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[quote=Anonymous]20:41 - Thank you for posting - it gives me hope that maybe our son will stop doing this at some point.

I'm just curious if your son used to bang his head so hard that it would break the skin, etc.? Did your doctor ever worry about any long term effects from the banging? Now that our son is in the pack and play and we basically get him up when we hear him start he isn't causing his head to bleed anymore but we still worry about him damaging his brain, etc. He actually lays on his belly and will fold his head and bang on his knuckles b/c there is nothing else hard in his pack and play that he can bang against - very sad and disturbing to watch.

Were you able to transition your son to a big boy bed ok or did you have to move the mattress away from the wall and not use bed rails? I wish I could transition our son to a mattress on the floor now (away from the wall b/c I fear he'll bang on the wall) but I can't trust him yet (he still runs out into the street, etc. so I'm sure he'd be climbing the furniture if he was out of the confines of his pack and play. One OT I spoke with had a former patient who would bang his head and once they transitioned him to a big boy bed he stopped for some reason.

I appreciate your thoughts - [/quote]

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