My co-worker's 9 year-old left the baby gate open and his 9 mo old sister fell down the stairs. She is ok after a night in the hospital. However, she has a broken femur and is in a body cast. The 9 year old brother already feels really bad that his sister got hurt saying, "I wish I could turn back time." But I'm sure when he sees her in the body cast, he will feel even worse! Can anyone recommend a book or suggestions to console the brother? Thanks for your advice!
The Berenstain Bears--The Truth is about the importance of admitting guilt concerning an accident.
There's also a BB book called The Blame Game which may or may not apply...
Oh gosh, that's my biggest fear! 9 mos old...that poor mama!
Jaimie Lee Curtis has some great life lessons books. See if she has anything that might make him feel better.
I wish I did.
That poor boy.. and girl. My son grabbed my youngest son by the arm and pulled his elbow out. That was the first of our nurse's maid arm incidents.
Accidents happen, I hope he forgives himself!
aw how sad.....I say just let him know that it was an accident and we have to be more careful but she is gonna be okay.....poor little ones. Hope everything works out!
Not sure of a book to recommend but reassuring him that accidents do happen and sometimes we are not perfect to prevent all of them. Maybe giving examples from others will help. My daughter was just over a year old. She loved her ride on car--still does (gotta get rid of that thing). Anyway, she was already walking and followed me down to the basement, which you have to go out the back door, down the back stairs and then down 4 cement stairs. Her car was right there at the bottom of the first set of stairs by the outside back door because she had played outside. She decided to ride it. I was standing by the washer and heard a boom. I thought she had thrown the car down the stairs. She was laying on the stairs screaming her head off. She tried to ride the car right by the stairs and fell down 3 of them. She still has a line on her forehead that now you only see it if she cries-and she has hit that same spot a lot of other times. It took an hour to calm her down and a night of watching for any concussion or reaction. It is an awful feeling and hard to get over the "if I had only..".
But I guess my daughter has a really hard head.
I don't (try google?) but....that poor boy! (and his sister too!)
I don't have any recommendations but i was worried at first that the 9 yo had done it and NOT felt bad. Feeling bad about it is ok, If he has a healthy family that loves and supports him, I think in time he'll be fine. I would keep a close eye on him though and if necessary seek counseling. I would look for things he can do to hlep the sister be comfortable and entertained. So he feels like he is contribuiting to caring for her.
