Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[CallyChook]

Well I was feeding baby in the back lounge, and my 4 year old son was on the couch, he has a virus.

He got up and disappeared - I assumed to go the loo or go fetch a toy or something.

 

Three mins later he returns, then the phone goes.

 

Quickly gathered myself together, clutching baby to the breast and tottled to the hallway. missed the call. 1471 tells me it's 016*********. I ring back onto to have it say unrecognised number.

 

So I come back to the lounge, sit down - and phone goes again. Miss it again, same number, same result. I'm left puzzling in the lounge.

 

Why'd it ring me, but not exist?

 

Five mins later, doorbell goes, and I see a yellow high vis vest thru the glass. Cue Mr Policeman - "Is everything all right?"

 

erm... yes... except why are you here?

 

Apparently young Master callychook had dialled 999 while I was feeding the baby, then hung up. How embarrassing! My son is wasting police time and I'm a bad mum for not even knowing he'd done it!

 

Mr Policeman was perfectly pleasant and not at all angry. Not like myself, when he had left. BOY!!!! What have you been doing!!!!

 

Good to know that if anything is untoward, they're super-fast getting here though!

[Chucky Mama]

All three of mine did that when they were young. Apparently it is the easiest number for a child to call by mistake My worst 999 call resulted in the police calling around. They were not very happy . YS had picked up the phone and dialled, the other 2 older children saw him with the phone and took it off him and put it on a high shelf (still connected). As the police heard no adult interaction with the children for x amount of time (1 was cooking while they were playing in the next room), they had to pay a visit. I was told that it was irresponsible to leave a phone in a child's reach. I pointed out that having all phones out of reach of the children would make it rather tricky for them to phone an ambulance if I fell down the stairs or similar. - they didn't see my point and left in a huff.

[C&T]

My worst experience was children in a youth club dialing 999 from the head quarters phone...

 

When they were found out (took us a few weeks of repeated offences, as was happening at kicking out time so in parents control not leaders... ) boy did they get a telling off - from leaders and their parents... They were old enough to know better (8 or 9yrs old) and I can guarantee they never played that game again!

[Griffin]

A couple of the older girls dialed 999 when they were little but surprisingly my youngest, who has the worst behaviour of them all never has! Yet.......

[Snowy]

A young gentleman of my aquaintance was obsessed by fire engines aged about 6. Got up very early one morning, snuck downstairs and rang 999 and told them his house was on fire! His poor parents were rudely awakened by the flashing blue lights and firemen pounding on their door!

[clootie]

Bless him!

 

The same thing happened to a friend of mine years ago but she managed to answer the phone when it rang. It was a police officer asking her if everything was alright. When she replied that it was, he asked her questions like "are you in danger?" "is there someone there?" Needless to say, the young culprit had a bit of a talking to from his mother. Well done to the police for fast action in your case too. Kids eh?

[chickencam]

None of my children ever did it, but my young nephew managed to call 999 when he was only 14 months old, he loves telephones of any kind.

 

at your fire engine Snowy and I agree with you Chucky Mama that phones should be accessable to children in case of emercency, it is not uncommon to hear about youngsters who have saved a parents life by calling emergency services

[bronze]

Yet when you ring them for a real thing they send someone around the next day

[Snowy]

I agree Bron, ridiculous really isn't it? The answer is, next time you really do need to call the emergency services - get one of the kids to do it!

[BarbaraJ]

None of my kids have done it but my friends daughter (about 7/8 i think) rang and said there was a fire at my house i wasn't in but the police arrived at my house apparently. she got in so much trouble her dad took her down to police station to apologise !!

[The Dogmother]

at your fire engine Snowy and I agree with you Chucky Mama that phones should be accessable to children in case of emercency, it is not uncommon to hear about youngsters who have saved a parents life by calling emergency services

 

I agree - being on my own, I always taught Rosie what to do and who to call in an emergency, she also knows basic first aid, although I doubt that she'd remember it in a crisis I'm lucky enough to live next door to a fireman

[Chucky Mama]

I'm lucky enough to live next door to a fireman

hmm, lovely

[The Dogmother]

Yes, he's quite decorative, but not nearly as handsome as the fireman who actually owns the house.

[Ms Marple]

I'm lucky enough to live next door to a fireman

hmm, lovely

Hmm I can go one better than that - I am married to a Fireman I have a story too.

 

When ES was about 5/6 they were doing something at school about what to do in an emergency etc, how to dial 999 to get help. Very sensible I would say in spite of the negative comments one or two of you have received. I don't know whether they still do this now- YS is 22. Anyway, he thinks to himself ...... 'I could ring Daddy!'

 

The first thing I knew was a ring at the door. I open it to find two fire engines , lights flashing and two burly chaps, one of whom I knew , at the front door saying 'Have you made a 999 call requesting the fire service?' I say NO, of course not, we wouldn't do that my husband is a fireman He says madam, if you pick up your phone you will find control on the line. Apparently they hold the connection even if you put the phone down. He then asked, if we had another phone - which of course there was , upstairs. He came in for a 'chat' with ES and then they went away. They were actually very nice but I was mortified and rang my OH convinced that he would get into trouble. Needless to say he didn't, but raised many a laugh at his expense due to the fact he was a senior officer at the time!!

[CallyChook]

I see why the policeman was so nice, it really is common isn't it!

 

Ms Marple that's made me laugh xxx

[JillM]

My youngest daughter rang 999 when she was about 2 years old. Thankfully I discovered her as she was doing it, so I hung on the line to speak to the person at the call centre as you are supposed to do. She was really snotty with me and told me off....Should I have just put the phone down and let them waste their time answering the call then? I think not! SIlly woman!!

[Lewis]

Oh ohhh

 

I remember when we were little by best friend phoned the fire service 'cos his hamster was stuck in the tubes of his cage!

[JillM]

Ooops...did they get the hamster out?

[Lewis]

I think Mommy did

[Saronne]

My youngest son phoned 999 on Christmas Eve when he was 3 years old. I was busy cooking in the kitchen when the doorbell rang. I was covered in flour when I answered the door (I was making mince pies). There stood a policeman and woman - who obviously worked out a child had phoned up. They had a 'chat' with the young man who looked mortified (as I was )but then they winked at me and quietly wished me a happy Christmas...

 

Saronne x