Worst mom moment today ...
I'm just sick even typing this out.
We were at the gym and the rainstorm came up just as we were getting ready to leave. The car was parked close to the entrance, so I got my towel and covered Marion up (of course the umbrella was in the car and no on at the gym was going to help us.) I wasn't even running, just fast walking to the car and slipped and fell on the pavement, as I was holding Marion.
I managed to get my body twisted so that she landed mostly on me. I fell on my side and kept her up on my chest for the most part. Her head did clunk the cement, but not very hard, my elbow got most of it.
Not a single person came out to check on us, and of course, it happened right in front of everyone.
I just went to the car in tears, Marion was screaming and it was just horrible. She was more upset by getting the rain in her face than she was hurt and she calmed down as soon as I got her in the car and gave her a cup of milk.
But still, ugh ugh ugh. I'm so pissed no one even checked on us and I just feel hollow inside when I think about what could have happened if I hadn't been able to cushion her landing.
ick ick ick.
Re: Worst mom moment today ...
That's not a bad mom moment - that's an accident! A scary one at that! Glad you're both ok - I'm sure it scared her more than anything.
And people are jerks! I would SO help out someone who fell in a heartbeat - especially a mom with a baby.
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Ditto this!!! Just an accident - you did as much as you could at the time. Sounds like she wasn't really hurt since she calmed down quickly.
I have bonked DS's head on stuff when I haven't been paying attention and have been carrying him in my arms
. I am not used to the additional "appendage"!
i'm glad you and M are ok. and like pp's said it's an accident, and everyone who saw you and didn't help suck.
i did that once, with my niece, and it wasn't even raining, so i think i know the guilt you are feeling, but it's not your fault. it was an accident.
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Oh my gosh, my heart literally hurt reading that. Oh you poor thing....and poor Marion.
Ohhhhhh, my heart hurts just thinking about this situation.
Cindy - knowing your husband did it, and on steps, makes me feel a lot better
I know accidents happen, and she falls all the time around the house, it's just that while it was happening, I felt so helpless. That's such a bleh feeling, you know?
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Oh no poor mama!! I know she is just fine and won't remember a thing. But you are stuck with the memory of it.
I cannot believe no one came out to check on y'all. That's outrageous.
This goes without saying, but you are a terrific mom.
I hope you are both okay!
That is not a worst mom moment at all, it is an accident all the way~
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I'm so sorry that no one checked on you, I can only hope they didn't notice. Focus on the positive and that neither of you were hurt. I promise she won't remember this :-).
On another note, I saw your posting on the main board about sunscreen lotion. As you may recall, I had a Melanoma removed, so I'm also very cautious around the sun. Per my dermatologist, the lotions don't work nearly as well as plain broad sprectum UVA/UVB sunblocks. My dermatologist said if I used them, I needed to use them WITH sunscreen. I highly rcommend Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF 85. It works very well, no smell, and no greasy ness. Hopefully your biopsies come back as nothing serious.
Kat, I'm so sorry to hear that. I had the exact same thing happen to me with Charlotte and it really shook me, too. I was carrying her in the sling back from Bible study to my car (not even raining), and I stepped off of the curb and twisted my ankle wrong, and went straight down on my knees (somehow I caught myself on my hands and knees), and Charlotte was directly in front of me in the sling. Her head also kind of hit the concrete, but not hard, because she was suspended enough in the sling that it prevented her from really hitting hard.
No one saw it so no one came to check on us, but I remember sitting on the curb and just sobbing because she was crying and it scared her, and I was SO, so upset thinking about what if I didn't have her in the sling and she had really hit her head, etc.
UGH. It's miserable. I'm so glad you guys are okay. And the people at the gym are f*ckwads for not coming to check on you guys!!!! Are you SERIOUS??? A mom and baby fall in the rain and NO ONE comes to check on you? Ridiculous.
that sucks that no one came to check on you. I hope you both are ok today. It wasn't your fault, just an accident.
If it makes you feel any better, M has fallen outside and hit her head on pavement more than once, she's always bounced back pretty quickly.
I'm so sorry. How scary that ust have been and as for the onlookers who did nothing I have no words. What is wrong with people?
Thank goodness you were able to cushion the fall. I hope you are both ok.