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#parentfail | Pad Patter 10.15.17

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Meredith78 said:
I have a fairly epic Auntie fail...I took my niece, then aged three, to the park. I was pushing her on the swing and despite warnings to hang on tight, she let go just as I gave her a push...she fell off and landed flat on her back on the ground. And I laughed. I couldn't help it. It just came out. I knew she was fine because she landed flat and it wasn't a great height but oh, was she indignant about it. The story was relayed to her parents:

"I went to the park and Auntie Meredith pushed me off the swing."

"Oh no!" says her Dad. "She help you up?"

"No," says my darling niece sadly. "She just laughed."
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Okay, this reminded me of a few of my parenting fails!

One time I was watching my nephew. We were playing outside with my other kids. His mom & dad had just pulled up in the driveway. He got so excited he fell about 5 feet off our our play set...I wasn't close enough to him. Thankfully he was okay. But his mom & dad go to see my careful parenting skills! LOL!

Then another time I was watching my nephews again and my daughter fell out of her high chair. There were 7 little kids at my house at the time. She was about 18 months at the time. Her chair sits on a chair so it wasn't too high off the ground. I was turned around to grab the tray to get her buckled in and she fell out. I didn't realize until the next day that she wasn't using her arm. Turns out she broke her collar bone! This incident happened shortly after the other incident with my nephew. Apparently I wasn't too good at watching lots of kids back then....even though I have 7 of my own now!

Another more recent one that happens quite frequently. 2 of my boys are deaf & wear Cochlear Implants to help them hear. When they are wearing their devices they hear me calling their name & talking to them. Sometimes I'll call their name & wonder why they aren't coming.....Doh! They don't have their CIs on.
 
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