When I wash Kaleb's bottles I toss the rubber parts of his bottles & his pacifiers in a pot and boil them to kill the germs. Been doing it since he was little to sterilize them... and just haven't quit since he has managed to catch everything & more at daycare. Figured I rid the world of as many pesky germs as possible.
Anyway... normally I boil the water while I'm washing the bottles & turn it off to cool after I'm done. For whatever reason, yesterday, I forgot to get the water boiling until after I had washed the dishes... so I turned them on to boil and stepped into the other room to check on Kaleb. Completely forgetting about the pot on the boil... I decided to take the opportunity for a quick catnap while Scott & Kaleb were both asleep. Bad idea. Good thing we have a fire alarm!
Once the alarm when off I immediately realized what I had done. I screamed for Scott to get up... since the house was smoky and it was clear I would need a hand (or a brain). The water had all boiled out and the silicone in the pot had gotten so hot it had ignited! Since the fire was contained to the pot, it was easy enough to put out... but it did manage to scare me to death!
So we opened the windows and doors to air out the house and I took a trip to the store to replace 10 (expensive!) baby bottles. Guess it could have been worse, but it definitely makes me think that someone else should be in charge of the dishes from now on!
Until the next time I do something stupid...
Sarah
