https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 14:54:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421199 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:33:42 +0000 irene 2421199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS had this crying spell since he was a baby that if he is super upset/crying intensely, he would hold his breath until he turns purple. He always breathe on his own after a while. When he was a bit older (2?) it got worse. One time he cried, turned purple and held his breath for a long time, his eyes rolled back, body went limp, and passed out. Oh my god I was by myself and I freaked out. I forgot all about cpr and the only thing i remembered was to put him on a hard surface, which was the floor. Luckily he somehow started breathing on his own as I laid him on the floor. Thankfully he seemed to have outgrew it.</p> <p>The second one I wasn't scared at the moment but afterwards I am still scared up til this date. I was in labor and was laying there with all the machines plugged in. Suddenly the alarm went off. The nurse came in and the midwife came in. They didn't say anything but you can see the baby's heart rate was dropping and triggering the alarm. They all look very serious and the midwife put her hands in me to try to reposition the baby. After a while the heart rate came back to normal. This may have happened two times as I waited for delivery. After LO was delivered they said the embilical cord wrapped around his neck for 4 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421188 Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:02:18 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2421188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't decide between the 1st time she was exposed to peanut butter, or the 2nd time she was exposed. Both were pretty terrifying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421144 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:55:56 +0000 Tanjowen 2421144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO liked to hold food in his mouth while teething from about 12-15 months , I tried to be diligent about digging it all out before he went to sleep but one night I was asleep with him in our guest bedroom (he was having difficulty falling asleep. I would usually lay down with him until he fell asleep and then transfer him to his crib ) and I snapped awake and knew something was wrong. LO was stiff and not breathing and it was a long moment where I turned him over and hit his back a few times and he started to finally cry. The only reason we and our pediatrician could come up with is the food in his mouth fell and obstructed his airway. You better believe I was hyper viligent about checking for food and we Co slept for another month before I let him sleep alone . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421122 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:24:13 +0000 charlotte 2421122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are all terrifying. We have 2 -<br /> Once at 4 months old DSs angel care went off and he was clearly right in the middle of the bed, not off of the sensor. We had never had any false alarms. He must have been in an extremely deep sleep and breathing shallowly... we screamed his name and patted him until he woke up. </p> <p>And like some others - anaphylaxis from an unknown allergy exposure. It was an hour after eating at a restaurant and we aren't sure what caused the reaction but we have epi pens on hand for a couple different allergies. He woke up vomiting everywhere, crying, hives, and then the giveaway that something allergic and awful was happening was the sneezing --- hundreds of sneezes in a row without breaks. SO THANKFUL for epi pens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421089 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:04:39 +0000 NavyRN2012 2421089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took F to the doctor when she was about 30 months old for a presumed UTI. They had to cath her for the urine sample, which was traumatic, and her results came back with no leukesterase or bacteria, but really high glucose. They had to start an IV and get labs. All of her labs were normal. We were so perplexed. We still had to wait on her A1c results, so they sent us home with a glucometer and a urine bag. Her sugars were normal over the next 24 hours and her bagged urine sample came back with bacteria and leuks. Her A1c also came back normal. Our provider consulted with peds endocrinology and they said it was either lab error or some transient glycosuria.<br /> I was pretty terrified she was diabetic though. I had really poorly controlled GD when I was pregnant with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421052 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:40:53 +0000 lovehoneybee 2421052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS had been spiking fevers (up to the 104 range) for a day or two. I was getting a lot of "fevers are helpful, wait and sees" from the nurses and pedi at the time (no other symptoms). </p> <p>I picked him up from my ILs house after work and he was burning up, hotter than I'd ever felt him, so I gave him some Tylenol and immediately got us both into a cool shower. I took his temp when we got out and it was 105.9, and he was lying on my chest, not moving, blank, unblinking stare. I didn't even stop to think, I was completely on autopilot. I immediately got us dressed and took him to the ER and called D on the way (I realized much later that my shirt was on backwards and inside out!) I cried so hard once we were home and his fever was down. </p> <p>Turns out he had a double ear infection that the pedi had missed. The same thing happened a year or so later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/3#post-2421033 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:20:55 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2421033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my LO was ~4mos I was carrying her in one arm &amp; had the recycle bin in the other to take out to the big bin in the garage. She jerked &amp; started falling backwards &amp; I could not catch her &amp; she did a back flip, falling right on her face on the concrete floor. :crying: I dropped the recycling all over the floor to scoop her up &amp; rushed her into the house. I laid her down on the couch to check her eyes, ears, skull &amp; limbs. She cried, but not that badly &amp; not for very long, but I was terrified of a brain injury. I called her Dr &amp; we took her there to get checked out, but all seemed ok. I still cannot forgive myself for that &amp; hated to think what terrible injuries she could've sustained. I haven't been back out to the garage with her &amp; am much more careful holding her. </p> <p>Reading all these is painful, but is helpful to *hopefully* avoid some of the same things happening. :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2421026 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:09:40 +0000 Bao 2421026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Nutella: my LO is almost 2 now as well. Sounds so similar...and so scary. You should see how little I cut things sometimes ha... