Today was one of those days where you feel like you're doing a million things at once. my LO and I came upstairs but in my rush I must not have clicked the stairs gate properly closed. I was trying to fold laundry while she was toddling around when the next thing I knew she had pushed the gate opened and started tumbling down the stairs. The stairs curve as they go down and after about three steps her body paused for a millisecond from falling more and I scooped her up, thank God. But she has a bump the size of a golf ball 
The moment keeps playing and replaying in my mind and I feel like a total sh#% for being careless with the gate and being distracted. My poor baby :*( I never would forgive myself if something ever happened to her. :*(
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I'm sorry. It's the worst feeling, but try not to beat yourself up about it. They're called accidents for a reason.
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@autumn865: Oh no! That is scary! Don't beat yourself up though, she's safe & there's nothing you can do to change what happened. You're a good momma!
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Oh, how scary for you! Feeling like you could have let your baby get seriously hurt is the worst feeling in the world. But you're not a shit mom! You're great and she will be fine and you'll be fine, too. Try not to dwell on the "what if...", but the "thank goodness I caught her".
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Oh, I'm so so sorry!! That's so scary!! Please don't feel bad! Accidents happen! I fell down a flight of stairs when I was little too and I was fine! And when Xander was a newborn, I dropped him because a spider crawled on me! So at least you didn't do that!
The good thing about children is that they tend to be a lot more flexible - they don't always tense up when falling, so they tend not to get hurt as easily! So glad she's okay! 
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I'm so glad yourLO is okay, but dont beat yourself up too hard! We all have things like that happen...It's basically impossible for accidents to NEVER happen, they're just into too much stuff to have every little thing perfect all the time! I try really hard but every once in a while she gets to something I hadnt thought of (the bottom drawer to our dresser was open a little and she pulled up on it, and fell, immediately hitting the under/soft part of her chin on the CORNER of the drawer! Left a litte stab mark/bruise & broke my heart!)....And there are so many near-disasters that I Super Mom Save at the last second, that happen every day, it's almost baffling that we haven't had worse, so I try to just take a deep breath and be grateful for being blessed with as little catastrophe as possible...Hugs, mama:). Dont be so hard on yourself:)
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@autumn865: so scary! My Lo also fell today and got a goose egg
don't beat yourself up, it happens to us all!@PrincessBaby: omg yes, it's like they look for the most obscure ways to hurt themselves.
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So sorry! My LO fell down the stairs too before we bought a gate. Accidents happen! Hugs!
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It happens to the best of us
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Oh, that's so scary! Good thing you grabbed her quickly. I think probably most kids who grew up with staircases in their houses have had some kinds of mishaps involving stairs though, so don't beat yourself up. Sounds like your daughter will be fine, and that bump will go down in a few days.
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Awwww that is hard to get over but just know that she is already over it. I fell down the stairs carrying my DS when he was about 8 mos old, it was so scary and traumatic. And then once my mom put him in his clip-on high chair and he wasn't properly secured, also around 8 mos, and he slid right out and hit the hardwood floors
This stuff is hard to get past but they forget right away.
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That must've been so scary. I let my daughter roll right off the changing table one time. I felt like the worst mom every and the moment kept replaying itself over and over. We all make mistakes though, and you're a great mom!
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It all worked out fine and in the end of the day, it's all that matters. Don't beat yourself up, it was an accident. You're a good mom!
The good thing about children is that they tend to be a lot more flexible - they don't always tense up when falling, so they tend not to get hurt as easily! So glad she's okay! 
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