HH please baby fractured skull

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I don’t think I’ve really processed it yet. DH slipped down the stairs carrying DS and I saw him land on his head.

DS is only 4 months old. He’s had a scan on his head and has two fractures and lots of swelling. They don’t think he has brain damage. We’re staying in the children’s hospital overnight for observation. They have to wake him up every hour. I’m so scared, I don’t think I’ve left fight or flight mode yet.

If this happened to any of you how was the recovery?

When DS was 18mths or so I was taking him into the house in the buggy, and popped my laptop bag on the handle for a second whilst I opened the door. In the split second I unlocked the door, DS “kicked” and pushed his feet off the tree trunk in front of the house and tipped the buggy backwards, landing on his head on concrete. When I picked him up, his nose started bleeding.

I was absolutely in bits, felt so guilty for leaving my bag on the buggy, was so worried about the blood... took him to hospital, observed for 4 hours and sent home. None of us could even find a bump on his head!

He also launched himself head first from standing on the back of the sofa, onto the thinly carpeted area of concrete in front of our door when he was 4 - there was an enormous crunching thid when he fell. A huge lump came up and then he went very sleepy.

Again- took one look at him in A&E and sent us home with the head injury leaflet.

They are VERY bouncy, kids... it’d the parents that are left with the last trauma generally. I hope you’re all okay, and look after yourselves.

You poor, poor thing. My brother and his then-infant daughter had a very similar incident to yours. Multiple fractures. Stress. Anxiety. Guilt. The works.
She's 15 now, whip-smart, hilariously funny, and just an all-around amazing human being. I'd completely forgotten about the skull fractures until I read your thread!

Oh bless you. My son also had some horrible head bangs including falling off the back of a bench and hitting his head on the concrete. I honestly thought he was dead but he was completely fine afterwards. Argh they cause so much stress. It’s good that you are in the hospital abs sounds like he is doing well x x x

Sending you best wishes - I had a big head fracture when I got hit by a car when I was 7 and apparently the big fracture was a good thing because it mean my brain wasn't squashed by any swelling as my skull had some 'give', so they can actually help. As others have said, babies are resilient - my SIL was dropped on her head when tiny but was fine.

Wishing you all the best x

How frightening for you all! I do hope your DH gets himself checked over too - he may be more injured than he realises, and is still running on adrenaline which could mask it.

One of my distant cousins fell out of his second storey bedroom window onto a concrete drive aged about 2 - on to his head. Survived ok, but has had some motor function issues - but nothing that really stopped him from doing anything he wanted to! So that's another "good" story to add to the portfolio.

Hope you manage to get home soon and everything is fine (but send your DH to get checked out too).

This is so much more common that you’d ever think. My DD was 10 days - Cat tripped up my husband - fortunately she slid down him rather than fell but it was so sudden and the fear in the yell I heard from my DH was haunting! Went to hospital and all ok.
Please go easy on yourselves - this is a horrible horrible thing to go through - they are resilient - the fear for you and your DH will take some time to overcome - thinking of you all x

How scary OP! I hope you got a bit of rest overnight.

We live in a townhouse with loads of stairs both internally and externally, and I'm constantly carrying a child up and down them, often with another child just in front or behind me. It has always scared me, especially if one of them starts messing about.

Hope you’ve all managed to get some sleep

Oh bless you …how scary .Falling whilst holding a baby is every parents fear. Your DS is in the right place being closely monitored. I hope your DH is getting lots of TLC as well Poor man . X

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What a daft thing to say.

I fell down the stairs holding DS when he was few weeks old and he hit his head. He slipped out of my arms as he fell.

Everyone has accidents - most of us are lucky to avoid ending up in hospital but accidents like this happen all the time.

I hope your baby has had a good night and both you and you DH are coping well.

I hope you're all ok today xxx

Oh how horrible. I hope today is a better day.

I'm so sorry OP.

When DS was 3 months old he fell headfirst from a high hotel bed 3 feet onto the marble floor.

Terrifying at the time but he was completely fine.

Hope all goes well for you x

Bless you all. Please keep us updated and let us know he is getting on. Sending lots of love and strength.

Thinking of you and your family and wishing your little boy a speedy and complete recovery

My DH has a scar on his arm from the carpet burn he got when he slipped carrying DC1 down the stairs. He still can’t talk about it and she’s 10. Lots of hugs to all of you but particularly your DH. Wishing you all the very very best

Oh love! Hope all is well

I slipped down the stairs with 8 month old Dd. Pulled my shoulder out of the socket trying to stop us, and we crashed into the stair gate at the bottom. Dd had the most horrendous black eye. Both spent a night in hospital being treated.

She loves to hear the story of the time mummy threw us down the stairs 4 years on

Fingers crossed everything is ok, and your husband isn’t being too hard on himself.

My dd was so excited that her grandad had arrived that she threw herself down the stairs headfirst at about 18 months old. I arrived home from work in the immediate aftermath and have never seen my dh so scared. All that’s left of that incident is a crease in her skull that you can see when she raises her eyebrow. I hope all is well.

I dropped DD when she was around 4 months old - she was in her car seat that I was carrying but I hadn't strapped her in (think it was down to sleep deprivation, we'd had a horrendous few weeks). She toppled right out straight onto her head and screamed blue murder...... I rang DH in complete hysterics and he took us both straight to A & E.

She was diagnosed with a hairline skull fracture, and kept in overnight just in case. The staff were lovely and kind, even if they did ask quite a lot of questions, and the HV came out a few days later to make sure that I was following safety guidelines. I felt so bad, it really really upset me for ages afterwards and I felt like the worlds worst parent. DD had no effects at all from it.

Hope your little one is better soon

Another random stranger saying "ride it out, DC is in the right place, it worked out fine for us".

Does the ward know you are EBF? They will help you get rest and food and water, you must make sure that you are not exhausted - my milk production dropped dreadfully (DC was about 6 weeks old and had NG tube for about 5 days) and it was blooming hard work to get it back. I wish I'd asked about a cot bed and had more regular meals etc. It all worked out, but, was a struggle I could have done without.

Your DH is going to feel awful about this - I'd be more concerned about him in the long term than your baby, TBH.