I just came out to an empty house!!!

My kids were happily playing in the house so I ducked off to the toilet (for #2). I came out to an empty house :o!! I raced outside and they weren't there and neither was the stupid friggin' dog!!!
I sprinted out the front and found my 15 month old DS playing on the driveway and freaked as we live on a busy street and the cars hoon down our street. I couldn't see my DD anywhere. I was screaming her name and she wasn't anywhere!!! I was screaming and crying and called DH who came straight home. I ran down the street screaming her name (left the house completely open) and I turned the corner to find two high school boys sitting there playing with her :cry:.
I was hysterical by the time I got to them and have been so grateful to two high school boys before. They were walking home from school and saw her standing there crying so they ran over to her and sat with her. They couldn't work out what she was saying so they decided to sit there and wait until her parents came to get her. WHAT AMAZING BOYS!!!

I couldn't have thanked them enough and I gave them both massive hugs (never seen two teenagers so uncomfortable being hugged by a hysterical mum continuously saying thank you thank you thank you. I wish I got their names so I could call their parents and tell them what an amazing thing their boys did today!!

I have no idea what happened but basically she let the dog out so she was chasing the dog to get him back. I have never been so terrified before in my life!!! Except the last time I lost her!!!
Please tell me I'm not the only mum to have lost their kids, twice. I am feeling so enept as a mum at the moment!! I'm supposed to always watch them and keep them safe!!! I hate to think what could have happened!!! :cry:

Thanks for letting me debrief.

Oh wow! How horrible and scary for you. Wonderful outcome though, cheeky kids can't even let their mum go to the loo in peace :hug:

Were the boys wearing a uniform? Maybe you could ring the school?

Oh no! how scary for you!! i started tearing up just reading this as i can just imagine how terrifying it would be to find your kids missing. What GREAT boys to sit there with her :) Very smart boys indeed.

BIG :hug: to you, DH and your little ones.

Oh wow. Gotta love a happy ending like that. I'd ring the school too if they were in uniform

Oooh babe thats scary :hug:

Thankfully everything turned out ok - and you are NOT an inept mum - don't make me smack you *tsk tsk*

Ohh how scary, so glad some nice boys found her and waited with her.

Oh my gosh hun. :hug: I am so frightened of exactly that as Iz can open our door, you have seen it - easy to open and right onto the street :(. She generally doesn't for no reason, but knowing she can means the driveway gate can't come fast enough.

You are not inept babe - god, we all need to go to the toilet and it could happen to anyone. Huge supermassive hugs. :hug:

No you are not the only one. I lost dd twice in the space of 2 weeks. One at dh's 30th. We left the garage open for guests to come out and thought my mum or sister was looking after her. I asked them where dd was and no one knew, luckily she only headed up the driveway but of course I couldnt sleep thinking what could have happened to dd.

Then this weekend, we went up to the port stephens apartment, I got too excited, dropped my luggage aand went ti check the view out, then my husband came and wen he left I was looking for dd. Went in every room, panicked so much thinking she had gone down the lift, rang dh only to be told off then my friend rings and said she found her hiding in the bedroom cos she was playing hide and seek.

I know these storied wont make you feel better but just letting you know ui are not alone

Thanks ladies - I've at least stopped crying now and that sick feeling is slowly going away. DD ran to DH when she saw him and said
DD: mummy crying daddy
DH: that's because you ran away and didn't tell mummy where you were going
DD: but daddy I just getting scamp
DH: you scared mummy that's all
DD: but I just getting scamp silly mummy.

They are just so innocent. She is sound asleep on the couch as we speak - exhausted from her outing obviously!!

What a great idea to ring the school. They may be able to help me out. Thanks ladies :grouphug:

Massive :hug: to you!

You are not an inept Mummy at all. Our little ones are too fast and if they want to do something they will. I am worried about O doing the same thing and have found him out the front before :(

What a godsend those boys were! I agree with calling the school and seeing if you can get in contact with them that way! I am sure their parents would appreciate knowing what an awesome thing their boys did! I am so glad everyone is safe and well and please don't beat yourself up gorgeous girl, it can happen to anyone :hug:

How frightening for you! What those boys did was just so wonderful. I hope you can find out who they are, and thank them, and let their families know what they did.

My DD2 has escaped from our house twice now. First time DD1 seen her and let me know. Second time I didn't even know, and a lady that lives around the corner bought her home.

:hug: hun, that must have been scary as! Don't be hard on yourself though, you were in the toilet not like you were out the back drinking or something. :hug:

I'm sorry this happened Dan... but can I just say, that image you have put in my head of you blubbering all over those school boys is a little something like this:

Gorgeous Dan who is unfortunately barefoot and hair loose so has gone wild as she's been running. Tears streaming down the face. Unable to make a coherent word let alone sentence. See's DD and runs to the boys. Has DS hanging off one hip, trying to pick up DD. All the while clawing at two boys, pulling them closer, trying to hug them, as they try to pull away and give each other "WTF?!" looks! :rofl: Dan lets go and they bolt up the street. :rofl:

I'm sorry dan - but the image was too funny!

