DD2 had been admitted and tube fed after bronchiolitis, to discover I hadn't done her straps up.
And I stil have to bribe DD1 with chocolate to let me cut her nails since I cut the tip of her finger off.

[solo]

Oooh! I did the 'cut the tip of the finger off' too...would not stop bleeding. I felt terrible. Went to practice nurse who phoned A&E, took her to A&E and the doc then asks me if both my children have the same father... Obviously, only women who have 2 children by two different men 8 years apart would cut the tip off their 3mo babys finger.

[MrsGravy]

I've done the forgetting to strap them in the car seat thing too. And when DD called out from the back 'Mummy you've forgetten to do my straps' what did I do?? Slam the brakes on

Luckily I wasn't going too fast so she didn't bump her head that badly

To err is human unfortunately - even when you're a mum!

[scrappydappydoo]

Well I overtipped dd2s buggy and she fell out when she was 8 weeks old!! She was fine I wasn't I got so flustered that like you I just dropped everything as I attempted to flee the scene.
Also dd1 fell down the stairs and broke her arm when she was 11mths after I had forgot to shut the gate properly...
Positive from situation - you won't do it again!!!!

[nickschick]

Lol solo at the same father part

I have a v politically incorrect story about that....I dont really know who my father is,if he is who i think then he is a half caste man so bearing this in mind .....ive just had a cs with ds2 under g.a and the consultant is stood at the foot of the bed ....tell me mrs xxxxxx do your children have the same father??

me ohhhh myyyy baby is a black baby isnt he?????

very bemused Dr looking anxiously at dh who is laughing at me being half asleep and saying these wacky things .....errrr no mrs xxxx just that ds2 is vv small and ds1 was rather large

[solo]

Well, Dd is mixed race, but very white/blond/blue eyes!!!! I would maybe have been prepared for the q? had she been olive skinned with dark hair, but then again, that describes me, so...who knows!

I can imagine your Dr's face nickschick!

[nickschick]

Solo bcos we dont know for sure (my mum died when i was 11) and although i have v dark hair im very pale skinned- ds1 was blonde and fair it must have been in the back of my mind that this might happen,it wasnt something id mentioned before to dh -although obviously hes aware...it was just a shameful moment on my part .

[solo]

It is something that plays on your mind though because of the possibilty of a 'throwback'. I knew a girl once whose brother and 3 sisters were all a beautiful coffee colour, but she was very white with straight dark hair.
If in years to come my Dd has children, she could so easily have a black baby as her dad is dark(half west Indian)and my own Dad was east Indian. I just hope that if her husband/partner is white that he'll understand all of these possibilities!

[PotPourri]

Oh we've all done it. But you won't forget to strap him in in future. All';s well that ends well - don't beat yourself up.

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I made DS2 s eyeballs bleed by using out of date eye drops in them. He was 9 months old.

Won't do that again either.