Bloody hell that startled me I thought you must be reading my mind. Before I'd scrolled down far enough to see what you had written I'd decided that my reply was going to be just that! ha! ha!
I had enough scares with my two lads and but not quite on that level. We were frequent visitors so the casualty department after all. At one point my eldest was in a really bad mood after one visit not because we'd gone on his account but because it 'j
ust wasn't fair' as the youngest '
always gets stitches and I never get stitches!'
All the accidents were worrysome but the most scarey incident didn't involve injury but had fortean elements for me and was really spooky until I found out what was really going on.
I was in the kitchen and suddenly realised that all was suspiciusly quiet in the living room, Went through to see what was going on and son had disappeared. Frantically searched behind the cutains under the sofa and the rest of the house but he was nowhere to be found. Mega panic overdrive, had he been abducted or had he managed to quietly open the door and escape ...surely I would have heard. Then I heard faint laughter so looked everywhere again and started calling. The gleeful laughter continued and it sounded as if he was in the room but but but he was just inivisible. What the hell was going on?
After a bit he could contain himself no longer and called out '
I'm underneath you ha ha ha hee hee hee silly mummy'
What had happened was the previous day having visited a building site I'd remarked that before you could build a house up you had to dig a hole in the ground. This had fascinated him and so as soon as he had the opportunity, ie mummy's back was turned, decided to go and look at the hole our house was built over. As it happened as the house was built on a slight hill the front of the house did have a sizeable undercroft ... not deep enough for a celler or anything but deep enough for electricians and plumbers to crawl under to make their job of chasing pipes and wires easier. He'd noticed loose floor boards in the cupboard under the stairs and so had begun his adventure.
Well I was relieved his voice was not coming from another realm but still had the worry that it might happen yet due to the exposed wires. So began the lengthy process of enticing him back up.
Good boy come back up mummy has got some sweeties for you', I lied but needs must. So all was well but it was soo weird while it was ongoing.
So no
@gojiramonkey I couldn't have coped with a son like you! Congratulations for surviving your childhood as it sounded as if it was a bit touch and go!!!