I have a bed quite low to the ground, with a solid wooden edge around it. Bear cub aged almost 8 months fell off it backwards, and hit either the edge of it or the edge of the cot.
He screamed the absolute place down, and almost immediately, on the back of his head, at the bit that sort of sticks out, a lump the size of say a 50p? bit bigger perhaps has come up, was red in the middle, where the impact is, blue around, and now after 15 mins it is blue and the swelling around it is red.
He did not want to be put down for 10 mins, and was quite crizzly, but then I gave him some bm, which he took happily and now he is fine.
But I am worried as it was obviously a hard hit so should I go to the gp, to the hospital or keep an eye on him?
I feel bloody terrible. I had left him and DD looking at books on the bed, while I ran to save the washing from the sudden downpour (all on the same floor not that it made a difference, then DD was following me and as I turned to walk back into the bedroom, I heard this horrid horrid pipping scream (only was I could describe it).
I was trying to do too much, DH is at work for the first time in ages (helping out a friend) doing hard physical work and I wanted to make the place nice so he didn't have to do anything.
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Baby hit head - Drs, Hospital, or keep an eye?
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Pavlov · 14/07/2010 13:23
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