If you were hurt?

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HoneybunsMa Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 February 2009 Location: NZ Points: 1724	Post Options Post Reply Quote HoneybunsMa Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: If you were hurt? Posted: 03 August 2011 at 1:57pm
	Would your kids know what to do? Do you have a plan set up? Do you keep regular enough contact with someone that if you were on your own and they didn't hear from you they would react? I know those of us with young kids it's harder but what about those of us with older kids? DD is 2 she wouldn't be able to help much except go mummyo mummyo mummyo I want to teach her how to ring the speed dials on our phone, as we won't have a landline when we move out I might keep a phone available for her to ring from and teach her what its for she can't ring from our cellphones as it's not number pad its the full keyboard. And tell anyone that if they get a call and I'm not talking to them then to hang up ring back and see what happens.


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Isabella Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 06 June 2010 Points: 546	Post Options Post Reply Quote Isabella Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 August 2011 at 2:39pm
	Good point HoneybunsMa... DD is far too young to be thinking about that for her... But I just have a funny story which this reminded me of; When my youngest sister was in pre-school they had ronald mcdonald visit with the local constable (when they used to work together)... And they taught them to ring 111 to get the police, fire or ambulance if ever in trouble... All fine and good.. One day this 4yr old boys mum and dad were on the farm working (close-by) while he was being looked after inside by his teenage sister... Next thing all these police cars came hurling up the driveway and rushed inside the house... The parents got a hell of a fright and rushed inside to find the wee guy really upset and confused as to why Ronald McDonald wasnt there!!! Turns out he was grumpy with his sister, and a bit bored, and wanted Ronald McDonald to come around for a bit of company! When he called 111 of course the operator asked where mum and dad were... "I dont know, outside I think"... So a full-on neglected child call was put out!! Haha kiddies and their beautiful innocent minds

Nothing Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 05 June 2009 Location: Nelson Points: 1470	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nothing Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 August 2011 at 3:50pm
	^ LOL Isabella that is a crack up, I can imagine my girl doing that when she is bigger


Plushie Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2008 Points: 3796	Post Options Post Reply Quote Plushie Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 August 2011 at 5:53pm
	Have you been lurking in the single parent bit i was just saying the other day i live in absolute fear that i'll trip getting in the washing and knock myself unconcious on the concrete and DS will a)be screaming in his cot for hours until someone finds us or b)roll around the lounge until he injures himself. Of course he is much too young to anything but since we live with my mom for now at least i know someone will eventually show up. When we move out he will be a little older and i will want him to be able to get help should something happen so will be watching for replies!

TheKelly Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 March 2010 Points: 12728	Post Options Post Reply Quote TheKelly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 August 2011 at 9:08pm
	Im not a single parent but I still live in fear of that Bowie,that I will drop dead of a brain aneurism (im full of joy really!) and all day until C gets home from school (and of course in this scenario,I haven't left the door unlocked for her,so shes locked out) and Ty will be crying and upset cos he'll be hungry and feeling abandoned,Mila will be crying and my DH will be oblivious cos he is slack at ringing or texting me during the day. When you do decide to move out Bowie,why not say to your mum or someone close to you that you will ring them every day between the hours of 11 and 1 and if they don't hear from you to try calling. Well,thats probably impractical,but something along those lines anyway. My friend was sick but didn't realise how sick she was,went to the hospital 3 weeks after her daughter was born and pretty much dropped dead while walking to another ward,it was very quick and sudden and while she died anyway,I sometimes think "at least she wasn't at home alone with her baby " cos that would have been even more terrible than it already was


kiwisj Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 02 June 2008 Points: 2434	Post Options Post Reply Quote kiwisj Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 August 2011 at 11:17pm
	This is one of my nightmares too, but at the moment I'm lucky we have live in help so if she wasn't here at the time it wouldn't take long before she was and knew something was up. A friend of mine here passed out in her hallway, very very ill when she was home alone with her 18mo DD. Her DH was away on business on the other side of the world. VERY fortunately she had her cellphone in her hand at the time and managed to speed dial DH who realised something was very wrong (she was incoherent and didn't know how long she'd been on the floor). She was also very lucky that her DD was napping at the time so was safe in her cot. Anyhoo, her DH had to try contact someone here in SG from where he was, and also called an ambulance. She was in a really bad way by the time she got to hospital, it was all really scary
	SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010

Hopes Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 06 August 2008 Location: Waikato Points: 4495	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hopes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 August 2011 at 6:54am
	I know, the thought of Jacob crying and upset with no-one there for him just about brings me to tears thinking about it. In my case, there's not much I can do except hope that I was in a position to yell for a neighbour (we are lucky that neighbours on all sides are often home in the day) or reach my cellphone and call DH. When Jacob's older he'll get the 111 lessons, but obviously too early for that now, he kind of needs to be able to talk...

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