I'm in a similar boat as you are. I was actually thinking of creating a similar thread.
I do make sure to keep the draino up, though. It's kind of like street saftey...no room for learning a lesson once.
I do know that death by accidents is a leading cause of toddler deaths. I don't have the stats, but I remember reading it a while back and taking notes.
So I sort of judge situations in a two phase system.
1)Could he really die from this?
2)What are the chances I'll have to run to the ER if he falls (or whatever)?
For example, I kind of freaked my MIL out last week. She has stairs, while we don't. We have steps on our front porch, though, and ds fell one step one time. Ever since then he's been super cautious about all steps. He holds on to the rails for dear life and moves slowly. So, at MIL's house, I let him go up the stairs alone.
Now, these are carpeted steps, and the floor is carpeted and padded.
For the life of me I could not imagine him falling in the first place, or seriously injuring himself if he did fall.
This was his first encounter with stairs, and he ended up only going up about 8 steps before deciding it was looking kinda scary, anyway, and he looked at me and said "Help", and I helped him down.
(I probably would have sat half way between him and the floor if he'd gone much farther).
MIL was aghast. We encountered a few similar situations that day with chairs and such, but by the end of the day she saw my logic. (She's a very cool woman.
)
"Well, he's definitely the most agile 20 month old I've ever seen before. And you're right, he never falls. And even if he did, I have to get creative to imagine how he'd actually require a visit to the doctor for it. He stops himself before he loses control. I guess your thing is working.", was what she said before we left.
Anyway, sorry I'm just posting here instead of starting my own thread. I don't have the stats you were looking for, but I do see the CC ideas on saftey working very well with my own ds. He's that perfect blend of fearless and cautious and curious.
My version of cc has always been kind of watered down, but I really do think the idea holds truth.

I do make sure to keep the draino up, though. It's kind of like street saftey...no room for learning a lesson once.
I do know that death by accidents is a leading cause of toddler deaths. I don't have the stats, but I remember reading it a while back and taking notes.
So I sort of judge situations in a two phase system.
1)Could he really die from this?
2)What are the chances I'll have to run to the ER if he falls (or whatever)?
For example, I kind of freaked my MIL out last week. She has stairs, while we don't. We have steps on our front porch, though, and ds fell one step one time. Ever since then he's been super cautious about all steps. He holds on to the rails for dear life and moves slowly. So, at MIL's house, I let him go up the stairs alone.
Now, these are carpeted steps, and the floor is carpeted and padded.
For the life of me I could not imagine him falling in the first place, or seriously injuring himself if he did fall.
This was his first encounter with stairs, and he ended up only going up about 8 steps before deciding it was looking kinda scary, anyway, and he looked at me and said "Help", and I helped him down.
(I probably would have sat half way between him and the floor if he'd gone much farther).
MIL was aghast. We encountered a few similar situations that day with chairs and such, but by the end of the day she saw my logic. (She's a very cool woman.

"Well, he's definitely the most agile 20 month old I've ever seen before. And you're right, he never falls. And even if he did, I have to get creative to imagine how he'd actually require a visit to the doctor for it. He stops himself before he loses control. I guess your thing is working.", was what she said before we left.
Anyway, sorry I'm just posting here instead of starting my own thread. I don't have the stats you were looking for, but I do see the CC ideas on saftey working very well with my own ds. He's that perfect blend of fearless and cautious and curious.
My version of cc has always been kind of watered down, but I really do think the idea holds truth.