superfrizbee
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We went out today to a nice stately home and grounds where they also have a nice kids playground. DD (nearly 2) had a great time - despite the incident I'm about to mention - but I still feel bad
She went down the slide first time just fine (DH at the top and me at the bottom). I didn't even need to "catch" her as there was quite a long base at the bottom and that stopped her momentum naturally. So. The next time she went down the slide my DH was elsewhere and I just popped her on there to go down by herself. I didn't think however that it had been spitting with rain! it was so light, not even enough to need her coat on, but it was enough to make the slide damp and more slippery. anyway. she flew off the bottom, propelled forwards and landed on her face in the playground bark She's got all little thin scratches down one side of her face that have come up red and a little blood blister kind of thing under one thumb nail. I felt so horrible! She of course cried and I cuddled her for a minute and then she was fine. She carried on playing and went down the slide (a different slide, she wouldnt go on the same one!) again quite happily. But I can still see all the mummy glares I got and when I told my own mum on the phone I also got a disapproving moan.
Can anyone relate? I think I just need someone to tell me I'm not the world's most horrible mother, because we're going for dinner soon with my nice but overbearing, wrap-the-grand-kids-up-in-cotton-wool inlaws and I know I'm going to get it in the neck all over again!
She went down the slide first time just fine (DH at the top and me at the bottom). I didn't even need to "catch" her as there was quite a long base at the bottom and that stopped her momentum naturally. So. The next time she went down the slide my DH was elsewhere and I just popped her on there to go down by herself. I didn't think however that it had been spitting with rain! it was so light, not even enough to need her coat on, but it was enough to make the slide damp and more slippery. anyway. she flew off the bottom, propelled forwards and landed on her face in the playground bark She's got all little thin scratches down one side of her face that have come up red and a little blood blister kind of thing under one thumb nail. I felt so horrible! She of course cried and I cuddled her for a minute and then she was fine. She carried on playing and went down the slide (a different slide, she wouldnt go on the same one!) again quite happily. But I can still see all the mummy glares I got and when I told my own mum on the phone I also got a disapproving moan.
Can anyone relate? I think I just need someone to tell me I'm not the world's most horrible mother, because we're going for dinner soon with my nice but overbearing, wrap-the-grand-kids-up-in-cotton-wool inlaws and I know I'm going to get it in the neck all over again!