SAHMs: Do you worry about being....

[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

[LucaJack'sMum]

.... wasn't really.... until now!!! LOL!!!

[fionas]

I do worry about it a bit. If I hurt myself but wasn't unconscious, DD would be able to get the phone if I asked her to. But she's too young to teach to dial 000 though she was pretty adept at dialling hotel reception when we went away last week. Got a bit embarrassing after the third time.

I do worry more about something happening to DD (we have a polished concrete floor and DD has taken to hanging upside down off the couch) and not knowing what to do before an ambulance got there.

Good on you for taking the FA course Bath. It's something I should look into as well.

DP assisted in giving CPR on a train the other day so you just never know when you're going to need it.

[Inertia]

It did, and when my Hypo first surfaced, it was extremely concerning. DH used to call every hour to make sure I was okay - but even then he would be hoping - at the time - that my sister was home to come over if I didn't answer. He ended up talking work into letting him have MSN on his computer at work and then he would call if I didn't respond to his messages during the day. Also was cheaper for them, lol.

In the end, if I was having a hypo we discovered I would lay down on the tiles. I instinctively went looking for a cool surface to lay down on, and the kids were helped to understand that if they saw mummy laying on the floor to bring her the bottle of coke. It didn't help with anything else at all, but it made them so happy to help mummy feel better. Usually I would be in the kitchen because I was trying to make myself something to eat when I felt it coming on.

I guess this is why I don't give my kids much in the way of chores - they got a fair whack of responsibility just having me as a mum, lol. Now DH is self employed he is a SAHD. I am a student - but doing distance while preggers. The bonus is - I am no where near as far from him at tafe as he was from me at work.