Had a scarey thing happen today

Okay, today Maddy and I went for a walk.  I told her to take me to where she went yesterday.  She led me up the road and into a driveway.  The man that owned the house was outside with his dog and Madison said, "there's the German Shepherd"  I was looking at a 175lb Great Dane!  I told the man what the situation was and he said that he noticed somethings looked different around his house when he returned home.  Madison had went throuh his back yard, down a HUGE ditch to the creek.  I saw a pair of her shoes down there and I went to get them and found her pajamas about 10 feet away.  She was trying to go swimming in the creek that only has about 1 inch of water in it.  I also found the dog's foot prints all around.  I am going to get some of those locks that require keys inside and out.

I find it odd that a woman saw a 3 year old naked walking around with no parent and just told her to put her clothes on. I would have brought her home or if  I couldn't get near her because of the dogs, I would have called the cops.
I'm glad she is home safe. I had to be really careful when my kids were small because we have a pool in the back yard. I put a hook and eye lock on the top of the doors so I know they couldn't get out.
I bet you wanted to spank her and kiss her at the same time.

ORIGINAL: dubilpie

I find it odd that a woman saw a 3 year old naked walking around with no parent and just told her to put her clothes on. I would have brought her home or if  I couldn't get near her because of the dogs, I would have called the cops.
I'm glad she is home safe. I had to be really careful when my kids were small because we have a pool in the back yard. I put a hook and eye lock on the top of the doors so I know they couldn't get out.
I bet you wanted to spank her and kiss her at the same time.

yeah the woman telling her to get dressed was disturbing to me too, in a couple of ways.
one... was she real? i mean.... i remember being a kid and making stuff up, people and included. ESPECIALLY if i was guilty of something...
two... wth was wrong with this woman? i think most of here agree that if we saw a naked kid truckin down the street with a pack of pit bulls would have alerted SOMEONE... if not trying to find the kid's home ourselfs..
three.. was it an adult grown woman or say.. a teen age girl? i remember thinking my cousins were adults but they were all 14 15 and 16.. and i was only three. that might explain why nothing was dealt with.

my MIL has a neighbour with several kids, one of them is five now, but when he was three and four he had no concept of danger what so ever. they were awakened several times in the wee hours of the morning by someone returning their kid to them. he would wait till everyone was sound asleep and then leave. they had child proof door knobs, they had latches, they had hooks, baby gates, all of that stuff. everything excepy heavy furniture placed in door ways.... one particular incident involved this kid going for a walk at three am... getting lost and waking up an old woman by knocking on her door. I can imagine her shock and worry, seeing a 3 year old boy in his PJs and panda slippers standing on her doorstep asking for directions.... his parents spanked him, punished him, talked to him, lectured, yelled cried... nothing convinced this boy that he was putting his life at risk, he had no concept of pain and death.....
he's grown out of it now, but... it gives me something extra to worry about with my boys..... Cajah already is a loner. he could care less about playing with a group of kids. he wanders off to do his own thing.....

yeah the woman telling her to get dressed was disturbing to me too, in a couple of ways.

 
That's because some people concentrate on the wrong thing. To that other woman, the nudity was more disturbing than the fact that a three year old was walking down the street without a parent or older sibling.
 
There's an old observation that goes like this. You could walk down the street, naked, with a gun in your hand, waving it around. 50 people will call the police. 49 of them will simply say that there is a naked person walking down the street. It reminds of the Bible verse, "there are those who will strain on a gnat and swallow a camel."
 

ORIGINAL: ron2

yeah the woman telling her to get dressed was disturbing to me too, in a couple of ways.

That's because some people concentrate on the wrong thing. To that other woman, the nudity was more disturbing than the fact that a three year old was walking down the street without a parent or older sibling.

There's an old observation that goes like this. You could walk down the street, naked, with a gun in your hand, waving it around. 50 people will call the police. 49 of them will simply say that there is a naked person walking down the street. It reminds of the Bible verse, "there are those who will strain on a gnat and swallow a camel."

that is true.... and i like that saying lol
case in point... our old neighbour's son (from ages 2 to 4) used to play in the yard stark naked.... every day, all day...  i was home from work one day and heard a knock on the door... it was a UPS guy.. i opened the door and he said "There's a naked kid next door out in the yard!!" ...yes, thats Steven, he does it all the time... "Where are his parents??" ...in the house probably.. "But he's NAKED!" .. do you have a package for me or not?!?

