Mum ‘sick with guilt’ after causing her son to injure himself

We all make mistakes.

Sometimes, we just can't help the outcome of anything. No matter how hard we try, judgements can be off and we make errors - especially when it comes to parenting. We try our best but it's a huge learning curve. This mum is 'sick with guilt' after misjudging a slippery surface which saw her son falling on it and injuring himself. Taking to Mumsnet, she wrote:

"A week ago I stupidly misjudged how slippy a floor was and caused my toddler to fall and it slashed his head open. I feel sick - he’s fine in himself and although the hosp did a great job and managed to glue it - will still be a huge scar across his head. "I feel so sad that his beautiful face is forever changed due to my stupidity. Everyone keeps telling me to pull myself together but every time I look st my boy I feel guilty."

Many mums got back to her, saying that thankfully he is not unhealthy - it is just a scar - and there could be worse things: One said:

"Look it’s upsetting for sure but it can’t have been that huge or glue wouldn’t have been sufficient. Parenting is. HUGE learning curve and overprotective parents are doing their dc no favours either. "My SIL was crying about her child’s chicken pox scars on the day Grenfell burned- I had a sharp word with her about that. Her scars are practically non existent now. "So you’ve suffered enough now; move on and welcome to the dangerous world of owning a toddler."

While another wrote:

"Seriously you need to put this into perspective , in the great scheme of things this will probably end up being a very minor incident in his life . When my ds was about 2 my mum slammed a car door into his head by accident and he had to go to hospital with concussion, these things happen."