This is something I wrote one night last week. I’ve thought long and hard about whether I wanted to share this. I know what some people will think. But what’s more important than that is what I want you all to keep in mind and be aware of.
I’m sitting here sobbing great big fat tears.
I’ve just done the worst thing. I am a horrible mum.
Tonight, I put Harry and Aoife in the bath together, played with them for a bit, then remembered I had washing to put away. So I went around the corner just a few metres to hang up one of my husband’s shirts. I didn’t hear anything out of the ordinary, just a tiny bit of splashing.
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Some of my friends laugh at me - i refuse to leave my daughter, now 4, alone in the bath, at all. I will not leave her in the car while I duck in to pay for petrol, I drive to the other side of town to pay at the pump. She is not allowed to play in the front yard despite our 6ft picket fence and her outdoor water table must be emptied after each use and only used when an adult is outside with her. Overprotective? perhaps, but ask yourself - is it worth the risk? I'm sorry you got such a scare but I'm glad you've learnt your lesson and shared so that others will hopefully think twice.
But - everyone knows that a child can drown in a few centimetres of water! Who leaves children unattended in the bath? Irresponsible parents, that's who. Sorry, but that's the truth.
That's what I said, but then I got called a troll :-(