Child Safety

Posted: Mon, Dec 20 2004, 10:17 pm Post subject: Child Safety

Hello All,

A few days ago, we had a scary incident.
I put my 7 and 1/2 month old son on my bed. I was getting dressed. I turned to get a shirt from the dresser....the next thing I heard was BOOM!
My son had flipped himself and fallen onto the floor. He was screaming his little lungs out too. Crying or Very sad

B'H", he was fine. We took him to the ER to get him checked out. I was VERY lucky. I feel horrible I had to learn this lesson the hard way.
I just wanted to share this story with all you ladies. I keep him in a bouncy seat or the floor now when I am getting dressed.
Has anything like this happened to you?
...Avigayil.

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did he fall in a bad way or something? when my toddler was younger he ALWAYS fell off the bed... ok, not always but more than once. I never even thought to bring him to the ER.

Posted: Mon, Dec 20 2004, 11:12 pm Post subject:

mine has fallen off to. didnt bing him in to er, cuz didn't cry for too long
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welcome to mommyhood. When it happened with Zu, a friend told me that. It happens once and you learn from it:)

I once was walking over at 1 mont and fell with Zu is my arms. His little head hit the pavement. AHHH!!!! I wouldn't hold him for like an hour cause I was so scared to hold him. We went over to the ER and he had to have a catscan and all these tests. I think I was more scared though. He was laughing and flirting with the ER staff.

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Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 12:14 am Post subject:

Hi Avigayil, I think we all feel your scaredness and know that it does go away after a while. I have had the bed falling thing too many times. One would think that I would learn by now. I have heard that the smarter kids are the ones dropped on their heads as babies. I have seen good evidence of this too. And remember that the baby gets over it faster than the Ima. Very Happy

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Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 12:46 am Post subject:

It happend once to me and it hasn't happend since. I got such a fright the first time and berated myself like never mind that I won't let it happen again......
And If only I had the foresight with my then live child conc bracketing dresser Crying or Very sad

Sorry but can't help rehash it! Crying or Very sad

Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 3:48 am Post subject:

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freilich- please feel free to talk about it as much or as little as you want.

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do you mean bracketing a heavy dresser? how do you do this without ruining the dresser? we only have a dresser in our room and I don't leave her alone in there, but when she pulls up on the handles it doesn't look like it could tip over. am I wrong?
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Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 11:49 am Post subject:

My sons too has fallen off the bed but the floor is wooden so it has more of a give than lets say concrete. I didn't get too worried if he cries right away and only for a min or 2.

Freilich- Its never rehashing. This is something that has effected you and your family for the rest of your lives. Its such a sad thing that happened to you and your family. When I read what happened to your son, tears came to my eyes. Crying or Very sad

It made me appreciate my little men a more. Thank you for sharing it with us. It could not have been easy for you to have written about it.
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Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 1:08 pm Post subject:

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you're right, obviously a child's safety is more important than the dresser. but it's so heavy I don't think she can turn it over (yet, anyway) and we couldn't figure out how to attach it to the wall.

Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 2:00 pm Post subject:

We have the same problem abou t attatching it to the wall. The wall is not strong and a bracket would not stay in the wall.

Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 3:44 pm Post subject: falling off bed

Hello All,

Thank you for all the support.
I was so upset. DH and I really were worred and we took him to the ER just to make sure all was well.
Freilich, I am soo sorry what happened to you and your family.
All the more, it will make me more careful here.
...Avigayil.

Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 4:14 pm Post subject:

First of all Thank You all so much for caring!!!!
Secondly even though I am a D .I. Y, for something like this I got a professional to do it. The other solution is not to have one in tots room and to supervise constantly and I mean constantly!!!

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freilich- I take your words to heart. I really do. for the first time I am grateful for my tiny apartment where it is impossible for my toddler to be out of my vision.

Posted: Tue, Dec 21 2004, 5:04 pm Post subject:

That's right. I would have never thought to bracket closets and dressers to the wall, but I told my husband last week that we have to plan to do that soon, because the baby is preparing to crawl. I have had nightmares about things falling over onto him since I read your story, Freilich, especially since I had a bookcase fall onto me when I was around 6-7 years old. B"H nothing happened to me, but it was a miracle that nothing happened, and I really had a good scare.

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