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I was extremely accident prone as a child. My mom was always taking one of us to the ER for something! I have fallen out of a second story window(at 16 months, so serious injuries, only cuts and bruises), fell down a flight of stairs(at 2, stitches in my forehead), punctured the back of my throat with a mini flag(maybe this was the worst?), had a whole box of cascade dumped in my eyes. These would be the worst I'd say. We already see glimpses of this in DS because he's so curious and gets into everything. At 13 months he had to have a 1 inch gash glued and steristripped on his forehead when he took a header into a night stand.

Nope! I've never broken a bone, had stitches or anything as a kid!

Unless my wisdom teeth count, my first surery/stitches was my c-section.

Oh yeah. I was very accident prone. I fell out of a kiddy pool when I was two and broke my collar bone, my cousin stepped on my hand and broke two of my fingers when I was 4, I fell off a swing and broke both wrists when I was in second grade, I fell and broke my foot in 5th grade, and fell skiing and tore my ACL in seventh grade. I really hope DS doesn't take after me!

The worst I had was getting hit in the head with a hockey puck while watching a game. I needed some stitches and had a slight concussion but I'm not worse for wear !

I broke my elbow when I was three. When I was a teenager I broke my nose playing softball and had to have 2 surgeries to fix it. Ouch!

Kind of? When I was 2 or 3, I pulled the playpen (and my sister) down on myself. Both of us ended up with busted faces and damaged permanent teeth. I also grabbed a hot curling iron by the barrel and burned both of my hands. In Kindergarten, a teacher told me to stand right in front of a door that swung out and someone opened the door and busted my nose. I don't know if it broke, but I have a bump in my nose.

@pui: That made me laugh so hard!

I never got hurt *too* badly, but all my injuries stemmed from four things: my treehouse, sledding, the crazy awesome and steep homemade slip n slide my grandpa made us every summer, and my temperamental Shetland pony. I got scraped off, bitten, and bucked off by that pony every week and I just loved her to bits haha

Nope! My first broken bone was a few months after I got married! DH on the other hand... he played a lot of sports, and has broken every toe, almost every finger, his wrist, torn ligaments, herniated disks, all kinds of things. Hoping for a kid more like me!

Also, my cousin broke her collarbone 5 times when she was little. All were legit, but child services had to look into it since that's a common one with abuse.

Reading all your replies scares the daylights out of me! DD is very reckless, she's been trying to jump off of the bed since before she learned to walk. It's even worse now because she can climb onto the bed and she can run so she has momentum when she tries to jump off! She's really playful, but combined with her curiosity, it's heart attack inducing sometimes! I need to take notes from all your stories to alleviate the risks for my little daredevil.

Note: I'm the crazy person that faved this thread, so I can easily find it later for reference.

I scraped up my knees terribly in kindergarten. Once they healed up, I tore them up again. I also sprained my ankles a lot while playing sports, but once you sprain it, your ankles get weak and they sprain easily. Fortunately, I have never broken anything! *knocks on wood*

When I was 5 I was riding on the back of my uncles bike (why?) and got my foot caught in, and twisted around the spokes. It ripped all the skin off my ankle and part of my foot. Then when I was 8 the same uncle (I swear he's a good guy lol) slammed my fingers in a steel door and ripped two nails off. Those were the only times I've really been hurt.

I sprained my left ankle really badly in university and then sprained it again a few months later. To this day it hurts a lot, it cracks a lot and is very weak.

somewhat- i cut the back of my heel off, got a broken piece of a ceramic pot impaled into the top of my foot, fell off a ladder onto a giant rock, folded my left forearm in half- the bones came out & i went into shock, broke my foot, and broke my face when i took a field hockey ball to the cheek.

ETA: i forgot when i shattered a full length mirror on my head- it said it was shatterproof, i tested it... it wasn't

Nope!

I was run over by a 4-wheeler! Amazingly enough, no broken bone - even though the paramedic said it was.

I was really accident prone but I never broke a bone or needed stitches.

broke both the bones in my left forearm when I was 9. I fell off a swing. my arm looked like a staircase!

and when I was 13 I decided it would be a fun idea to rollerblade down the (steep hill) street we lived on. didn't remember til half way down that I had no brakes. O_O scraped my hip down to the bone and my elbow and palm pretty badly too.

went home, bandaged myself up and waited for mum to get home from work. she still makes fun of me for that! "but I didn't want to bother you at work..." "YOU WERE BLEEDING THROUGH YOUR CLOTHES AND BANDAGES ONTO THE FLOOR!" "yeah..."

Yes. I was in a serious car accident with my mother when I was 9.