For the past week I have nursed my entire family, including myself, back to health from the horrid stomach flu. Apparently, I started it, then my 7 month old daughter came down with it, and then my 4 year old son. I have been barely able to keep up with meeting the needs of 2 sick kids,the house, laundry etc.
And then let me preface that I knew better as a mom, and a Pediatric Nurse, and not to mention it's written all over the freakin' bath seat.
I was giving my daughter a bath with her in her bath seat and my son was taking a nap in my bedroom. All of a sudden my son screams bloody murder and I go flying into my room. Just as I reach my bedroom, I hear plastic against the bathtub and a splash. I go flying back into the bathroom to see my daughter out of her bath seat and completely submerged under water. I grab her out of the water and with some sputtering she was able to catch her breath.
I almost collapsed from the adrenalin rush from knowing how close I came to losing my daughter. I called my mom and husband hysterical saying "I almost killed my daughter" and "I am such a terrible mother!" They kept reassuring me that they would have done the same thing but I KNOW better. I KNOW it happens because I am nurse, a PEDIATRIC nurse and yet I did it anyway.
I swear an angel was watching over me and my daughter. So PLEASE although it may be tempting to just step a way for a second, learn from my close call, and if the need is that urgent, grab your child out of the bath seat before leaving them in there!
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