Don't laugh at me. Okay, laugh, but help too.
I need to find a helmet for my baby. He turned 8 months today and memorialized it by bumping his head and getting a knot, right on his forehead! That is NOT okay! Where can I find a helmet??
I am laughing so hard over here! Thanks, ladies. I am half-joking...maybe. I go back and forth. I know that it happens, but that does not make it okay. (Background: I am not a person who takes things lightly just because it happens elsewhere.)
I appreciate the support, you ladies laughing with me. The sarcasm and cattiness...not so much. It's just not necessary to roll your eyes at the first-time mom of an infant, trying to get accustomed to having her little one experience hurts and figuring which ones should be avoided. I was a rough and tough kid (a boy?), but my first stitches came at 14 years. My brother was in school. I don't know of anyone in my personal life who got banged up the way you describe as an infant. Yeah, there will be bumps and bruises--and he is very precocious, so I expect to really be on my feet with him--but that doesn't mean that I should not protect him from some of those. (Wow, the nastiness.)
Oh, I am actually good about letting him fall and bump around. When he falls/stumbles, he looks over at me, and I smile and say very casually, "You okay?" Then, he smiles and carries on. This is the first time that he's actually cried and later had a knot to show for it. We laughed about it. (SO THERE, for the meanie moms.)
Seriously, a helmet?
I hope you are kidding.
He will be fine.
It is all part of growing up.
You would have to keep a helmet on him until he was a teenager.
They don't need a helmet.
They do not.
My kids both hit their heads as babies, as toddlers, and even now! And they are 5 and 8 years old.
They never wore a helmet.
It IS okay. Babies have been bumping their heads since time began, he doesn't need a helmet, he'll be just fine.
Please tell me you are joking. Please....
You put a helmet on that kid he will be falling a heck of a lot more. Not to mention a lot of screaming to get it off....lord I have no idea but I can say my kids fell, bumps, hit, bled, got stitches, no broke bones mind you and they are doing just find in spite of all that trauma. :)
He'll be fine, and this won't be the first bad knot that he gets! My daughter busted her mouth into the fireplace when she was running away from me at bedtime. I was shaking all the way to the hospital, but she was fine. She's 3 now and has had stitches twice and I've taken her to to carenow for xrays twice. Crazy kid!
Luckily for you, 8 month old babies mostly bounce!
Maybe you could get a few rolls of bubble wrap while you're at the helmet store?
He doesn't need a helmet. He'll be fine. :)
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hehe...it's how they learn about life. no need for a helmet:-)
His head is hard enough to handle the bumps.
I can also guarantee you when he will have a big goose egg right on his forehead and/or a black eye.
It will be exact day before any studio photos are to be taken or you are going to see his doctor.. Never fails.
I always worried they were going to call CPS on me.
I think bumps are a part of the journey to figuring out how to handle yourself. I have never helmeted my boys and they are no worse for wear and have definitely had their bumps along the way. I think a helmet can stunt his development and discovery process. I know you want to protect your child but life has it's bumps you know? Now if there is something going on like a child beating their head into walls and the floor as an outlet to frustration, a helmet can be warranted, but for regular life I think it would be a big overreaction. Good luck!
You can find them in the same store that sells the big bubbles to put your kid in until they're like 18. Ugh!!!
Practice NOT gasping, NOT running to him. Instead, smile and in your best lighthearted tone, say "OOoops! Get up, shake it off!". If it's a big bump, hold a bag of frozen peas there for a few minutes.
It scares the heck out of ya - but it's just part of being a little guy! This is the point where a parents reactions can make the kid either tough or a hugge drama queen.
The forehead is the thickest part of the skull for that very reason:) This told to me by an ER doc when my son did the same thing.
oh :( all babies, especially the boys, will get plenty of eggs by the time they grow up.. lol... my son doesnt have one pic hardly when he was 1-3 with out some sort of bruise on his head ( he loved finding door jams and window sills with his head i swear!).. the only one i worried about was when we were at a friends house the day before he was due to have an endoscopy where they would be putting him out, and he fell into something the hardest thump i saw.. ahh... had to take him to the pediatrician to make sure he didnt have a concusion so he could still go under the next day... he was ok :) except for specialty helmets i dont think they make them that small... just keep corners padded and watch him like a hawk :)
Just wait until he runs
I have a 3 yo boy and he falls at least 3-4 times a week. I swear we should invest in bandaids because he skins his knees all the time. Honestly I laugh at little baby falls because they are comical compared to the preschool falls. Lighten up he will cry more if you freak out.
