This is probably more of a concerned rant then anything else. I have been friends with a girl for nearly 25 years now (since before kindergarden) We are not super close as we were but we still remain friends (I was in her wedding, she was in mine, our mothers are best friends) She had a baby a year ago. I tried to educate her on the issues of vaccines, bfing, etc while she was pregnant. I gave her links, books, even a subscription to mothering magazine...well she didn't listen to anything. She chose a more mainstream approach (bf only a week, full vaccines, etc.) That's her choice and that's not my beef, just a little background. When S (her baby) was a few months old she got 3rd degree burn on her arms and hands. Her dh, my friend (N) and the baby went out to dinner and they were talking and not paying attention, S stuck her arms and hands into N's very hot dinner plate. She was in bandages for weeks if not longer. Okay, stuff happens, I can understand how it could have happened.... They are always doing dangerous stuff though. I gave them one of my jumpers that I used for my twins, well they let S STAND on it less then 1 foot from the fireplace (she just turned 1!) They walk away leaving her on the changing table to go into another room (we are talking when she was 6/7 months old.)just stuff like that.
Ok to the issue at hand. My mom, myself and my twins went to S's 1st bday party 2 weeks ago. She has a swing set that my twins were playing on with this very scary looking swing. It's those rocket type swings except it is about 5.5 feet off the ground (I am only 5'3" and I couldn't have put my kids in it)and it has been retied. You can see the old white rope and the new yellow rope has just been tied on it! I wouldn't put a dog in that thing let alone my child. My mom told my friend's mom (S's gma) that she needed to replace it, it was very dangerous and of course she agreed.
Fast forward to last week. My mom tells me on Friday that S broke her arm.
I asked her how and she said she fell out of that dangerous swing! She said S's dad was swinging her, looked away and when he turned around she climbed out of it and was on her way down! I'm surprised she didn't break more! My mom was curious though b/c she got the call early on Friday and both parents work so she didn't understand how she could have fallen out of the swing Friday morning with her dad swinging her. Come to find out, she broke her arm on Tuesday 
: My friend's mom watches S during the day while the parents work and kept insisting they take S to the doctor b/c she wasn't using the arm and she was screaming if it moved or anyone touched it. My friend's husband kept telling the gma that "she will be fine, she's tough" 
: I can't imagine living with a broken arm for 3 days!!
I just hope they learn from this and will be more cautious
Ok to the issue at hand. My mom, myself and my twins went to S's 1st bday party 2 weeks ago. She has a swing set that my twins were playing on with this very scary looking swing. It's those rocket type swings except it is about 5.5 feet off the ground (I am only 5'3" and I couldn't have put my kids in it)and it has been retied. You can see the old white rope and the new yellow rope has just been tied on it! I wouldn't put a dog in that thing let alone my child. My mom told my friend's mom (S's gma) that she needed to replace it, it was very dangerous and of course she agreed.
Fast forward to last week. My mom tells me on Friday that S broke her arm.
I asked her how and she said she fell out of that dangerous swing! She said S's dad was swinging her, looked away and when he turned around she climbed out of it and was on her way down! I'm surprised she didn't break more! My mom was curious though b/c she got the call early on Friday and both parents work so she didn't understand how she could have fallen out of the swing Friday morning with her dad swinging her. Come to find out, she broke her arm on Tuesday : My friend's mom watches S during the day while the parents work and kept insisting they take S to the doctor b/c she wasn't using the arm and she was screaming if it moved or anyone touched it. My friend's husband kept telling the gma that "she will be fine, she's tough" : I can't imagine living with a broken arm for 3 days!!I just hope they learn from this and will be more cautious
I love her, just geesh! Then there are dh's parents. I remember the time MIL told me how "creative" dh was, because when he was 3 or so, he would drag his big tricycle thing up the steps of his slide, and ride it going down. 
She would just sit there and watch him, not alarmed or anything. Oh, and one time while FIL was jumping a car, because the battery died, he walked away, leaving dh (around first grade) alone outside with the car, while the cable things were charging. DH took the clamps off the one car, and hooked them to his bike. The bike was completely melted when FIL and MIL came outside. They tell the story like, "ohh our clever little boy!" Not like, "omg he could have DIED!" They will never babysit my kids!!