I'm thinking that the woman that told her to get dressed was most likely a younger girl.  We just installed one of those deadbolts that requires keys on the inside and out.  I am going to break that girl from suckin eggs one way or another!!!

ORIGINAL: Bullymom

To top everything off, Justin said that it was ALL my fault.  He was the one that left without telling me but it's my fault. 

How does he figure? You were asleep and he left without telling you. If he were my husband he would be sleeping in the doghouse until he took responsibility instead of blaming me for something that he did wrong. [&o]

Justin is the type that cannot take blame.  He can break his leg and it will somehow be my fault

ORIGINAL: Bullymom

Justin is the type that cannot take blame.  He can break his leg and it will somehow be my fault

Uhhhh, that's not good.

That's how he is.  I hate it!  He got really sick at the begining of the year and some how, he got it in his head that I was the one who got him sick.  I hadn't even been sick[:@]  He needs to get over himself and swallow that pride and just admit that he was at fault too.

my family was in a similar situation a long time ago.
my sister was born in a VERY rural area. when she was a baby she would crawl around with her buddy, neighbour kid, outside and we'd have to pick them back up and bring them back inside every 30 min. but it was pretty safe. the only road even remotely close to the house was only used by the people who lived on it (by law) and everyone knew us..
then we moved to the city.. by that time my sister had learned to walk. she would wake up early and play around in the house. we'd lock the front door, so we figured it was pretty safe. until one day she figured out how to open it. we woke up and couldnt find her. we had the whole family spreading out from the house. had a neighbour stay in fron of our door, in case she came back. after 3 hours, nothing. we came back, my mother was in tears, i was scared to death. 15 min later, a lady comes to our house with my sister in her arms..
she was in a public swimming pool nearby and had seen my sister in there (who got in unseen, cause she was so tiny). thankfully she remembered the newcomers to town having a little daughter!!!
we were friends with her for years...
 
anyways, i'm glad your girl is okay!! don't beat yourself up over it. these things happen. and i believe it is to remind us, about what COULD have happened and to pay better attention next time. []

As a  young mother I dealt with a nocturnal roamer and escape artist.  I had chainlocks on the doors wayyyy up high where I could barely reach them, yet the little spit at 18-24 months would drag his little rocking chair over, stand on that and use his hobby horse to throw the chain......5AM is one heck of a time to have a cop at your door with your toddler in tow wearing nothing but his superman cape!
 
The problem that I have with the keyed locks is that in the event of a fire, you waste valuable time trying to find the key to get out when you REALLY need to.  Those hotel type "chains" that are solid metal are pretty effective, but you've got to put them up high enough.
 
For about 2 years I lived in an "armed camp".  The fridge had to be chained shut at night, LOCKS on the cabinets throughout the house (nothing like coming downstairs at 5AM to find your child making you a cake on the kitchen floor, without a bowl), and when he and his brother went out to play, youngest DS wore a harness and a lead.  They didn't go outside alone, ever, but if I blinked the little guy would be gone. Nothing stopped him...fences, roads, nothing.  I woke up one morning at 5:30....DS was missing, back door was standing open, and a flash of red (the superman cape) caught my eye, and darned if DS wasn't across the road in a field full of cows.  "give me milk cow"!!! [] They were beef cattle.
 
I finally gave up trying to sleep in bed like a normal person.  I worked full time and often stayed up until the wee hours of the morning doing cakes to pay for their clothes and shoes and stuff.....so when I could grab a few hours sleep, I needed to, and I was SUCH a light sleeper that I could hear a pillow fall out of the bed....but this little guy was stealth in the nnth degree.  For months I slept at the top of the stairs (baby gated by the way, not that THAT stopped him) in a sleeping bag so that I would be between HIM and any way out of the townhouse.  He had to literally STEP ON ME to get down those stairs.
 
So yeah, I really get stuff happening. BUT, your husband should have made absolutely certain that you were UP and moving before he ever left the house.  Not doing so was very irresponsible on his part and it sure isn't fair to blame YOU.

This ALL seems SO strange to me.

Is it possible that Maddy was sleep walking???

Is it possible that Maddy was sleep walking???

Nope!  She was wide awake!  She knew what she was doing.  Now, she is very mad because she cannot open the new lock!  She cannot reach the key and that is making her ill too!  I am shocked that she din't get bit by a copperhead.  Where she was is prime location for them.  It's just by the grace of God and a few pitties that she made it home safe.

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Ummm, Ron, your mom is telling on you again![sm=rotfl.gif][sm=rotfl.gif][sm=popcorn1.gif]<----Me, watching Ron in his superman cape and nothing else!