I was on the upper deck of a bus that was about to stop. As I got up I told my 2yo and 4yo to hold on, but my 2yo got up anyway and walked to the stairs in front of me while I collected our bulky bag from the seat.

Then the bus stopped, and my son went head first towards the stairs.

Hands full and unable to reach him, I stuck out a leg and caught him by the belly with my foot, which gave me enough time to grab the back of his shirt.

Averted a trip to the hospital.