Baby Bruises

[Therapist1]

Over the past year I have had several conversations with clients regarding young babies/toddlers bruising easily. I wonder if children are becoming active earlier, is it just a coincidence that I have had similar conversations on numerous occasions, are parent becoming more anxious about minor injuries, or is it something else. I am curious to know if this is a trend?

Eh? What business are you in?

What clients? What do you do?
baby massage?

I'm a Reiki Master, advanced practitioner in EFT and certified clinical hypnotherapist. Most of my clients are female and most 99.9% of their issues are stress based.

Hello NoGlow, I don't do massage, when I work with children it tends to be around fears/phobias/behaviour issues that make them unhappy.

99.9% of their issues are stress based

I think that’s probably your answer. Pandemic conditions have heightened many peoples awareness of the health of themselves and loved ones, multiple stresses added to that probably make everyone more aware of things they previously would have been more matter of fact about.

Babies/toddlers get bruises, they also heal remarkably quickly and these people should probably be directed to their GP’s/health visitors if they’re concerned and they can be informed about when bruises start to be something to be concerned about.

I absolutely agree Cornettoninja the advice must always be to contact the GP or health visitor if only to have their mind put at rest.

How would babies "become active earlier"?

I am wondering if some are reaching developmental stages earlier than previous generations. Nowadays live in a more highly stimulated environment because, of the resources available such as very sophisticated developmental toys. Of course basics such as various forms of stack and learn have been around for years but little ones nowadays are stimulated no matter where they are.. in their cot/lounge/in the car etc.

No I don't believe this at all.

My first- pre covid we had a drop in weigh in group near us and a house visit as standard and talked about all these sort of things there.

Second baby post covid- no house visit no drop in groups. It's quite a different world.

I think your question should be- are mothers feeling there is less council parenting support than there used to be?

Also I think the opposite is true- if a baby is stimulated by things to look at and play with they will likely be later to reach the travelling milestones. If he's laid happy playing on a mat with something interesting he's less inclined by boredom to challenge himself to move elsewhere.

No I don't think there is a change to human development over the past few years.

I think you make an excellent point Barleysugar86, and you have asked the question yourself. It would be interesting to see what others think. A drop in is always helpful. I belong to a group (People's Health Alliance) who are looking at what will be required by society if statutory services disappear and I have to admit this is not something we have considered to-date in our local group. As to your second point, again I agree to some degree in fact I have mentioned in a book recently published that over stimulation can be a hindrance certainly to mindfulness which is helpful for mental wellbeing. Thank you for your replies.