A almost killed himself today (or rather, I almost killed him)

chardonnay24

He woke up at 4:30 for the day after tossing and turning all night. He usually wakes around 7:30 and sleeps a solid 10 - 11 hours so I was exhausted. Finally I put him in his swing, turned up the monitor, and went to take a nap. Around 7:45, my alarm went off and I looked over at the monitor suprised that I hadn't heard anything for an hour. The lights on the monitor were going crazy but there was no sound - I had turned it down in my sleep deprived state instead of up, so I went to check on him. I went into his room and he was dangling by an ankle with his head inches from the ground. He was strapped in to his swing but apparently not tight enough and he had figured out how to wriggle free. He is unharmed but slightly more clingy today. I feel terrible. It could have turned out way worse.

MarSamWhitney

Holy Crap.

PenDun

OMG that's terrifying. So glad he was ok!

ValentineGirl

I echo that Holy Crap!  

ETA:  And I'm glad he is OK! 

daisygirl2010

How scary!!  So glad he is ok.

 

sweetteaBV

Yikes!! That is freaking scary! I am glad he's okay!

RosieBcheeks98

Woah, thats so freakin scary.  Glad he is ok!  Hope you are ok too!

CupcakeKaper

How scary!  Glad everything is ok...give your little man extra snuggles today!

ABizzity

OMG, so glad he is OK. 

AggieBeth06

Glad he's okay, and I am sure this goes without saying... but please don't do that again. So scary...

chardonnay24

AggieBeth06:

Glad he's okay, and I am sure this goes without saying... but please don't do that again. So scary...

We won't be using it at all anymore. I only ever use the swing to get him to nap when he absolutely won't, and I usually leave the room when he naps. I can't be the only one who doesn't stand watch over my kid in the swing though, right? (or maybe I am...)

God, I feel like crap.

zkat

I will walk to another room for a quick trip (ie grab a load of laundry or a bite to eat) but I would never go to sleep in a different room with him in the swing.  That is scary!

rimjob

zkat:

I will walk to another room for a quick trip (ie grab a load of laundry or a bite to eat) but I would never go to sleep in a different room with him in the swing.  That is scary!

This.  I'm kind of surprised Chard.  You must have been pretty tired and I'm so sorry that this happened to you, but it really could have been much worse.  I think sometimes we all take for granted that things won't happen to us, but they do.  Don't beat yourself up over it.  What is done is done and everyone is ok.  I'm sending you hugs though because I'm sure you need one right now.

giantsgirl55

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

Mustang Sally

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

Wowzers, get over yourself.

FWIW, I too strap my LO into his swing and leave the room while he naps.  It's not just you, and you aren't a terrible parent.  Lesson learned. 

GreenFlamingo7

I third the holy crap sentiment.

I won't give you flack about it though...I'm sure that you are beating yourself up enough about the situation. So glad little dude is okay. We had to give up using anything where he was seated and strapped in (swing, bouncy, and infant-to-toddler rocker) because he would manage to half climb out.

rimjob

Mustang Sally:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

Wowzers, get over yourself.

FWIW, I too strap my LO into his swing and leave the room while he naps.  It's not just you, and you aren't a terrible parent.  Lesson learned. 

chardonnay24

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

Yep, I really did. I've certainly put A in the swing to nap and left the room before. H was getting ready for work at the time and I felt fairly secure taking a nap.

He slept strapped into the RNP or swing in our bedroom for the first six months of his life. We just moved him to his crib a couple weeks ago and moved the RNP to the attic and swing to his bedroom (which is right next door to ours). Hell, this morning he learned to stand as well so the crib could have been a safety hazard.

JReeds9

OMG! Glad he is ok!

weberm05

AW!  At least he's okay.   That's all that matters!

SeussicalOne

Holy shiit. So glad he is okay.