I'm glad everything has worked out. And hope DD doesn't try it again!

MG

Oh god, what a shock! I'm so glad they're all ok.
Poor, silly mummy :hug:

Oh dear! What lovely boys - restores faith in humanity.

Well your signature does say 'Our gorgeous "strong willed" princess'!:hug:

Methinks tonight is a wine night!

MG, you put what i was thinking into words. Oh, to have been a bird in the tree viewing this.

It is a horrible feeling when your child/ren go missing, you just don't know which way to turn. So happy that these boys thought to sit down and wait for you to turn up instead of trying to find her home. :)

:hug: Hope you're feeling better about it now hun, kids are so fly sometimes hey?

:hug: how scary for you, I am so glad that both were found safe and well x

hugs and no im always losing one here or there but i have 3 others for back up lol

That must have been so scary for you, i am so glad tthe boys sat with her so mature of them!
i know its ot quite the same but i lost DD in target for almost 20 mins today it was a horrible experience
hugs xx

:hug: :hug: :hug: OMG How terrifying! Thank goodness for those boys. So many kids (or adults for that matter) wouldn't have bothered. Good luck finding them :hug:

ETA- Not the same but, I "lost" DS in the shopping centre a few weeks ago for about 30 seconds. WORST 30 SECONDS OF MY LIFE! and he was just behind the chair :doh:

You poor thing, how scary for you :hug: Glad everything worked out in the end, what amazing boys to take the initiative to sit with your DD and wait. Don't be so hard on yourself, these things happen, we're all only human afterall.

Here's some more :hug: for you and your precious children x

Thank you all so your beautiful and kind words. And a huge thanks for all the hugs because boy did I need those. It's just the thought of the "what if's" and what could have happened.
MG it wasn't until you mentioned but OMG I would have been such a sight. Those poor boys probably didn't know what they hit with me.
At least my two gorgeous kids are tucked up safe and sound in their bed. I have a funny feeling I'll be checking on them overnight. I sent DH done to Bunnings for extra door locks and he's going to put them on for me. Let's see the cheeky monkeys get out of here now - it's like Fort Nox.

Liviam, if it's the chain on the door just check they cannot squeeze through. I was at DD house the other day and after a bit heard voices and the boys were out the front with me and had squeezed through the door. Don't want to panic you but thought I should warn you. :)

Hope you get a good nights sleep

How scary! oh my gosh! I'm glad they're safe and sound.
:hug: :hug:

I have no babies, but if i did, I'm sure there would be a time where I second guessed myself as a mother, judged myself and questioned my abilities. I also know, deep down, that none of my insecurities would be a reality. I hope you know the same babe. You are a wonderful mother, who is human. Your babies are too. Things are bound happen, and just thank god/the angels/the heavens above that everything worked out for you and your family!

It is ok. You are ok. And you deserve to be proud of the job you are doing.

I had an absolute panic attack the other day myself. Couldnt hear bunny, went out and she wasnt in the lounge or the kitchen but Sam had left the back door wide open - and the gate was open too. I freaked right out, running up and down the road, attacked by that rotten magpie that was lucky I didnt get my hands on it, went around the block, came back in the front to find out WHY DH wasnt out looking with me..

She had climbed up onto my bed and gone to sleep.

I know this does not change anything, and the whatifs are gonna hang around for a while. Thankfully they are both safe and sound. :hug: for you.

:hug: Oh hun how scary. the same nearly happened here today I went to the loo and Ds1 was on the stool with the keys opening the front door eeeek! Will have to hide the keys from now on!
Extra cuddles for mummy tonight xxxx

Aww :hug: hun, i am sitting here :crying: for you... how nice of those boys to just sit and wait.. very clever indeed.

FWIW my DD managed to get one of her chairs out the front 'unnoticed' and was standing at the gate trying to unlock it to let the dogs in.
I think it's the dogs, they lead them astray :rofl:

glad to hear DH is putting new locks on for you!

And don't worry how the boys perceived you - they will just be chuffed that they did a good deed and helped out DD! Did you get their school details? Maybe write to the princpal and let them know - or you could send a thank you to the boys via the school.

My DD took off down the road the other day too. She also took advantage of me being in the bathroom to exit the house... except she got as far as the letterbox where the ants distracted her :rofl: But my monkey thinks Mummy is batty because Mummy won't let her walk to the shops on her own at 8pm (in the dark!) to buy chocloate milk... on her own! :rofl: