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children safety + GIVEAWAY

Posted on May 22, 2015
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It was just the other day that my little man had another incident where he bumped his dead. Now, ordinarily, he bumps his head so so often it is now more likely to expect it then not expect it. It is always a thumbs up afternoon if I pick him up from creche and he hasn’t bumped his head. It is just one of those things that we expect from our little man.

But the other day was different. We were sitting on the floor playing puzzles and games and I stupidly left the tv cupboard door open. I was right there and just forgot to close it. He was mucking around, climbing, being silly… and then… yep… a bump. But it wasn’t just a bump; it was a crack. Immediately I went to the kitchen and got an ice pack. Screaming, blood pouring everywhere, knowing it was more ‘serious’ then the normal bumps, I went into shock. I was the one needing the cold press in the end, ha! I totally failed the momma job that night in not only protecting my child from a corner hazard, but my reaction was just dismal.

In the end we took him to the doctor as we were not sure if he needed a stitch. Thankfully, it was just the glue; that doctor glue that mends the cuts. That night, once he was back into bed, I insisted on that cupboard door to be removed. And it was, instantly.

But I got to thinking, how common and easy it is for bumps to not just be little bumps, but possibly something more serious. Now, I have never been one to put sponges, covers, door blockers, door stoppers on every nock and cranny of the house; I have kind of taken the attitude that life is not sugar coated and kids ned to learn about dangers and hazards as early as possible. I still see friends put their dining chairs face down in order to prevent climbing hazards. Yeh, I am just different…. and look what happened.

But the thing is, there are just a few things that we need to be a little bit more mindful of and cautious of. I let these ‘few things’ slip a little the other day.

DreamBaby have put together a gift pack of items to help with the prevention {and safety} of a few of these little things. You can WIN one of two prize packs called at over $47.00 that include:

Anti slip Mat
Easy-Clean Potty Seat
Premium Nail Clippers with Magnifier
Bath Tub Spout Cover

All you have to do is comment below and tell me one of your parenting mishaps…

little notes:

– Prize packs are sent directly from DreamBaby
– Competition is open from now until 1st June

I like red wine, coffee and a good book {not necessarily in that order}. Mum to 2 rugrats, ex-psychotherapist turned tech entrepreneur.

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  • marypreston

    I always figured that toddlers getting into the cupboard with the pots and pans was just annoying. That is until the pots etc came tumbling out on top of the toddler with a heavy metal bang. All of the cupboards got child safety locks put on that same day.

  • kookla123

    When my eldest daughter was a baby (crawling around age), I used to have a bad habit of leaving my handbag on the floor. Many times I would find her with her hands inside my handbag, or on my purse, pulling out cards, lip gloss, etc. But all that changed one day when I found her with a coin in her mouth!!! I could’ve died right there and then. I totally can relate to the shock you felt.
    Thankfully, no harm was done but to this day, and almost 10 years and another two daughters later, and that handbag always sits on my bedroom dresser.

  • Bec Chandler

    My partner and I were in the process of repainting our lounge room in our apartment. Miss Ashley (our 4yo daughter at the time) was always an early riser – she had woken up early and proceeded to put her hands all over the wet paint on the walls and had tipped paint on our wooden floorboards. Lesson learnt – don’t leave paint out!

  • Ern

    Thought I knew better and wouldn’t be told. Wife had to go out when our daughter had just started crawling properly, saying as she left ‘make sure you put a nappy on her’. Well I didn’t, I thought no nappy, no shitty bum to change. Well, turns out my little Princess lay the log of all logs, along the carpet, coming out like a big brown snake behind her. Was disgusting. Looked firm as I was yelling in dismay for her to stop doing it, but wet enough to do some serious damage to the carpet. Was the most vile clean up job in all history. Parenting mishap, yep one enormous understatement that one is. No nappy does not mean they won’t pooh.

  • Karina Lee

    Letting her lie on the bed while I turned around to get her clothes. She then rolled over and bounced off the bed, and luckily onto some carpet!

  • Bet Hogan

    Letting my toddler stand in the bath, She slipped and hit her mouth on the side chipping one of her first teeth. My heart was in my mouth and from then on slip mats are always in my bath and shower.

    • Bet Hogan

      Than you Tahlia, have messaged :D

  • austhome

    Not watching my daughter as she played with a paling from the paling fence and got a whole lot of splinters in her arms. We took her to the hospital and they said it would all come out by themselves which they did.

  • janine gardiner

    I Fed the cat and left the half full tin of cat food on the cupboard for a minute, my two and a half year old Ashleigh climbed up, got the tin, ate half of what was left and then smeared the rest all over the carpet and new lounge suite. When I walked back into the room she looked up with the guiltiest look ever on her face to go with the smeared cat food around her mouth. I started dry retching and laughing at the same time. The house smelt of cat food for months afterwards.

  • Maria Stringer

    I left the laundry door open and mr 1 year old helped himself to the cat biscuits! Mind you,the cat was not impressed!

  • Karla Oleinikoff

    I used to work in a bakery, and wore steel capped boots. One day after I came home, I took my boots off like normal and didn’t think about it further. I walked past them later, and my then toddler boy was happily pulling his finger through the crud in the grooves on the sole and eating it. I took them off him straight away while swallowing nausea, and always made sure they were put away properly after that. Gross!

  • Kasey Evans

    I wasn’t paying attention to my daughter who was jumping on the lounge, she decided to jump off and bit her tongue at the same time. Blood was everywhere and she was left with a nasty gash in her tongue, lucky it healed and she’s never jumped off the lounge since!

  • Rebekah Ballingall

    My son is a speedy devil, we were unpacking the shopping from the car and in less then a minute he was out the door, on the driveway. Gave me a heart attack!!