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I feel soo sick to my stomach right now. A little 2yo girl I care for fell 10in off if a bottom step in my backyard and broke her lower leg in 3 places...she landed right in her leg (leg broke the fall). In 6yrs I've never had a child get hurt none the less break a bone.. I'm at a total loss for words. I'm soo upset! Any words of advice? :-(
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:hug: sorry to hear that. Poor thing. Hope she is ok. Try to relax and please do advise licensing when you feel calm and clear. Best wishes Cracker jack. :hug:Comment
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Oh no, poor baby! And you, too, you must feel awful! I hope the parents and licensing understand that it was an accidentHee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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:hug:Please know these "freak" things can happen to any of us along with it easily happening at a child's own home. I am sure it is difficult to go through this. You are in our thoughts!Comment
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Oh no! I would contact licensing and be sending her a get well card.Comment
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That is horrible. I can only imagine how awful you must feel.
I have no experience with anything like this, but would definitely call licensing to let them know.Comment
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First of all...Sending you hugs... :hug::hug:
My own son was 9 months old, and just learned to crawl. We have a yellow labrador that wouldn't hurt a fly. He was a puppy then and came in from outside with his puppy jumps and scared my son. He tried to turn to crawl away, and the twisting motion hairline fractured his femur
. He barely cried, but didn't put any weight on in. We brought him to Dr. and she moved his leg all around and said without an x-ray she couldn't tell... brought him to ER and sure enough we found it was fractured. They made me feel so negligent, asked what happened three times, and said my story was consistent with the break.
It was AWFUL. I was right there, and my DH was sleeping in that morning. I cried and cried. But, it was an accident, and they do happen. Don't beat yourself up too much. I doesn't do any good
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:hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug: Sounds like a complete accident. But so sorry that it happened! I would definitely call licensing first and foremost and maybe have all the kids draw up a nice get well soon card and mail it to them. I'd also personally send the little girl flowers or a new teddy bear. That's gotta be tough for everyone involved.Comment
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First, I am sorry this happened. I know you are concerned about the child and about licensing. She will be okay. You will be okay.
You need to fill out this form:
And fax it to your licensing agency. If you cannot fax it, you MUST call tomorrow morning and report the incident.
I want you to calm down and take a look around. Do not alter anything where she fell. But do get everything else in order. Go through your files and make sure everything is current. Check all of your safety measures and make sure everything is in place. Etc.
You will be getting a visit within the next few days, so be prepared for it. Do not fail to report it yourself because the Doctor will report it and if you haven't, that will land you in trouble.
You will not get in trouble for the actual accident unless there is provable neglect, but we all KNOW that accidents happen right before our eyes, so do the licensors.
Again, calm down, relax and be proactive.
Good luck.Comment
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So sorry to hear this. An injury is my BIGGEST fear caring for other people's children. The worst thing that has ever happened to me was when I had a balance beam in my yard and a boy slipped and skinned his shin.
I have a patio that is about 6 inches off the ground also and I try to make the kids stay off it because it's just low enough they will take off walking/running and 'forget' it just drops off and I've been so fearful of that very thing happening to one of my kids.
I'm going to be much more aware now of them being on that patio....Comment
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Leg not broken-ankle
Thanks guys.. I still feel horrible that this happened on my watch. I know from a realistic perspective that it Was just an accident and accidents Do happen. I spoke with mom, she said its not her leg, but her ankle that is broken (miscommunication between parent who actually took the child to Dr). I called licensing to report the incident and I will mail in the form tomorrow. I went through all paperwork and everything is current and up to date. Mom said Dr said she can return back to daycare whenever she wants. Now that the ankle is immobilized its okay. I'm the type of person who hates the unknown and just not knowing exactly how mom feels about the whole situation is probably what's stressing me the most. Thanks for everyone's support, it's really meant alot.Comment
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Ya know what? They are communicating with you......that is a good sign. So stop worryiong about that.
One last thing I think you should do is come up with a Plan of Action on how you plan to prevent this from happening again. Licensing will likely be asking you that. Think about it, write it down and start teaching it to your children tomorrow:
I don't know the exact circumstances, but considering she fell off the step, I am assuming you were coming from inside to outside, or vice versa. If that is the case, then the plan of action would include how you exit and enter the house to play outside/go back in in a way that would prevent falling. Such as.....you will have the children line up and wait for you to lead them out, you step down first and then turn and help the littlest ones down.
Keep us posted.Comment
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We were in the backyard. The steps that I have leading to the inside have a gate on the 2nd step, because there is no post on the first step to allow for a gate to be installed. This has always been the set up since the day i was licensed 6 years ago (ive had 4 visits in the last years from licensing and never has this been an issue) So there is 1 step the kids can stand on, though they all know they are Not allowed to stand on it, but they are kids and do it anyway. I saw her climb onto the step, told her to get down as I was walking over to get her down, she started to step down, lost her balance and fell on her side. Which she obviously twisted her ankle as she landed. Scary.
I have a pic on my phone, just don't know how to put it in the messageComment
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Is there any way that you can put a post there and move the gate? I understand it wasn't a concern with licensing before, but it will be now. If you can, place a post at the bottom step and move the gate. This will show that you have learned from the experience and you are willing to make changes based on your learning.
If the space is available to do this (there is a spot to place the posts on each side of the step), you can do it yourself for very minimal cost.Comment
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