Accidents happen. It’s the No. 1 rule of parenting. No matter how careful you are, kids will often find ways to get hurt. That’s just how kids are, and we as parents, can only do the best we can. One mom accidentally dropped her baby recently, and shared the story on social media. But the worst part of the story wasn’t the accident, it was her husband’s reaction.
The woman’s husband was not as understanding as she would have expected. She already felt bad, and he only made her feel worse, which isn’t the best way to handle a scary situation.
It was a legitimate accident.
In a since-deleted post in Reddit’s Parenting forum, the woman explained that after she dropped her baby, her husband was “chastising” her about it.
While carrying her 8-month-old daughter, the woman tripped over a toy and fell. Her little girl fell about two and a half feet onto her front. Nothing seemed wrong with the girl after the fall, but mom did her due diligence.
“I called the [pediatrician’s] office and the nurse told me to just keep an eye on her for any signs and if she’s acting off to bring her in,” she wrote.
Her husband didn’t act the way she thought he would.
The mom told her husband about their accident, and instead of offering her comfort, his first instinct was to be angry at her.
“My husband is berating me yelling that he told me over and over before to be more careful and that she could have died and that I don’t listen to him etc,” she explained. “He’s given me [the] complete cold shoulder today, offered me zero compassion or support, just says that I should have listened to him. I’m feeling like complete dog s—, I understand I messed up but it was an accident.”
She added that he believed she should have apologized to him for the accident.
People were overwhelmingly on her side.
One comment reads: “Basically every family accidentally drops a kid once. Your husband needs to get several grips. —-signed a peds nurse.”
Another pediatric nurse chimed in adding: “Babies are pretty bouncy. OP, tell your husband to grow up and understand accidents happen & he’s in for about 5000 more random injuries in the next 5 years. Babies & toddlers = injury prone.”
“And how exactly did he suggest you behave differently?” someone else wondered. “Is he picking up the toys 24/7 and you purposely put them back on the floor just so you can trip on them? He is being seriously wrong about this. You be done everything you should have.”
“I know that was a really scary moment for you and instead of being there to make sure you and the baby are okay he decides to make you feel like s—,” another commenter wrote. “Accidents happen and I’m sure the baby is fine. Falls happen. He needs to grow up.”
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