SAHMs: Do you worry about being....

[Marlene]

I've never actually thought about it. I'm at home alone during the day with an 11 month old...he's not old enough to learn how to use the phone yet.

[Mother Goose]

Bath, this has been on my mind a bit lately. Mostly because I've been a bit accident prone of late and am always worried about falling down our stairs. Whilst DD is very good at following instructions (when she wants to), and loves fetching my phone, she wouldn't know how to call 000 or open the gate to the stairs if I've locked it behind me to stop her following. I used to worry about her not being able to reach my phone but she's learnt how to use her stool to reach things I've put "out of reach"

Good on you for enrolling in a First Aid Course!

[Bathsheba]

MG: I'm actually doing the course in Greensborough... through the Red Cross. Apparently as of May 1st St. John's Ambulance are no longer running first aid courses.

[Mother Goose]

Really?! I wonder why... it's always been a good money earner for them... well, in SA anyway. Might have to ask a few people about that!

AND

ooooooooooooooo what time is your course?! And where in Greensborough?! We might just have to have a coffee! depending on what shift I'm on - just realised it's a Friday! Are you doing it over the weekend or 1 day a week for a few weeks?

[Bathsheba]

I'm doing a Senior Level First Aid course that takes 4 evenings (15 hours) to complete. 6.30pm - 10.30pm on 4 consecutive Mondays in May.... and yes! a meetup would be great if your shifts allow

Also it's fantastic how our health fund are 100% covering the cost of the course! I'm looking forward to it! Although I'm worried about the 10.30pm finish... I'm not much of a night owl... hope I can still concentrate at that hour! Probably should start a new thread to ask other members what they thought of their FA courses.

[Glamourcide]

There are times I wonder about this... I have very low blood pressure and there have been several times when I've just passed out cold for no reason at all, and I've been alone with DD. Thankfully my blackouts only last a few seconds to a minute or two, but DD is one of those kids where a few seconds of no supervision could spell disaster for her (eg she can climb a chair and unlock the front door, climb the gate to unlatch it and run out into the street, or get into the laundry if the babygate isn't properly latched and get into cleaning products, or best-case scenario, get into the fridge and destroy a week's worth of groceries!). She's far too young to be able to dial 000 in the case of an emergency, although she loves playing with the phone and always asks me to call her daddy or nanna so she can have a chat.

If something serious did happen to me, I suppose I'd just have to pray to God it was at one of those times DD was in her cot on time-out, or down for a nap - that way she's contained and despite the fact that she'd be alone and screaming her head off to be let out until DH comes home (for either lunch at 11:30, or knock-off time around 5) or my mum pops by in the afternoon for a coffee (after 1:30pm). Sometimes DH calls during the day but if I didn't answer he wouldn't think anything of it - if I had the car he'd assume I was out spending money, and if he had the car he'd assume I'd called mum to take me out to spend some money lol. So he wouldn't organise to come home and check.

Our neighbours, for the most part, would be pretty unhelpful. On one side there's a church (so it's vacant except Saturday mornings when they have services), on the other side is a couple who just moved in and don't have much to do with us or anybody else, and across the road is that annoying little twit who invites all his mates over at 10am for beer and incredibly loud music (so he would never hear DD's screams over his doof-doof, even if he were the type of person to come an investigate instead of thinking, "God, shut that frickin' kid up, I'm trying to get drunk!").

I do worry about it every now and then... part and parcel of being a SAHM I suppose. Until DD is big enough to dial the phone instead of punching in random numbers and then asking the dial tone, 'Daddy?! Nanna? Bye-bye!', I'll just have to pray I don't hurt myself in some way. One good thing, the house is one level so I'd only come unstuck if I were to fall down the verandah stairs!! Indoors I'm pretty safe lol