30 Crazy Yet Hilarious “I Looked Away For One Second” Stories Shared By Parents Online

Don't forget the telekinesis. They get that noisy toy that breaks your sanity you put it on the fridge, cabinet, closet whatever and the next morning you and your spouse wake up to it screeching away at 3:49am with them giggling away

This reminds me of the scene where phoebe was babysitting the triplets for the first time in "friends"😅😅😅😅

adhd folks with no object permanence tryna blink out rn: 👀

Okay, so I have to agree with this one. It finally explains how my under 6 months and couldn't crawl or even sit unsupported daughter got across the room, retrieved the bag of sun chips from under the couch and got back to her spot. My two full length couches and a love seat were set up in a U. I had her propped up in the corner of the loveseat and couch on the floor, and was laying on the couch above her, dozing off because babies are exhausting. The sun chips were at the far end of the couch neither of us was touching. 15 years later I'm still curious. Lol.

Wow!

Good idea catering them lunch!

Had dang near the same experience with my demon child at Wal mart when he found a nice spot to play with a flashlight inside a cabinet in the electronics department. It was another child that found him when his dad saw him playing with the little beams of light coming through the cabinet. I sure wish I hadn't accused so many people of kidnapping him when I was totally freaking out for about 15 minutes. I really don't go to that wal mart anymore.

Catering for them is such an incredibly nice thing to do. Thank God they have code Adam's and other procedures in place

Target is AMAZING! My 12 y/o step daughter was supposed to be hanging out in the clothing and decided to wander off... I know she's a teenager, but she's my stepdaughter so that immediately heightens my responsibility here (if you are a stepmom you know). They shut down the mall and outside entrance and intercom called her for 30 minutes while she "didn't hear it." The manager was watching on the camera and found her looking at toys.... OMG that took too much time off my life but Target was fabulous!

This kind of thing apparently happened to my 8th grade English teacher once - she was looking for her kid at the hardware store, thinking it was possible the kid got kidnapped... only to find that the kid was just hiding in one of the display cabinets.

I would like to know the ending of the story - did it end well?

While moving into a new house, toddler me got tired, went behind the couch and fell asleep. My mom freaked, called the cops, cried, then found me after I started snoring.....

What's that Lassie Timmy fell in the well

You're not called Timmy and own a collie dog ?? ;o)

Years ago, here in Italy, a little boy died this way :'( the tragic story of little Alfredino, who fell into a well, tore the whole country apart.

An 8 year old? Wow. They can and should know better.

First rule of RPGs: if somebody tells you not to do something, you must go do that thing

My sister got on the wrong bus during a major event in a major city causing a major panic. Yea, so much for the rest of that days planned events

I walked away from my home daycare and walked home to my grandmother's house (down the street and around the corner). SHE called my mom, who in turn called my grandmother who informed my mother I been faithfully on my stool watching Days Of Our Lives with her for the last 30 minutes. I was the first and LAST she ever let get out. SHE moved the lock to the top part of the door; out of reach.

I did this on a beach when I was 1 or 2, I apparently joined a different familys kids in a hole they dug, and their parents didn't notice as they were asleep. Gone for 2hrs, police were called. No idea how the other parents didn't notice me for 2hrs.

I choked on a big chunk of banana when I was about 2. Yes I actually remember every terrified second of it. Even what I was wearing!. Back then, we were more scared to notify our parents of getting hurt then kids today. Can't believe I was choking(no breath moving kind) qnd didn't want to get in trouble. It was YEARS before I stopped cutting up my own kids bananas into small pieces.

Yep. Heimlich maneuver, first aid in cuts, burns, severe bruises, fractures and others than I cannot remember now. I'll never forget how my 6 y.o. cousin entered the house screaming and he was literally covered in blood (he had cut his hand). I myself, as a child, played with an axe (yeah, I know...:)))) and accidentally crushed my fingers; lucky me that it was not sharpened.

There is literally a game about being a toddler trying to do yourself in vs a "parent" trying to stop you.

Omg, suicide machines is right! The first 3 years of my son's life, my husband and I were just on constant deathwatch, lol. It's like they're magnetized and attracted to any dangerous object or situation 🤣

Honestly? This sounds like what I'd do

Guaranteed this old nugget was chosen over some fresh new snack too. Why eat freshly cut apple slices or quartered grapes when I could eat this piece of old food I found??

In our vehicle it was always cherries. Those suckers hide everywhere!

I thought this would be a horror story, turns out it was even worse

Oh no

Nom nom nom ( brake squeal)

wow! female Chucky!!

My son did the same when about that age - pulled the drawers out and used them as a ladder. Kids are waaay smarter than they look.

It's like kids scheme these things up in their mind waiting for the exact moment when they can do something Lol

Listen to your gut!

This is exactly why I don't really wanna be a parent. The amount of years a single child can take off of my life

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My first born was two months premature. From the start, the NICU nurses warned us that for the next year or two, any kind of stimulation would result in a very fussy, upset baby. This included the way we held him (no rocking) and too many encounters with people not living in our home. Fast forward three months and my SIL, along with her two boys, came from Florida to visit for a month, like they did every summer. They were around every day, especially in the evenings. After the first day or so, my baby wouldn't settle down for sleep like before. SIL said I needed to put him on a schedule and refused to believe my explanation of why he was fussing. Finally, one night I gave in to her demands that she could get him to sleep, she came out after an hour and a half , admitted defeat and finally accepted what the nurses had told us. She kept her mouth shut from there on in and actually listened to my husband's request for keeping the visits to a minimum for the time being.

Ah yes, the old 'I made a snowy day' trick