Oops! Dad accidentally drops daughter during dance move

Is this every mother’s worst fear?

You often see the funny memes doing the rounds. I know I myself always hate seeing little ones tossed in the air for fear dad will drop them.

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Well in this dads case, he did!

Richmond Football Club’s Trent Cotchin was dancing with his daughter Harper when things went a little bit wrong, OK maybe a LOT wrong!

When Trent proceeded to pick up his daughter and toss her in the air, on the second attempt, his catch failed miserably.

The video was posted to Brooke Cotchin’s Instagram yesterday.

“When you pop out to a dress fitting & come home to videos like these,” the caption read.

Watch below

Oh dear! Poor little Harper.

Has your partner done anything similar?

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14 Comments

- - ashna9 said
  - 08 Oct 2017
    5:55 pm
Oops, luckily he didn’t drop her too hard. How lovely that he was dancing with his daughter though

- - mom94125 said
  - 17 Sep 2017
    5:12 pm
no luckily i haven’t had this happen. at least the kid was alright. i bet dad got a fright

- - country chick said
  - 17 Sep 2017
    2:34 pm
Nice to see a da da taking time out with his kids! It wasn’t a bad fall…the best bit was the song is “I’ll be there for you”

- - jen1234 said
  - 17 Sep 2017
    8:17 am
Not my partner, me. He’s the responsible one. I’m the risk taker. He doesn’t know about this and never will.

- - mom90758 said
  - 16 Sep 2017
    12:46 pm
I remember once being in a pizzeria. My brother-in-law was playing with his young niece and suddenly threw her in the air. Not high, not at all. But on the ceiling there was a mosquito machine, I am not completely sure how to explain it. It was hanging on the top of the table, upside down. The moment my brother-in-law threw the girl, she hit the machine with a leg I think and the machine fell down, with all the mosquitoes in it. Luckily the pizzas weren’t on the table yet!!!! It was something like this, long and hanging from the ceiling.

- - nadine_hill said
  - 15 Sep 2017
    1:15 pm
Hasn’t happened in our household but I have seen it way too often! Hopefully it’s a lesson well learned!

- - mom160421 said
  - 15 Sep 2017
    11:01 am
Luckily he sort of grabbed her on the way down and softened the fall. I hope he won’t try that again.

- - Ellen said
  - 15 Sep 2017
    4:00 am
Yes, I bet father feels very guilty and upset ! It happened to my friend. She swung her child in the air and the child lets loose on the highest point and a trip to the emergency unit was required.

- - mom247592 said
  - 15 Sep 2017
    12:53 am
I think dad would have been most upset about it all.

- - BellaB said
  - 14 Sep 2017
    5:34 pm
I’m always convinced this sort of accident is inevitable.
- cherz replied
  
  14 Sep 2017 , 8:42 pm
  I have never liked this sort of play …and that’s the reason why.
- - mom90758 said
  - 14 Sep 2017
    2:48 pm
Oh, I hope the little girl was not too upset after that fall.

- - mom206279 said
  - 14 Sep 2017
    1:56 pm
You’d think a footy player would be a better catch.

- - mom93821 said
  - 14 Sep 2017
    1:12 pm
No – nothing similar – dancing stays on the ground!