When we found our new house we commented on the stairs and that we would need to get gates so DD1 couldn't play on them, before we moved she figured out how to climb the stairs and became quite confident so we decided instead of scare her away or stop her from learning we would just show her how to use them properly and would buy a gate to the upstairs part of the house for when other kids were here.
She has been using the stairs and is quite good, she wont crawl down them she walks up and down them with 1 hand on the wall or rail.
This morning DP bought her into our room as she was awake as he was leaving for work, she climbed out of bed and headed for the stairs so i figured i might aswell get up, was about to put my dressing gown on when i heard BUMP BUMP BUMP then SCREAM
I bolted for the stairs and her CPK baby was on step 2 and she was at the bottom, i was shaking as i ran to her, my poor poor baby!
I have no idea if she let go of Luna to climb down the stairs OR she dropped Luna as she fell, IF she dropped her as she fell then she fell down about 8 stairs
I am still shaking a couple of hours later, she seems fine, a little sooky but i would be too if i fell down some stairs, she's not complaining of a sore neck and is walking around fine, i feel horrible.
DP didn't turn the light on on the stairs as i guess he assumed she would stay with me, she called her dad and has a chat between sobs... my poor poor girl.
I still wont be buying a gate for every day use, hopefully now she will realise they are not a toy BUT that said i am having MG here in 2 wks and i don't trust the other kids so off to buy a gate we go.
If it makes you feel any better, I fell down a flight of stairs when I was 3 years old. I think the shock of the fall was more traumatic than any pain I felt. I'm sure you're DD will be the same.
Thx hun, i don't think i've ever gotten down stairs so quickly, there are 4 stairs down into the lounge and she has been using those so she doesn't seem 'scarred for life' lol.
We have a gate on both the up and downstairs now. We bought this place when I was pg with Oskar though so obviously we had to have one at least at the top. He still has fallen down the stairs though. He was about 18 months I think when he went down hmmm about 10 I think? It's so scary and I was checking him over like crazy. We now have a gate at the bottom also as Elijah kept crawling up them and if I was in the bathroom I couldn't stop him and he has also fallen down ... cos he was so fast one day that he got up about 3 or 4 high then thought he could just sit on them... ummmm wrong kiddo, wrong! Luckily babies and young kiddies "go with the flow" when they tumble and they don't brace and try to stop.
Our upstairs gate is only locked close if Elijah is upstairs and awake so Oskar can get up and down on his own. They are annoying but a necessary evil with young ones and/or kids who don't know how to use stairs well. I know kids older than Oskar who crawl up and still crawl backwards down..... so I basically keep all kids but my own off the stairs lol.
Thanks, there is only our room upstairs so i wont bother with one for up the top but when other kids are here i will be putting one at the bottom so they can't climb up and then fall down.
This morning Ava came up to my room and was sooking cos she didn't want to go down the stairs, being the mean mum i am i made her sit on her bum and go down, she got her confidence back so she went and climbed the stairs and came down walking holding the rail.
Hopefully no more spills from her... my nerves are shot...
She fell down the stairs
my poor poor girl.
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that must have been really scary for you both.
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