Have you ever had a “fight or flight” moment when it came to your child?

Question

I’m talking complete instinct takeover. My toddler went rolling down a hill and my ass was rolling right behind him. I don’t remember anything but holding my baby afterwards. My body completely took over. What are your stories?

Answer

Twice that stood out. First time was walking into the classroom at daycare to pick her up and right as I opened the door she lost her balance and started going head first to a table and I caught her face in my hand. She still fell but not into the table and not on her face. 
Second time was one of her first experiences with bacon. And the only time she's choked. One of the fattier pieces was like a string and got stuck in her throat and without thinking about it I flipped her over on my forearm and hit her between the shoulder blades until it dislodged . I didn't even realize what I did until we were sitting on the couch calming down

Answer

My almost 4 year old was playing on the king size bed while I changed a baby diaper. For a few weeks we’d been doing that no problem, I’d just remind him not to jump or roll near baby.
I turned to throw away the diaper and as I turned back saw my oldest hurtling through the air and about to smash his head into baby’s head.
My hand shot out and caught the head of my oldest just an inch above baby’s head. He still bonked baby’s forehead and made him cry but my hand absorbed most of the force and pushed him back enough for him to cry too as if I’d slapped him.
I think if I hadn’t turned back at just that second and zinged my hand out baby would have been severely injured, maybe a fractured skull. Scared me so much. But that’s literally the only time he’s ever almost hurt baby and we’re 3 months in so I’m counting myself lucky.

Answer

The other day I was sitting in our bedroom floor and I was working on a wreath while my husband showered. Our toddler was on the bed and I had my back totally to him, but up against the bed. All of a sudden it's like I had eyes in the side of my head because he had flipped off the bed next to me and all I saw was feet and his head was on its way to the ground (hardwood floors) and somehow I just caught him before he hit, head and body. I was like OMG! And hugged and kissed him. Needless to say, no more bed for him.

Have you ever had a “fight or flight” moment when it came to your child?

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