Toddler Falling Down Carpeted Stairs

My daughter fell down stairs too.

Toddler falling down carpeted stairs. Rolled down them like a movie stunt man and hit the floor at the bottom. He went down two steps on his tummy onto a landing lost his footing and tumbled the rest of the way down. My husband and my 13 year old son flew to the stairs but weren t able to catch him. My 2 year old fell down the stairs today at a birthday party right in front of my eyes.

I was not a fan of carpeting before moving into my current home where the stuff covers two stairwells and the whole second floor. There are tons of moms and dads that have had babies fall from changing tables or down stairs or off the bed my first born did that and i am sure there are a number of other typical accidents out there. A big awful sound scares jo and the mom as they run to find out a small toddler fell from the stairs. I was barefoot having just taken off my slippers that merit their name.

I screamed when i saw him go over the first step. My heart stood still. I keep replaying it in my mind and crying. My 14 month old fell down stairs four days ago and im still so freaked out he cried right away and is fine except for a carpet burn on his right eye and nose but the guilt and shame you feel as a parent is unbelieveable im still having nightmares and i will never forget the noise of hearing my baby fall down stairs like other parents i.

Do you think safety at home is important. Kids have accidents no matter how much we put in their path to prevent them. He is fine but i am not. Toddler fell down the stairs.

I m even more of a detractor now that it has caused me to fall three times on the stairs with the most recent incident on monday drawing some blood i m not an especially clumsy person.