Padded baby helmet?

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8 month old baby is on the move and can pull self to stand on the baby fence/gate. Keeps swinging and banging head. I know it’ll only be a short phase and we can never get there quick enough and stopping him will stop him developing. So wondering if wearing it for the odd half hour will help? Seen some on Amazon. Can’t find a uk retailer

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head bumps better?

No. Just let him pull himself up. I had three babies. Never had any helmets. All three survived.

I am letting him pull himself up. I think we’re got fro have a week of head injuries. He has 3 marks on his head from today.

This is madness.

I love when people pull out the “I ate lead and survived” and “my children didn’t wear seat belts and I didn’t crash” survivor bias and can’t see any other scenarios apart from their own.

The trouble with helmets is they actually make baby even MORE top-heavy, so they're more unstable than ever!

That’s why I was only looking at the non helmet type, the ones that are designed for head banging babies, just lightweight foam.

I know what you're referring to, it's just that if you're only 8 months old even 'lightweight foam' wrapped around your head makes a difference to your balance. There's no harm in it if you want to try it, I just think you'll end up chucking it in a day or 2, and laughing about it in a few years.

Literally the only reason these things exist is to get women with postpartum anxiety to spend money.

It’s not useful to say ‘well my kids survived’ because obviously, lots of people do.
but as op says, lots of people survive not wearing seatbelts, or whatever else, it doesn’t make it ‘safe’
also let’s have the emotional intelligence of fly as well, and figure out this is clearly a relatively new (and so possibly ppa/ppd/exhausted/hormonal) mum, experiencing a new thing and just trying to protect her precious baby.

op, the helmet will make them even more top heavy so they’ll struggle more with balance and navigating their bodies and also it will be bulky around their head so they will probably bash more because they can’t gauge the space. Can you try any more childproofing, like covering corners? A friend of mine attached pool noodles (cut so they sit around the edges) to some of the more scary marble or sharp edges in her house when she couldn’t keep an eye on all of her triplets at once. And if you can contain them to one or two childproofed rooms it’d probably best. Or just keep an eye on him and try to stop any particularly bad bashes and accept others will happen.

What a silly analogy.

Road deaths have dramatically fallen compared to the number of miles driven since seatbelts etc became standard.

Public health is vastly improved since lead was used with abandon.

The number of babies who have serious head injuries from pulling themselves up…. That’s probably zero. So mo need for you to try to cut it.

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what about this instead?

@Itsnotrainingatleast They're even worse! They will actively CAUSE your baby to fall. As a PP said, designed to part anxious parents from their money.

I agree the baby is more likely to fall with a helmet but also that it's less likely to be an issue if they are wearing a helmet. Some babies are just accident prone. My youngest gave himself two black eyes one right after another when learning to walk and a neighbour called social services! To this day he's really odd and has no natural fear of bumping his head, so very heavy handed jumping on stiff. Will smack himself on walls sitting on chairs, beds, couches etc. The sound make me feel sick! It really doesn't matter OP if it makes you feel better, go for it.

If I had another child who was also a bumper, I'd buy him the helmet. I worry he's done himself long term damage sometimes.

Personally, I didn’t use anything. Just remembered my friend using this.

What about a little cotton hat - will at least help protect a bit against bruises. Or pad the gate or whatever he mostly bumps on?

Ridiculous. For the short while this is happening pad corners etc and supervise very closely. It's all part of a child's development.

For my baby this phase really didn’t last very long. I’m sure the way he learnt not to bang his head was to knock it a few times! Same way he’s learnt safely how to climb off the sofa.

Totally unnecessary unless your floors are solid stone or something (and even then, still probably unnecessary). Babies bump their heads and learn quickly. Baby-proof your living areas as much as possible - move furniture with sharp edges away from where baby pulls themselves up. Put down a rug if your floor is sold. That sort of thing.