Quesera

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines are there for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

Titts McGeee

Quesera:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines arethere for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

 

Seems a little counterproductive since she already admitted her mistake, learned her lesson, and said she'd never do it again. I'm guessing seeing her LO that way was a much stronger  lesson than listening to someone biitch about it on the interwebz.  

rimjob

Titts McGeee:

Quesera:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines arethere for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

 

Seems a little counterproductive since she already admitted her mistake, learned her lesson, and said she'd never do it again. I'm guessing seeing her LO that way was a much stronger  lesson than listening to someone biitch about it on the interwebz.  

I would be first in line to string her up by her ankle if she didn't get that it wasn't ok, but she does get.  She feels awful and that is basically the end of the story.

AggieBeth06

Titts McGeee:

Quesera:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines arethere for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

 

Seems a little counterproductive since she already admitted her mistake, learned her lesson, and said she'd never do it again. I'm guessing seeing her LO that way was a much stronger  lesson than listening to someone biitch about it on the interwebz.  

Agreed. My post wasn't meant to flame, but I wanted to say something since she didn't sat anything about it never happening again... I'm sure she's beating herself up enough.

Titts McGeee

double posty

Quesera

AggieBeth06:

Titts McGeee:

Quesera:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines arethere for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

 

Seems a little counterproductive since she already admitted her mistake, learned her lesson, and said she'd never do it again. I'm guessing seeing her LO that way was a much stronger  lesson than listening to someone biitch about it on the interwebz.  

Agreed. My post wasn't meant to flame, but I wanted to say something since she didn't sat anything about it never happening again... I'm sure she's beating herself up enough.

Meh, my opinion stands. She didn't seem all that contrite "the crib could have been a safety hazard" ...?? This isn't one of those "everyone makes honest mistakes" situations, it was stupid and we all know it.

Titts McGeee

AggieBeth06:

Titts McGeee:

Quesera:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines arethere for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

 

Seems a little counterproductive since she already admitted her mistake, learned her lesson, and said she'd never do it again. I'm guessing seeing her LO that way was a much stronger  lesson than listening to someone biitch about it on the interwebz.  

Agreed. My post wasn't meant to flame, but I wanted to say something since she didn't sat anything about it never happening again... I'm sure she's beating herself up enough.

I wasn't referring to you at all. I was actually going to mention that you pretty much said it just right. No judgement, but making sure it wouldn't happen again. 

chardonnay24

I thought TB was a place for women to support other women!

Meh. I know it was stupid. I didn't realize it was stupid before he managed to get himself out of it; in fact, even my pedi suggested he sleep in his swing when he had a bad cold a couple weeks ago. Since the pedi didn't suggest staying up with him all night to make sure he didn't launch himself out, I assumed (erroneously) that it was okay to let him nap there from time to time. There's no point worrying about it now, though. It happened, he's okay, end of story.

Lovedan1

seriously?

 

Like 30% of my friends with babies (myself included) had their babies sleep in the swing every night!

 

 

AggieBeth06

Titts McGeee:

AggieBeth06:

Titts McGeee:

Quesera:

giantsgirl55:

WTF? Are you serious. Did you really think it was ok to put your LO in a swing in a different room and go to sleep? and 4:30? My son will do that sometimes too...have a cup of coffee.

I'm with you. Im a little shocked by the 'oh well he's ok so whatever' mentality. The safety guidelines arethere for a reason, in the future I recommend you follow them.

 

Seems a little counterproductive since she already admitted her mistake, learned her lesson, and said she'd never do it again. I'm guessing seeing her LO that way was a much stronger  lesson than listening to someone biitch about it on the interwebz.  

Agreed. My post wasn't meant to flame, but I wanted to say something since she didn't sat anything about it never happening again... I'm sure she's beating herself up enough.

I wasn't referring to you at all. I was actually going to mention that you pretty much said it just right. No judgement, but making sure it wouldn't happen again. 

Right. Just clarifying before someone accused me of backtracking.