OMG! DS Nearly Killed Me!

[CamColt]

I just went to pick up DS at the bus stop. The bus came, 3 of the other kids got off, not Cameron, then the doors shut and the bus started pulling away. I think I must have just froze because I cant remember for the life of me what I did. But a second later the bus stopped, opened the doors again and Cam got off. He said he couldnt get out of his seat. Someone was sitting next to him and not moving.
OMG! I havent had that feeling since he was 2 years old and I woke up one morning to find him not in his bed or anywhere else in the house(finally found him in the garage). This kid is going to be the death of me!

So, anyone else have a kid who has given you a good scare or 2?

 

[nativetxn]

Gosh, I would have had a stroke if this happened.

When my son was about 18 months old, we were spending the night with his grand aunt in Arkansas and I put him down for a nap. I went to check on him and he wasn't in the bed, the covers were thrown against the wall but he wasn't in the bed.

We searched the house, the garage, the yard, no baby

He had somehow slid between the bed and the wall and pulled the covers over him. I found him when I got almost hysterical and started pulling the room apart. I almost had a stroke that day, seriously, it frightened me so much.

 

[LynnM]

We live right down the street from school, so my kids walk. They have to cross 2 streets. When my oldest was in kindergarten, I got a call confirming his absence from school. I said "No, I sent him to school today." (but I didn't watch him walk all the way down). She said to hold on, there was a substitute teacher so she would double check. After a very long minute, she comes back to the phone and says he's there. You can't explain the feeling you get when you think your child is missing.

Then there was the time we did a towncar grocery stop on our way to disney. DH and I went in to buy water, left the 3 kids in the car. When we came, the car was gone. The driver thought we'd be longer and took the kids to McDonalds for a shake. Dh was more freaked out than I was-I figured there was a reasonable explanation.

 

[nativetxn]

Oh my gosh, LynnM and that driver thought he was doing a <b>good</b> thing

 

[pixiedust218]

I know how you feel. When my DS was 2 I had a nice little picnic lunch for him and me. It was a Saturday and all my neighbors were on the corner (live on a cul-de-sac, one way in and one way out). When he was done eating I ran the dish and cup into the house (no more than 30 seconds). When I came out he was gone. I was calling for him to no avail. I started panicking really bad...my neighbors heard me and said they didn't see Joseph. Well to make a long story short I found him on my next door neighbors front lawn laying under the pine tree, watching me run back and forth screaming like a nut....I wanted to: I don't know what, but was just glad he was fine. I was so nervous after that I couldn't even stand. (That was the beginning of the gray hairs, LOL)

 

[snoopy]

How scary! My heart stood still reading that!

The worst time that I can remember for this sort of thing was last year at the pool. Oldest DS had just learned to dive, and he was asking me to watch him. Stupid me, I turned my back on youngest DS (3 years old) and in that seconds time he was out of my sight. I was frantic! I was running around the pool and I was screaming to the lifeguard that I had lost my son. Never in my life had I had such a sick feeling.

I eventually found him over by the baby pool without his clothes on! He had just been potty trained that previous week, and he could use the bathroom but hadn't quite figured out how to get his pants back up. Or in this case, his wet bathing suit. So he was running around looking for me to help him. I was so grateful that I found him safe that I didn't even bother to lecture him until later about walking away from Mommy.

I did have to talk to oldest DS, who can swim well, and explain that unless Daddy was at the pool with us I couldn't devote full attention to him until his brother learned to swim well.

 

[grinningghost]

These are all enough to give any poor parent a heart attack. The worst one for me was when the school called me to ask why my DD was absent. I almost passed out. She got on the bus that day, she was at school, or so I thought.

Turned out the goofy secretary that called me screwed up. They checked DD's classroom and found her there right where she was supposed to be.

It almost killed me waiting those 5 minutes for the secretary to check it out.

 

[beansmom]

you mean like the day my daughter decided to go home with friend when she was about 6? One of those? Or the millions of times the boys would wonder off in a store? Or when my daughter goes awol and nobody knows where she is?

Oh, yeah. Been there, done that, didn't want the souvenir mug!

 

[Kitty 34]

My 15 yr old is learning to drive by way of practicing in the family van!!!! Need I say more!

 

[danacara]

I don't have kids, but I have a story about myself. I was 4, and I walked away from my mother in the Carter's outlet store. I had apparently decided to go shopping by myself. I fell asleep under a rack of clothes. I woke up when the police picked up the rack and found me under there. I was technically missing for an hour. My mother says it was the scariest day of her life.

