Went to Wal Mart today and took an ambulance ride

[Maine-ah]

I have to say, what a wonderful job the management staff did for us.

First of all, I will never (I freakin swear) never never ever put the baby carrier on top of the shopping cart again.

It was locked in, just like you're supposed to do when you put the carrier there. I get up to the service desk, go over the carpet, and the fucking carrier pops off and falls on the floor upside down, yes, with the baby (strapped in, thank the powers that be). She's ok. I feel like a terrible mom. But she's ok. We took a little trip to the hospital in an ambulance because she knocked her little noggin, but she's fine. And the Wal Mart staff were wonderful, caring, helpful people. I can't say enough good stuff about them. Even as I was getting into the ambulance, a girl came running out with a bag and said "we did your exchange for you!"

:puke: :cry: :puke: :cry: <- those little guys sum up how I still feel.....

BB was laughing and babbling all the way to the hospital....all I wanted to do was puke.

[Midlodemocrat]

1. You are a wonderful mom. Accidents happen.

Don't beat yourself up over it, the beautiful baby is fine.

:hug:

[Maine-ah]

2. thanks Midlo

but I imagine this is going to play in my head for a while.....:hug:

[Debi]

3. My son had a 'Kanga-rocka-roo' when he was little and LOVED to sit in it

I used to place it on the toilet stool so I could talk with him while I got ready in the morning. Well, you guessed it, one morning he rocked it and he went flying face first onto the bathroom floor w/Kanga-rocka-roo right on top. I felt like the worst Mom on earth. But he was fine and hasn't said a word to me about it ;).

Give yourself a break and get some :hug: from your baby.

[Maine-ah]

4. ouch. I guess the good thing is they don't remember it

thanks Debi :hug:

[crim son]

5. All three of my kids bit holes in their tongues through

various shopping-cart accidents. Those things are deadly but when you shop with kids, you must make use of them!

Then only thing you did wrong here was shop at WalMart. :P I'm KIDDING!

Glad the wee creature is doing fine.

[Maine-ah]

6. lol, not my favorite place to shop either

not much choice though around here.....

thanks crim. The "wee creature" is still napping in her car seat now and is right beside me. Poor baby, the whole thing just wore her out. No concussion, but still keeping a close eye on her. She has currently slept through lunch. Gonna be pissed when she wakes up!

:hug:

oops, , she just popped open her eyes. Guess I can't play here anymore...bbl

[BlueIris]

7. These things happen. Don't blame yourself. nt

[Reverend_Smitty]

8. I went down a flight of stairs in one of those walker-things...

y'know the kind they don't sell any more because countless babies and toddlers were wheeling themselves down flights of stairs. I guess I did a bit of a forceful charge at the baby gate, broke it open and tumbled down the basement stairs...landed on my head and everything. I turned out ok...I have my own foibles but they aren't in any way related to that accident 22 years ago

:hug:

Don't worry you're not a bad mom, accidents happen and babies are remarkably resilient

[RedCappedBandit]

9. I did the same thing!

I wanted to follow my big brother into the basement..
big mistake!

:hi:

Oh yeah, and i'm still normal.
I swear.

[dropkickpa]

10. Babies are made of rubber

I swear! Poor Dropkid has the Dropkick family noggin (granite) which is a good thing*, because I have no depth perception without contacts. I was always banging her head on the crossbar of her swing or in the car putting her in her seat.

These things happen, the baby is fine, and just think, you can tell her later that she was so offended to set foot in Wal-mart she risked death to get out of there!





*I've been known to shut my own head in car doors (notice the plural). Sober.

[MemphisTiger]

11. I'm so glad the baby is okay... A friend of ours put their carrier

with baby on the kitchen counter bringing in groceries, baby not strapped in, she had never climbed out before... but she did that day. She took a header off the counter to the tile floor below. Obviously, they rushed baby to the hospital and she was okay. The doctor said that anything over 6 feet high is the real danger height or if there should be a bump and there is nothing. Luckily I've never dropped either of my kids yet, but I can't imagine what you're going through when it happens.