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2421017 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:55:41 +0000 littlebug 2421017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D was running around our living room, and ran and kind of tripped and hit the wall. There is a big 18" HEAVY clock on that wall that fell off and missed his head by like a millimeter. If it had hit him, it would have caused major brain damage, if not killed him. I freaked, and we immediately secured it to the wall with command strips. That thing is stuck up there so well now that we didn't even bother getting it down to change it for DST, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420998 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:38:25 +0000 Nutella 2420998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: mine was also choking a few months ago (Lo is nearly two now). I was alone with him and he choked on a blueberry and instinctively I ran with him belly down on my arm (to the street also - think I was praying I would see someone who could help). Still makes my skin crawl, I was so scared. Luckily as I was running down the hall the movement pushed it out and it came out flying. Horrible and terrifying, but totally woke me up to the fact they are still so helpless sometimes. I think he's better at chewing now, but I'm also way more vigilant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420962 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:08:47 +0000 Astro Bee 2420962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@alphagam84: This was our experience, too. So scary, one second, I'm pushing, and the next my (blue, meconium-covered) son was on the other side of the room with about 10 people suddenly in the room, being suctioned, and I don't know what else. I found out later he had an APGAR score of 2. Thankfully, at 5 mins it was 9, and at 7 mins he was being put on my chest. But seriously the longest 7 mins of my life!!!</p> <p>The second scariest moment was on NYE. I was getting ready to go out with DH and my parents were planning to watch DS (who is 9 mo), as we were visiting for the holidays. I heard screaming and shouts from DH to come quick. My son had pulled my mom's heavy DSLR down onto his head using the strap from the counter. He calmed down after several mins, but we still took him to the ER, and stayed in that night. We were concerned that because his head is still soft it might have damaged his brain, but apparently soft skulls are very good at preventing concussions! Good to know. </p> <p>I do blame myself for drifting off to sleep once this fall after bringing him to bed for early morning nursing. He was on top of me and I only fully woke up after he'd crawled to the outer side (king bed) and he dived off the bed. He landed on his face, but thankfully I'd thrown the extra bed pillows there. Still, my heart stopped for a couple of seconds. </p> <p>One thing that I've found over the last several months is that I'm the super calm one in an emergency. I can be objective and assess the situation, although nothing super bad has happened yet. DH freaks right out over the smallest bump. Ugh, pardon the novel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420923 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:33:29 +0000 Bao 2420923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:heart: :heart: :heart: sending hugs to you all, seriously...wow... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420911 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:28:32 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2420911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: oh my gosh that's so scary. Thank god you're both okay. I don't think the anxiety ever goes away. When I was 18, I was driving to the store with my three year old sister and I lost control when I hit ice on the road and the car went into the ditch and landed on its side. It was so scary. I couldn't open the door from the inside either. We were both fine, but ever since I have anxiety driving in wintery conditions (like if it's snowing or slippery). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420845 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:31:45 +0000 Ajsmommy 2420845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My scariest moment was when I was driving with my 12 month old dd on a rainy day and lost control. We went into a skid that took us into the oncoming lane and I was looking at huge trees along the roadside as the rear of the car spun around and the side that dd was on was heading straight for the trees.. We did hut a tree in the passenger side at about the exact middle on my car. My car was totalled, glass flew everywhere and I literally jumped out and dd was silent.... It was the worst minute of my life!!!!! Thank God she was ok. Not even a scratch. We went to the er to get checked and the fire dept commended us for having her properly secured. </p> <p>Honestly it had scarred me for life<br /> I'm still scared to drive in the rain and its been over a year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420840 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:27:27 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2420840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There were two times I can recall... One was when J was only about a year old. He had gone in the bathroom, closed the door, and opened the drawers. The bathroom in that apartment was super tiny, and the drawers of the vanity were right next to the door. So if the drawers were opened, the door couldn't be opened more than maybe 1/2 inch? Not even enough for me to get a couple fingers in there. I freaked out that he was locked in the bathroom and was too young to understand following the directions I was trying to give him. Obviously he could have turned on the tub to scalding water, or drown or something and I was helpless. I called DH at work, he was in the middle of teaching a class and I had the admin assistant get him from class, I was sobbing on the phone and didn't know what to do. He was going to come home, but then just at that moment (it was overall less than ten minutes he was in there alone), he figured out how to close the drawer to open the door. Oi. That was rough.