A GRAN has come under fire for letting go of a baby and allowing them to fall to the floor – to save a glass of bubbles.
A video has gone viral online showing the woman playing with the infant, who reaches for a champagne flute on a table.
5
Rather than moving the glass out of the way, she lets the baby grab the drink – which inevitably topples over.
But instead of saving the child, the woman lets go of them and reaches for the drink, letting the baby fall to the floor to get showered with booze.
The video was shared on Twitter, where it’s been viewed more than eight million times.
The woman’s actions have divided opinion, with some people thinking she stopped more damage from being done by saving the drink, as broken glass could have hurt the baby more than a tumble.
5
But others reckon she acted irresponsibly by letting the child get dangerously close to the full glass.
Sharing the clip online, the poster wrote: “When you’ve finally become an adult and have your priorities straight.”
Thousands of people have weighed in to the debate, with one person writing: “Best option: hold the glass, let the baby fall. No injuries, babies are designed to take falls. No loss.
“Second best option: hold the baby, let the glass fall. Possible injuries from glass splinters. Loss of glass.
5
“Worst option: let both fall. Glass injures the baby badly.”
Someone else said: “To be fair, if the glass broke that could have seriously hurt the baby.”
A third asked: “Why she let the baby get that close to the glass in the first place? like the baby had ahold of it and everything.”
This person thought: “The way she saved the glass and let the baby fall.”
5
Another pointed out: “She still had a chance to save the baby…”
While this person added: “In her defense, if she let the glass drop the baby would have fallen on it and got hurt.
“So yes this is responsible parenting.”
5
Meanwhile this mum-of-16 shares tower of 44 cereal boxes as she insists there’s ‘nothing wrong’ with a little stockpiling.
And this mum-of-two who let laundry pile up after her son was born finally tackles the mess & she can see her floor again.
Plus this mum is praised for ‘realistic’ lunchbox with no veg & packaged snacks & says parents need to stop competing with each other.