 

[sln88]

We were at Islands of Adventure last month. For those of you not familiar with the park set up, it is built around a small lake/pond. There are several different 'lands', each connected to each other by a bridge(that goes over the water). There are various walls around the lands to stop you from going into the water.
We were leaving Suessland to go to the Lost continent area, and I wanted to stop at the restroom that was located right before the bridge. There was an area to sit right before the bridge. My DH(read dopey), DD, and 2 DS sat and waited for me. Surrounding Suessland and connected to this sitting area is a wall around 4 feet high and 18 inches wide, and it is painted with a high gloss(slippery!) peach colored paint.
I walked out of the bathroom and looked forward. I see my son crawling along this wall. Panic. head toward him to grab him just in time to see him slip off the wall down the other side! As far as I can tell from where I am standing, there is water down there! OMG- a million panicy thoughts are racing through my mind. I get to the wall and look down. Thank God! Instead of the walls going directly into the water, there was a small grassy area! he had fallen down around 8 feet and hit this area. Now I was afraid he was going to walk into the water. At least he did not look hurt. I start screaming(I mean screaming) for John(DH) to come over(he had his back turned to this area and did not see anything that happened). My DH is a bit hard of hearing, but before I knew what was going on, a stunt man(who happened to be named John and must have heard me screaming) shows up and basically says "don't worry little lady, I will save him!). He climbed over the wall and shimmeyed down a tree and handed my son back up to us.
Miraculously, he was not hurt except for a scratch. The stunt man got more scratched up than he did. The stunt man was SUPER nice. He took us to medical and got us some front of the line passes(which we did not really need because the place was so dead), and saved us some front row seats for his show(Sinbad).
I will never forget that feeling of watching him go over that wall. It was all of my worst fears come true in a split second.

 

[CamColt]

OMG! these are all horrible. Well, they are good because they all turned out ok, but that feeling, even for a split second is horrible!

Now DS is in tears saying he doesnt want to take the bus anymore. This is the same kid who this morning was mad that I was driving him and he wasnt taking the bus. I think someone has had a loooong week and is just crashing now.

 

[Lisa L from MI]

Just this past Memorial Day, we were camping (we camp with a big crowd....10 sites). This is a campground we go to often, so the kids know it by heart and we all let our kids have the run of it. One rule is though, not to wander off alone.

Anyway, it was the afternoon and the kids were out riding their bikes. They returned and we wondered where Madison (6) was. Her bike was at the campsite but we couldn't find her!!!! She was gone probably for 1/2 hour until we found her.....at the campsite right behind us in their screened tent(but the flaps were down). It felt like an eternity!!! And I couldn't believe that sick feeling!!!!! DH and I hopped on some bikes and searched frantically everywhere!!!

A few years back camping...I will never forget....it was somebody elses kid we didn't know....Dylan (3) was missing. It seemed like the whole campground got involved in the "search". Well, they found him....the father was getting ready to pull out the truck to find him.....and luckily, they noticed he was sleeping "under" the truck!!!! He would have been ran over if they didn't notice him!!!! I will NEVER forget that one!!

 

[aahmom1]

When my oldest son was in Kindergarten I drove him to school and picked him up for the first few days. I was really nervous about putting him on the bus at all. The only people he'd ever driven with until then were DH and I. So after a few days he says he wants to ride the bus home I said ok with a heavy heart.

I'm standing at the road with the 2 babies waiting for the bus, it's about 15 minutes late and I'm truly starting to panic. FINALLY I see it coming down the street and I feel relief like only a Mother understands. I'm smiling wating for it to stop and my big guy to get off when it drives right past me. I SCREAMED STOOOOOPPPPP!!!! as loud as I could. She stopped the bus about 2 house down and my son got off. The bus driver said, 'I can't believe I heard you yell, you must have yelled pretty loud'.
I asked my son if he told her they were going past the house, he says 'no'. I told him sometimes he has to speak up.

 

[nativetxn]

Aahmom! What a terrible feeling that must have been and your son didn't see what the big deal was did he?

sln88, I didn't mean to laugh because the situation must have been terrifying but I just had this vision of John Wayne when you wrote this:

don't worry little lady, I will save him!

What a relief that all of our babies were safe

 

[aahmom1]

No, he didn't Kath.

don't worry little lady, I will save him!

I had the same vision, what a nice guy.

 

[sln88]

LOL - I know what you mean. It was kind of like a dream state. Here I am freaking out, and a stunt man shows up! It was like, 'is this really happening to me?'

He was great. If you ever go see Sinbad at IOA, he is the bad guy that falls in the water near the end.

 

[Kallison]

My son didn't get off the bus in 1st grade, I had two small ones napping at home. I grabbed one of the teens and dropped her off at my house and drove right to the school. They called the driver and he wasn't on the bus or at the school. I was hysterical. CAlled home and the teen said "He is here!" Seems he got off at the wrong street and another neighbor picked him up. I made sure the next day the driver knew his name and where he lived!!! We are great friends with the driver, he is wonderful, he knows all my kids for sure.

I've had one incidence with each of my three kids where they were "lost" for more than 10 min. Seems like an eternity when you can't find them. I enjoy having them older and not having to worry so much when we are out in a store.

 

[Lorix2]

My DS then 3 made my heart stop when my DD8 and I stepped off the elevator and he did not! I stepped off and started to check for my keys thinking he was right behind me and to my horror as I turned around I watched the doors close on him as he cried/screamed "mommeeeee!!!" and then boom - doors shut.

I ran back and pushed the button and it opened right up. He was on the elevator completely alone and he just fell into my arms crying saying "why did you leave me?". Uggh! I about died right there!

Another one is my DD then 4 went up into the McD's playplace tubes and got scared so she stayed put. We called out for her for about 2 minutes while everyone was silent and an employee locked the doors and sounded the alarm! 2 minutes seemed like hours! She then came sliding down the slide crying "I couldn't find my way out mommy!".

I'm so glad all the stories here have safe returns!!

 

[nativetxn]

Wow, thank goodness your son didn't go up with the elevator, what a blessing the door opened and he was there!