Pierce (my 3 yr old) nearly killed himself yesterday.
We were all up in my room; I was getting dressed. Dean (baby) was on the bed and I was at the foot. Pierce was pulling a drawer out of hubby’s dresser to see what was in it. I turned around just in time to see the dresser, tv, and all that was on it slowly crashing to the floor. I jumped in front, made sure Pierce was out of the way and tried to stop the whole thing falling. I grabbed the tv and realized it was better to let it fall; I wasn’t going to be able to help without getting hurt.
At the same time it all crashed to the ground, the drawers fell out (I think that’s why I turned around…I heard the drawers first) and the dog jumped on the bed…I guess he had been in the way. Maybe I stopped stuff from falling on him just long enough for him to get out of the way.
Then Dean screamed really loud. At first I thought he got hurt, then I realized the noise and the dog jumping on the bed so suddenly scared him.
When “the smoke cleared,” I looked at my hands and they were just shaking incredibly.
Amidst all this, I remembered when my dd was the same age, she did the same thing. She climbed up her dresser to get a necklace that was on the top. Unfortunately I wasn’t in the room…I just heard a large crash and a scream. When I walked into her room, I saw 2 little legs sticking out from under the dresser. With the super-mom strength you get when your child is in trouble, I picked the thing up like it was a leaf. Luckily for both of us, she only got a slight black eye.
Oh, these 3 year olds! I’ll keep a really close eye on the baby when he turns 3. No dresser crashing for him!!
i always hear people saying that kiddie accidents are part of growing up. but as a mom, i don’t think they are necessary for a kid to grow up.
i know exactly how you feel. with 3 kids, i’ve had my fair share of scary accidents as well. the worst one was when my little mikee was barely 1 year old. my mom was giving her a bathe and left her “for a little while”. next thing she know, mikee was crying with blood flowing down by the side of her left eye. she must have slipped on the floor and bumped into the shower door. when i rushed home (i was at work-about 30 mins away by cab), i was speechless for what i saw. she had a wide cut right below her left blow (that was where all the blood was coming from). all the way to the hospital, i cannot think of anything else. i wasn’t crying. but i wasn’t feeling anything either. i guess i was numb.
well, what to do, that’s the life of a mom …
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Oh gosh, this is terrible. Thank god you were there. My sister did the same thing when she was young. The entire dresser fell on top of her but she was okay in the end. I can’t believe I remembered this after 32 years. Now I remember why I’m so paranoid when my four year old tries to climb on the dresser drawers.
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I am so glad that everyone was ok! I can only imagine how scary it was for you. It was probably worse for you than for the rest of the family (it is always worse for the mom).
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Little kids scare me because you never know what they’re going to do so you have to watch them close. I’m sure I’d go nuts if I had any of my own.
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That happened to my young man too. He is also a 3 year old boy. At this age they are all curious to know things and touch things, that’s why they get in trouble all the time and we mothers has to keep an eye on them all the time or else we will just hear crash and screams and a cry so loud.
I am glad that you and your little one is alright.
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OMG! I’m so glad no one was hurt. This is a mommy nightmare. We worry about these kinds of things happening and if it does would we be able to prevent harm. Good thing you were able to rush in.
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Oh my gosh, I’m glad he wasn’t hurt. Those TV’s can be so heavy. Darn good thing you were in the room. The scariest thing I have ever gone through with my dd is when she was maybe 18 months old. She was sitting in the sand box and filled up a little container with sand, tipped her head back and poured it into her mouth. I grabbed her and tipped her upside down to get it out. Then I filled up a bucket with water and splashed water into her mouth while she was still upside down so it would cake up and come out better. It didn’t phase her one bit but I know it could have been a much sadder scenario if I had not been outside with her. Mommy’s should be given medals for all the life saving we do on a daily basis 😉
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Adrenaline is fun and all, but that’s not how to get it going! That could have been much worse so darn glad to hear it wasn’t all that bad. Scary as hello for sure. 🙂
You really do need to watch those little ones, they just get into everything. Good luck with that, I’ll live vicariously through you on that one. hehe
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