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September 2013 Moms
aislinsmom
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Terrifying Experience
aislinsmom
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Yesterday I went through the scariest experience of my life. I had just gotten up from a nap with DS, and left him on my bed to go use the bathroom. He was just waking up and starting to fuss. I shut the bathroom door, and the door knobs fell out. Both sides fell out of the door and I could not open it. I was home alone, locked in the bathroom, without my phone.
I clawed at the door, banged on it, tried sticking toothbrushes and other bathroom objects inside the door knob hole trying to get it to open. Nothing worked. DS started crying harder and I began to panic. I just didn't know what to do! I sat on the floor and forced my fingers under the door trying to pull it open with all my might. All I succeeded in doing was scraping my fingers and knuckles til they were bloody. I stood up and began trying to kick the door down. My baby was getting hysterical and so was I.
I opened my bathroom window and climbed out onto my roof and began screaming for help. I screamed at the top of my lungs for at least 10 minutes and no one heard me. I climbed back inside and the window frame fell on my back and felt like it broke my spine. Then I realized DS wasn't crying. Panic turned to full-fledged terror as I imagined he had fallen off the bed or rolled his face into the mattress. He has never rolled before but there is always a first time! I threw myself against the door trying to break it down but it wouldn't budge.
I went back out onto the roof, sobbing and screaming and was just about to jump off (which probably would have broken my ankles or legs - it's a long drop) when a neighbor finally heard me and came out. I told her what had happened and she ran in my house and got my son. He was hysterical (had started crying again while I was on the roof) but fine. She was able to put the doorknob in and open the door. I was out of my mind with relief.
It could have been so much worse. I will never leave him anywhere "just for a second" ever again. Or shut my bathroom door! Or go anywhere without my phone. Lesson learned.
Today I feel like I was in a car wreck. My entire body (especially my leg and hip) hurts so bad from trying to break down the door. What a nightmare! I'm just so grateful he is okay.
I clawed at the door, banged on it, tried sticking toothbrushes and other bathroom objects inside the door knob hole trying to get it to open. Nothing worked. DS started crying harder and I began to panic. I just didn't know what to do! I sat on the floor and forced my fingers under the door trying to pull it open with all my might. All I succeeded in doing was scraping my fingers and knuckles til they were bloody. I stood up and began trying to kick the door down. My baby was getting hysterical and so was I.
I opened my bathroom window and climbed out onto my roof and began screaming for help. I screamed at the top of my lungs for at least 10 minutes and no one heard me. I climbed back inside and the window frame fell on my back and felt like it broke my spine. Then I realized DS wasn't crying. Panic turned to full-fledged terror as I imagined he had fallen off the bed or rolled his face into the mattress. He has never rolled before but there is always a first time! I threw myself against the door trying to break it down but it wouldn't budge.
I went back out onto the roof, sobbing and screaming and was just about to jump off (which probably would have broken my ankles or legs - it's a long drop) when a neighbor finally heard me and came out. I told her what had happened and she ran in my house and got my son. He was hysterical (had started crying again while I was on the roof) but fine. She was able to put the doorknob in and open the door. I was out of my mind with relief.
It could have been so much worse. I will never leave him anywhere "just for a second" ever again. Or shut my bathroom door! Or go anywhere without my phone. Lesson learned.
Today I feel like I was in a car wreck. My entire body (especially my leg and hip) hurts so bad from trying to break down the door. What a nightmare! I'm just so grateful he is okay.
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The reason I'm posting, no kidding, this happened to me today. I work in a small office and bring LO to work with me. I NEVER leave her in there alone but I had to step into the next office for a drink, thankfully I didn't fully close the door because LO is sleeping. When I came back in and shut the door the knob fell off! It's an electric knob and it's never happened before. Thankfully, I am back into the here with her. But now we are stuck in our little office together.
I got locked out of my car at the grocery, thank goodness I had LO in my arms. But it could have easily happened with LO inside! I lucked out!