</p> <p>The second thing was when I was sleeping and I heard our front door slam shut. I leapt out of bed even forgetting to grab my glasses and realized J had just walked straight out of the apartment and was already at the end of the hallway before I got to him. He told me he was going down to the garage to "check on the dumpsters". It was the scariest thing. We then put a door alarm on our front door so I'd hear if he ever tried to leave again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420817 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:03:32 +0000 catomd00 2420817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She ran off at target and I was terrified when we couldn't find her right away. It happened so fast and I even saw the direction she ran in but Those clothing racks really mask a little! She was only like 5 feet away from us and had taken her shoes off sitting on the floor talking to a stuffed dog she saw lol. I was so worried she had run into the parking lot or something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420805 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:55:32 +0000 LindsayLou 2420805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Scariest moment? My five month old fractured her femur last week, so scariest moment is tied between when I saw her fall, hearing that her leg was broken, and waiting for them to wheel her away to surgery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420791 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:36:12 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2420791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I lost my son in a Carter's store. He was playing with the legos, then I looked back and he was gone! Terrifying. But he was just up looking for me.</p> <p>Oh! I also fell while holding him when he was pretty little. I think his head slightly hit the ground, but I took most of the fall. He cried pretty hard though, so i wasn't sure whether he was hurt for awhile.</p> <p>Wow...this is jogging so many memories. My dog knocked into him at full speed in the driveway. That time he definitely hit his head. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420683 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:13:15 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2420683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarac: :( Dh fell off of an officec chair while holding my son around that age and I swear I saw it in slow motion and it was scary. But thankfully dh was able to soften the blow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420680 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:11:19 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2420680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few months ago, dd had a fever of 105 despite fever reducing medication, and I was completely freaked out but found out that it could be ok. We had to start more meds and increase the dose.</p> <p>I thought that was scary, but a week later we were in the hospital with ds, then five weeks, and despite us only being there for monitoring and testing for a fever in a newborn, his heart was racing (for the second night in a row, which we were told was really abnormal) and all the monitors were going off at once, and his pulse oximeter reading went from in the 90s to the 80s to the 70s, etc., and even thought I knew it was due to fussing, it just freaked me the f*** out because I had no idea what to do!</p> <p>The other scariest moment was when I was repeatedly ill last year despite repeated antibiotic treatments and several doctors and looking back it sounds dramatic but I started to wonder if I wouldn't be there to see my daughter grow up. I can only imagine how it feels to battle cancer or other serious illnesses while parenting.</p> <p>All of these gave me a needed dose of perspective. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420674 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:04:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2420674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The birth of my third baby.</p> <p>Other than that. We've been pretty lucky so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420667 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 16:01:13 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2420667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DD2 was about a month old she was laying on her playmate in the livingroom. I was in the kitchen feeding DD1 her lunch and in the phone with my mom yo ask her advice on a parenting situation, when suddenly DD2 starts screaming in a way that I had never heard her do before or since. I ran to her side to see that she had spit up and all around her mouth was blue. She had apparently spit up very quietly and was choking while I was busy with her big sister. I cried and cried and cried after that. I didn't let her lay flat for a long time after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420661 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:55:23 +0000 GrapeCrush 2420661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DS was 8 months old he was crawling around the floor and I looked up and watched him put something in his mouth. I flew off the couch and as I got there he swallowed whatever it was. I heard a little gasp, but he seemed to be ok. I started panicking because chocking is one of my biggest fears with the kids, so I called 911. They took him to the hospital to do X-rays. We still don't know what it was, since the X-rays showed nothing, and we didn't find anything in his poop. </p> <p>Another time, we were in Toronto, at the hotel and DS was walking around and tripped over nothing and went head first into the end table. He cut his forehead open. So much blood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420646 