Daughter fell out of the car

My 15 months old daughter out of the car in the parking lot today. We went to park. Sister-in-law left her in the car seat and went to sit in the other car. I asked if she strapped her in and she said no. I was already irritated thinking why. I opened the door. LO was leaning on the window and fell on the concrete ground. There were scratches. She’s fine. She’s playing. There are no signs of concussion. I can’t help but blame my sister in law for not strapping in. But few minutes ago I realized I should have entered from the other door. I should have been more alert and proactive. In SIL defence, she thought husband’s cousin was going to sit in the car and strap her from inside. When we came back home, they were very chill about it. At one point they even made fun of the situation. I’m so pissed at myself for being so irresponsible. I was pissed at my sister in law initially and then I thought she help me a lot that I need to chill and ask if she’s okay and not feeling guilty. But when I saw how chill she was and making fun of the situation it’s pissing me off. I keep on replaying the situation and thinking about the worst. I should have been more careful.

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I would be so upset. I’d let her know that you’re worried about your daughter getting injured, and that you’re upset at her laughing about it. Then tell her that you’d like her to strap her in next time.

Some people need to make light/funny of a situation to hide and try to diminish their guilt. I'm one of those people 😬 Seeing as your daughter is fine she's probably just trying to get over it the way she deals with things. I don't leave my sons safety in anyone else's hands- I make sure I'm the one that puts him in the car, straps him in, takes him out etc. & that goes for everything because accidents happen but as mother's we're the ones responsible. There's no need to place blame or feel guilty, it's a lesson for both of you for next time :)

@Alicia but I keep on blaming myself for opening the door when I knew she had not strapped her in.

@Jenna I agree. I need to take her safety in my hands.

Something similar has happened by my husband and he felt really guilty and was actually crying about it. But like Jenna said accidents happen and it’s a learning lesson. It was a lesson for him to learn he has to be more aware of situations. There’s no need to dwell on it if she’s acting fine cause you can’t change what happened, I know it’s easier said than done because I was livid. But it won’t be the first accident to happen unfortunately. Every accident is a learning situation

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