Instead of the helmet, get arnica ointment! Rub it on his bangs/bumps, and he shouldn't bruise. His bumps will probably disappear quickly, if they develop at all. I don't know why more people don't know about it! You can get it at a health food store where they sell homeopathics. Don't put it on broken skin though. That stings!
so do you want a football helment or a baseball helment or a motorcycle helment?
Head bumps are part of being a baby. I'm scared for you, when your child is a toddler. It gets much worse. Seriously. If you are worried about this, you will be a walking heart attack as he grows. I hope you are able to lighten up soon. I mean that in the nicest way possible!
ummm....are you joking? My son was involved in a car accident as an infant (3 weeks old) and had blood and liquid in the brain for almost a year. He took phenobarbatal to prevent seizures. You don't see him in a helmet. Bumps and bruises are a fact of life. I am not laughing...but I *may* have rolled my eyes a bit. :)
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LOL, Yep **it happens. Somehow even if you are less than 2 feet away they manage to make a huge knot on the forehead.(It will probably happen again!) But their sensory system learns from that and coordination improves and you get grey hairs. Yay!
He will be just fine without helmet. He will learn eventually.
Having 3 kids myself, I usually find them with some kind of bumps or bruises somewhere. But kids are more durable than we think. Their skull is so hard, their joints are flexible, and they are small for a reason.
And you cannot put helmet on his head, guard on his face, and bubble wrap the rest of his body. Enjoy his exploration moments, there will me more to come :)
Dont get a helmet, those are for kids with inner ear problems, poor developed frenulums ...sp? and other issues that would mean serious injury being common or balance being iffy.
Kids need to develop a real sense of cause and effect. Baby proof the really hazardous stuff and let the others be lessons
LOL...my daughter on her very first picture day fell running to the bus, road rash forehead!...It taught her to use her hands during a fall. (funny i thought that was instinct)
I should show you pics of bumps my son has got over the years! Like recently he's run into walls, twice! Big huge goose eggs one on each side! And rolled back and hit the table same thing on the back of his head. Even when he was a baby and starting to crawl/walk he was always bumpin into something it's normal...I wouldn't go as far as a helmet (even if mine clearly needs one!) don't worry your baby won't get hurt from a few bumps and bruises :)
My two year old's legs look like a dalmations. Not kidding. She runs into so much stuff! She's (within the last month) ran into the trim and hit it so hard it busted her eye open and a few days ago slammed her chin on the table and bit through her lip.. they bled, they stopped and she's fine. She literally only cried for 2 minutes and I was freaking on the inside! At your sons age she was throwing herself off of couches and whatever else she could so I get the fear but I'd probably not get a helmet.. he'd probably just move to banging his shins anyway lol. My cousins kid at that age LITERALLY had at least one cut on his forehead at all times.. not to mention like 3 bruises. We used to giver her hell (kidding with her). We have a boy on the way and I'm imagining it will only be worse with him.. And like other moms said.. just wait till he starts running!
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one step ahead(the baby version of leaps and bounds) had one it looked like a bike helmet, but just styrofoam. also thudguard.com
Just wait...invest in band aids, then invest in LARGE gauze pads and sports tape. Yes partly in jest but partly truth. I swear with two boys I go through more band aids, gauze pads, sports tape and antibiotic gel than food.
My boys are 15 and 10 and so far have only had 4 er trips total.
The fun part is when they seem to time their injuries to planned picture times. I have a couple of Sears and Wal_mart photos that have bumps and bruises in them thanks to an injury either day of photo session or a day or two before.
You learn to just roll with it. Also the advice of not making a big deal out of the bump or cut will help in more ways than you can know. It will drive you crazy if you set your baby up to be a drama queen over every little bump or scrape.