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:43:48 +0000 clover 2420646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were at a BBQ at my bosses house and my 2.5 year old dove head first off the deck onto cement. I saw it happen but being 7.5 months pregnant I wasn't moving quickly. Thankfully he was fine but I watched him like a hawk all night and still replay it in my mind at times. The guidelines for head CT were not met so the ER would not have done anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420640 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:40:51 +0000 chibee 2420640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: this is such a nightmare - what happened? If you don't mind me asking - and of course feel free to ignore if you'd rather not respond and relive it! </p> <p>Mine is small potatoes compared to some of these (probably bc he's only 16 months) but i got a call that he fell face first off the changing table when i was at work. he was fine, but had a very faint black eye for a couple of days. still though, i imagined brain injury and all of that when i got that call. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420622 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:28:42 +0000 erinpye 2420622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My littlest choked once, I think it was on a piece of banana, and she was under a year. I have never moved so quickly: I threw the highchair tray across the dining room and had her unstrapped and face down over my arm in seconds. Luckily I had read the worst thing I could do was stick my fingers down her throat, and a few hard swats to her back forced the food out.</p> <p>My oldest, when she was 11 days old, had a reflux episode and we didn't know what it was, and were told to go to the ER. The doctor on call told us it could be a congenital heart or lung issue and made it sound like if we didn't agree to the chest x-ray, we were horrible people. I had to watch my screaming, brand new baby get smashed into a clear tube and x-rayed. The doctor then came back and told me it did look like she indeed had a congenital defect. Then told me not to freak out as I started to sob. She then came back a little while later and said she had misread the scans and had someone else look, and my daughter was fine. I wrote the hospital a long letter about her bedside manner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420618 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:26:50 +0000 Corduroy 2420618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are so scary. My physically scariest moment was probably when DH let LO run towards our live rat traps after I specifically reminded him not too. She was too far away for either of us to reach so all I could do was shout and listen for the snap. Thankfully she was so freaked by my shout she stopped and cried.</p> <p>I think I was actually more scared when I went to pick LO up from her in home daycare one day and nobody answered the door. I kept knocking. A few minutes later DCP pulled up in her car with LO (in a carseat). When she opened her door her teenage son was coming up from the basement with a toddler. DCP said everything was fine and she that she had permission to leave that toddler with her son but my imagination ran wild with the whole scenario. I don't typically think like that. We switched daycares right after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420584 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 15:00:01 +0000 littlejoy 2420584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are scary!! </p> <p>We had LO at home ... the midwives stayed for 3 hours after the birth, but right after they left, she coughed up a little fluid when she was on her back, and took a few moments to work through it. GAH! Horrible!! </p> <p>When she was 13 months, she fell at daycare and knocked out her front tooth. In the moment (when was rushing to pick her up), it was so scary. We thought she'd need surgery, etc. We ended up not needing to do anything (other than make her comfortable), which was such a relief. </p> <p>Choking stuff is really, really scary! I'm sorry to those of you who have dealt with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420577 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:58:02 +0000 MrsKoala 2420577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is a breath holder. When he gets very upset, he holds his breath. Usually we can get him to breathe but when he was 13 months old, he hit his head hard and held his breath to the point where he went blue and stopped breathing. I thought he was going to die. I had never seen a kid do this. He eventually started breathing again about 15 seconds later but that was 15 seconds too long for my poor heart. We had already called 911, I started chest compressions, and a policeman and EMTs were at my house in minutes. I called the pediatrician the next day and they told me that this is something that some kids do. Our only way to prevent it is not to let him get so upset that he holds his breath and passes out again. He has passed out once since but now we know what to do when he turns blue (blow in his ear, make loud random sounds to surprise him into taking a breath). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-scariest-parenting-moment-ever/page/2#post-2420555 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 14:45:24 +0000 Mama Bird 2420555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS dropped a huge lamp at my parents' house. There was broken glass everywhere. Luckily it didn't hit anyone as it fell. I go to calm him down and then I see his hands are red all over. I freak out, but DH says "he's fine, we were drawing with markers!" I took DS to the bathroom to wash off the marker and make sure there are no cuts, and then I see his feet are red all over too. That's when I freaked out! It took DH a while to get it through to me that yeah, that's marker too. Seriously, great idea to go drawing hand and foot outlines in red and not warn me...</p> <p>With DD, we hit a pothole once and the car started limping and making this awful crunching noise. We were three blocks from the dealership, but the whole time we were driving there I was terrified that some part will fall off and we'll get into an accident. In hindsight I should have pulled over and called a tow truck, but we'd just spent all day at the dealership to fix another problem and I wasn't thinking that clearly. </p>