I had to take my baby to the ER 🙁😞😢💔

Things happen even when you are vigil about watching your child. It's heart breaking yes, but it doesn't mean you failed him. Cut yourself some slack. He won't remember this happened. Thank goodness he will be fine. We have alk been there!give him extra hugs and kisses. Hope you all feel better soon!

Awwww poor sweetie!! I’m glad all will be well (and hope he learned not to touch the wood burner!) I hate when family accuses me of helicoptering my 1 year old, he’s one! He needs constant supervision. Don’t feel bad about letting your guard down under pressure at all though. People can really get in your head xx

Helicopter mom till the day I die 🤙🏼 hope your sweet boy heals soon!

Try not to beat yourself up. Accidents happen and he’s okay. Our son crawled through the cat door of the baby gate at 10 mo and rolled down 14 wooden steps. I’ve never cried so hysterically in my entire life. We not only started closing the cat gate but my husband finished the railing on the stairs the next week because had he not rolled straight, he would have gone off the edge and landed on concrete. It still makes me sick to think about but it was an accident and he’s a rambunctious, healthy, smart, and empathetic 2.5 he old now.

Things happen in one second mama, they are hard to keep up with! You are not bad parents. Kids get hurt and accidents happen. You weren’t being ignorant or neglectful, it was an accident. When my little brother was about 3/4 he ran to my dad, except missed that there was a fire pit between them and tripped on wood thankfully onto the grate on top of the fire pit, and burned his hands similarly but he is 100% ok now and doesn’t remember it even.

Try not to beat yourself up! Accidents happen even when you’re watching your kid. That being said don’t let others words affect your parenting. Even if it’s family. Last time I went to my in laws my SIL complained to my husband that they won’t stay long bc it’s not like I like hanging out with them anyways because I always hide away with my daughter. The reality is my daughter is 2 and wants to go off with her 3, 6, and 8 year old boy cousins who rough house and are not used to having a girl around. I will not leave her to go alone with them. My husband asked me to go back to the living room and bring our daughter and literally 2 seconds later she’s running back to the bedroom with the boys. Guess where I went? With her! I had to talk to my MIL bc my SIL got in her head and they were both upset with me for not being around them. As soon as I explained to my MIL that my job is to help keep my daughter safe and I don’t trust her to be off by herself with the 3 boys bc of how rough they are she completely understood and backed off. But seriously I got so pissed that I was being judged for (in my opinion) being a good responsible parent!

It definitely sucks, same thing happened to my son. The first time I ever left him with a babysitter. The babysitter accidentally popped the blister so they had to take off his skin. Added pictures so you know what to expect if you have to do the same. This happened when he was 9 months old, he's now 3 and he has no scares.

I read this yesterday but I had to come back and post. We try our hardest as parents and we beat ourselves up for not doing enough. Things happen that are out of our hands and we can’t always be there to control everything all the time. Today getting ready to have my sisters family (3 kids) over. We just got a kitten a few weeks ago. I’ve had the cat clippers on the kitchen counter, the bathroom counter, but this morning I put them into my makeup drawer in the bathroom. Anyways hours later my two nephews and daughter were inside the bathroom playing with the cat (4, 5, 9 years old). We hear my 1.5 year old screaming on the ground outside the door. We’re literally less than 15 feet away across the room. My sister and I go over cause he was screaming. Blood dripping all over the floor. The cat clippers are on the floor next to him. My sister asks the oldest one what happened. He said that my daughter got the clippers out and my son was putting his fingers under the door because he wanted to come in with the other kids I’m sure. He said my daughter didn’t want him in there. I asked her why she took the clippers out in the first place. She said she wanted to cut the cats claws because they were sharp. So I explained some things and tried to reinforce the issue. Traumatic nonetheless and made me sick to my stomach. I’ve never seen so much blood. His finger is cut on both sides of the nail. To me I feel like she should have known that those could hurt someone but maybe she didn’t know she could hurt him? I don’t know why she thought that was okay? I don’t know why the older one didn’t speak up, stop her or come get a grown up. I’m thinking now I need to hide the scissors and knifes. You learn and adapt as you go. Every experience (I’m hoping) they learn from and I know I learn from and adjust. My sisters boys have sliced open their chins just falling off bikes needing stitches. My son fell face forward out of a playhouse outside and cut up his eyebrow when he was like 1. All I can do is hope and pray and do the best I can.

Don’t be so hard on yourself mama! Gosh, I can totally relate to this. My son is 2 and I watch him like a hawk and my mom and my uncles are like don’t worry he’s fine! So it’s never really a fun time for me when we go to families houses bc I am always chasing after my son. It’s incredibly frustrating but you’re logic is all in the right place. Toddlers are maniacs and there is no laying low and just relaxing with them. You need eyes in the back of your head, especially with boys! It’s crazy how family members even ones who had kids it’s like did you guys forget all about this stuff?!

Don't beat yourself up!! You sound like a wonderful mom❤️ accidents happen unfortunately. When my son was 16 months old, I was putting some cakes into our oven and I had the door wide open and he was beside me at a safe distance I thought but he tripped and landed on the door 😩 he burned his arm and his hand, I felt soooo horrible. I was so worried that it would be forever scarred and I would have a constant reminder of that day but it healed right up and no scars! I hope your little one is doing okay❤️ prayers for you