baby fell from bed onto hardwood floor, what now?
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I had to go into work tonight for a function and was taking one quick glance in the mirror when my 8 month old daughter fell from my bed to the hardwood floor. It is about a 2.5 foot distance. I did not actually see her fall but heard a thud, and when I got to her it appears that she fell hand and feet first but really I have no idea. I feel ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE about this. I just feel absolutely awful. I cannot believe that I did something so stupid, stupid, stupid. I called the ped immediately and they said that if she was acting normal and there were no obvious bumps or injuries just to watch her carefully and call them if there was a problem.
I listened to their advice and then went about my night, and now that I am home from my work function I am second guessing myself. I feel like I should have had my DH take her to the emergency room or at the very least made sure she was seen by her doctor. For all I know she hit her head, and now she is upstairs sleeping, and I just have no idea if she was okay or not. DH did say that she did not drink as much formula as normal tonight (but he fed her more solid food than normal soo..) she had another feeding right after she fell (30m later) and she had the whole thing then. I'm not sure what to do. Should I go wake her up to make sure she is okay? She is recovering from the flu also so I don't want to make things worse with her sleep. I just feel like I am never going to be able to sleep tonight because I am so worried. |
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Make yourself feel better and go gently wake her.
You do not need a visit to the ER. Don't go overboard on the feeling bad. This happens all the time and it's not some super huge parenting fail or anything. |
Anonymous
| She's fine. Let her sleep. |
Anonymous
| She is fine, don't worry |
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I agree with the pediatrician: if she is acting normal, let her sleep. Chances are she put down her hands first.
To prevent things like this in the future I would put down a thick rug under the entire bed and around it. |
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| Thanks guys. Actually right after I finished typing I could hear her wake up a little bit so I went up there, she was mostly sleeping but things seemed fine (I think??). I still just feel horrible thouhg, mainly because I knew better and was being vain and looking in the mirror and now my baby got hurt because of it. And my DH is giving me a really hard time about it because he has warned me about this before, and he's right. UGH. I just hope everything will be ok in the morning. |
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| My son fell from a really high bed (his dad was supposed to be next to him) onto a marble floor in Jamaica and I'm pretty sure he bumped his head. He was 11 months. He was fine and it definitely upset me more than it hurt him. It will be ok and she will probably fall again. |
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| It happens to all of us at least once (once was enough for me). Check because you are worried but she's probably fine. |
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| Same thing happened to my son around that age, and I freaked! But then basically every single person I told had a similar or worse story. My kid was fine, everyone else's kids were fine. Take her in your bed or set an alarm to check on her periodically if it will make you feel better. |
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They will do this. Don't let them sleep for a while if you suspect a head injury. One thing I learned is to listen for the cry. If they cry right away, it's a nothing. A more serious cry is the kind where they cry silently for a bit before they make noise (like having the wind knocked out of you) and if they pass out at all, go to the ER. If they start puking later, ER.
My son has taken a few headers and only once did we really need medical attention (puking started about six hours later and he was disoriented). But you child will bump herself over and over. Dont beat yourself up. |
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| Welcome to the club! |
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+1 It's practically a parenting rite of passage. Mind you, I am still haunted by the sound of my then-3-month-old hitting the [carpeted] floor after I dropped her while removing her from the Baby Bjorn. It still makes my stomach turn and my eyes tear up. But she was fine then. They're durable little things, I assure you. Go gently rouse her just to make sure she's OK and then get some sleep yourself. |
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| when this happened to me, my pediatrician has someone on call at night, and I was able to talk to a dr. on the phone. Basically told to watch for vomitting. However, unless there were complications, doctor did not say it was necessary to go to the ER/hospital or even to come in to the dr's office. (turns out it's pretty common for kids to do this.) |
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This is what is bothering me about this story. Every parent in the universe does this once. I did it with the changing table (throwing diaper away) and he busted his nose. Took him to the emergency room and they laughed at me and sent me home. I felt just AWFUL. But EVERYONE has done this and my husband just hugged me and told me "lesson learned" and was very kind. Your husband will make his fine share of mistakes and I hope he would never want to be given a hard time - God knows you are giving yourself a harder time than anyone else could. He needs to comfort you and move on. Anyway, I'm so sorry it happened. But I'm guessing it never will again. Check on that baby but I bet you she's just fine. They're pretty resilient little creatures. And forgive yourself now. |