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[firebyrd]

Kids never stop surprising you. I've not been sleeping well lately and have consequently gotten a sinus infection, so I was resting and dozing a bit in the bedroom. Enoch was having fun in the bathroom, flushing the toilet (the lid is always shut because of the cats, so no worries there) and turning on the water in the tub. That was a new one, but I didn't think much of it as he hangs out between the toilet and the tub all the time.

When I decided to get up, I went in the bathroom...only to find him /in/ the bathtub. I have no idea how he got in there at all, let alone without hurting himself. And, of course, he had been in it when he turned on the water, so he was soaking wet. He'd been having a blast. Funny, funny kid. Now I'll have to shut him out of the bathroom as well as the office when I'm resting, but at least he got to have some fun in there tonight.

Comments

[randomopera.livejournal.com]

Wow! You're really lucky that he didn't fall and get a concussion, drown in the tub or get severe burns. You can never be to cautious with babies. Always expect the unexpected. My RN friend was telling me on Sunday that they had just admitted a nine-month-old that day in the burn-trauma center who climbed up onto the sink and now has to have skin grafts that will take about the next three months to do.

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, Heather. I really appreciate my parenting skills being ripped to shreds. After all, I'm sure Christian has never, ever done something unexpected that could have resulted in bad consequences, but did not, so was funny.

[randomopera.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to criticize I just was pointing out how kids are great at getting into stuff when you're not expecting it.

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

If you don't intend to criticize, then don't freaking do it. /Obviously/ I know that he's to the point where the bathroom is dangerous for him if I'm resting or I wouldn't have pointed out that I need to shut him out of it too. I don't need a list of what could have happened quoted at me like I'm stupid.

And no, I'm not "really lucky." Only 2300 kids age 14 and under die from household accidents per year in the U.S, and only 3.4 million of the 60+ million kids under 14 are treated in ERs for household accidents (which would no doubt also include most of the 2300 except those declared dead at the scene). That's about 5.7% of kids who have a serious accident. 94 out of every 100 kids are fine each year.