Scary moment...

[dreamflower]

The DH and I had a rather startling experience today. We'd gone to the store this afternoon to pick up bread, milk, ice, etc. and were on our way home when we notice a little tow-headed toddler (probably about 18 months old) trotting up the middle of the street!!!

At the same time we pulled over and I got out to see about him, a truck coming in the other direction did the same, and a young couple in a nearby house also came out. None of us knew where the child had come from, so we called the police.

While we waited, a young man came running up in a panic. It was the daddy-- the child had been in a fenced back yard, and he'd gone to get something out of the house-- he was only gone a minute and the child was gone! He was very relieved to find his baby! They lived about a block over and by a different street altogether. Fortunately the street he was in the middle of was a quiet residential street with little traffic-- but sometimes people DO speed on that street!

As for the child, all he had to say was "I go to my house!" LOL!

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Thank Goodness all ended well.

[dreamflower]

Thank goodness indeed!

[lilybaggins.livejournal.com]

Wow, that father was incredibly lucky. The child could so easily have been hit by a car or picked up by the wrong person. Thank goodness you guys saw him!

I wonder if the daddy will tell the mother what happened. "Dear... I just found our child a block away, walking down the middle of the street!" The poor woman will probably faint.

[dreamflower]

The guy who stopped his truck just kept saying over and over, "If I'd been on my phone I could've hit him." I wanted to say "Well maybe this will teach you to stay off your phone while driving," but I restrained myself.

Oh, I hope he tells her. Mommies have a way of hearing about these things!

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Oh, goodness! That's scary enough to give anyone a heartattack! I'm glad the kid was okay and that the dad found hiim. But what a scare. I'd be all shaken up after something like that.

*hugs*

[dreamflower]

It was definitely scary. But I am glad everyone was helpful about it!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

holy crap!!!!! That little boy (and his father) are so very lucky indeed!

My mom lost Miss Rose in an elevator in a hospital (when her sister was born). She spaced for second, stepped out of the elevator to grab something she had forgotten or do something and when she realized the error and turned around in horror, the elevator doors had already closed and Miss Rose was alone in the elevator. They called a "code pink" (?) and locked down the hospital, but it was so very scary and I'm glad I only found out about it after the fact!

[dreamflower]

These things do happen to parents and caregivers. I had more than one such scary moment with my son.

(The worst was one day when he was about five. I thought he was at a little friend's house playing. When I went over to get him for lunch the other mommy said "I thought they were at YOUR house!" We were frantic-- his Grandpa found them all the way out of the subdivision on a main road walking along with a big shovel. They had found it, and decided they had to go look for treasure!!!)

[addie71.livejournal.com]

That is frightening. I'm glad everything turned out okay.

[dreamflower]

So am I! Anything could have happened to him.

[shirebound]

Oh gosh! Hopefully that is a lesson TRULY earned by this daddy.

[dreamflower]

Poor man was white as a sheet, and frantic! I think he will realize now that even a fence is no deterrent to a determined child.

[lbilover.livejournal.com]

OMG, 'startling' to say the least! Thank goodness it all ended happily!!

[dreamflower]

Yes, thank goodness!

It's not been six months since a small child that went missing was found drowned in a pond at a city park! I'm so glad that we spotted him.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Oh that poor father! I think every parent has had that moment of "my back was turned for only a minute" experience. Sooo glad that it turned out well in the end.

As for the child, all he had to say was "I go to my house!" LOL!

LOL! For him it was all a big adventure, sounds like! The next Indiana Jones!

[dreamflower]

He was not in the least fazed by all these big people fussing over him. He acted like he knew where he was going, LOL! (He didn't-- apparently he was going in the opposite direction.)

[gamgeefest.livejournal.com]

Scary! Thank goodness it ended well! That daddy needs to put a leash on that kid. ;)

[dreamflower]

Very scary! I think leashes for kids is not a bad idea sometimes, although the child was in his own back yard-- but now daddy knows he's got an escape artist. I don't think he'll make the same mistake again.

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

I've definitely had "My back was turned for a moment" experiences with Rampaging Frodo and Thuringwethil II, but fortunately, the outcome was good, like this little boy's was. Thankfully. I love the kid's declaration. :^D

[dreamflower]

I think every parent does! I know I did!

(One day when the DS was about five. I thought he was at a little friend's house playing. When I went over to get him for lunch the other mommy said "I thought they were at YOUR house!" We were frantic-- his Grandpa found them all the way out of the subdivision on a main road walking along with a big shovel. They had found it, and decided they had to go look for treasure!!! Of course-- how logical! A shovel naturally means there is treasure somewhere to be dug up!)

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Oh, good lord, that would've scared me to death. I'm glad it ended well.

[mumstheword54.livejournal.com]

8-0 How scary!

They have something to be VERY thankful for today!