A reminder for all of us

Ouch, poor wee girls!

Someone said recently, and it stuck with me, that a baby having a cup of boiling liquid accidentally tipped on them (like a cup of tea or coffee) would be the equivalent (in terms of surface area burnt) of an adult having a 40 gallon drum tipped on them. I haven't checked the maths but it's a sobering thought

I still only ever use the back elements of the stove, like my mum taught me and keep the handles pointed towards the wall so that little hands can't grab them.

Poor wee girls!
She's still absolutely gorgeous though, isn't she?

It is so easy to get complacent and think that because your child has reached an age where they understand the things you tell them, that you don't need to worry so much any more.
These things can still happen so easily though, kids are curious and they are fast and even though they might understand a warning when you tell it to them they might not remember it days or weeks later.

this happen to my sister when she was 2 the burn was mainly on her chest she had pulled a cup of tea on herself was soo horrable i went with my mum when she needed bandage chages and i still can hear her horrable painfull screams i am exter carefull with hot drinks or even if i am cookin

thats what I hate about our kitchen as Megan has to go through the kitchen to go outside.

our next house we buy I want it so to go outside you go through the lounge a proper front door not through the kitchen and laundry

I remeber when I was little my mum had a metal thing that was attached to the oven that made it so that the top of the oven was not reachable unless you were quite tall. Only adults coudl put things on the stove and turn it on. We also had a lock on the oven door, you had to pull a lever at the same time as opening the oven door (hard for little ones)
Have never seen anythign like that in NZ though, I woudl buy it if I could find it.