to not belive a baby can dislocate its shoulder struggling in a buggy

[Thinkmummy]

I try not to judge other parents each family has its own way of bringing up their child but this really got me angry.

my stepbrother who is a lot younger than me (20) had a one night stand girl got pregnant at 17. when she came to him saying it was his dna test was paid for and turned out was his. he has a lot of involvement with her although won't change her happy gets my mum or his mum to do that. which yes i do judge.

but what happened with baby's mum really miles me apparently 14 month old wouldn't get in her buggy so mum pushed her in held her down and baby dislocated shoulder from trying to get out. personally i don't think this could happen and think it was down to mum being a bit too forceful when strapping her in am i jumping to conclusions? or can this easily happen?

My left shoulder used to regularly pop out when I was a kid, without much, if any, trauma. Stopped without medical assistance when I was around 4.

Hm, I'm with everyone else- if it's an elbow that can just happen, and often does, if it's a shoulder it likely required more force unless it was a freak accident or the child has an underlying condition like a weak shoulder or hypermobility.

Try not to jump to conclusions just yet.

DS1 dislocated DS3's shoulder when DS3 was about two, by pulling him by the arm. I wasn't in the room at the time, DS1 would have been around 9, and he has always maintained (he's 24 now) that he didn't pull him very hard!

It had already gone back in place by the time we got to hospital and, as PP's have also said, the doctor told us it's common in small children as their joints are not fully formed.

Was it a proper shoulder dislocation op or 'pulled elbow' which looks very similar?
My dd had it age around 2 we still don't know exactly why- either playing the swing between two parents like a pp described or when dp helped her up in a soft play.
We were on holiday & she had a cold & had been grumpy all day so don't know exactly when it happened.
Felt awful but a&e said very common

One of my DC has a friend with EDS who can dislocate his shoulder (and several other joints) at will.

And another friend dislocated his DC's shoulder giving her a twizzle. So it can happen innocuously.

But personally, I find the 'wrestling into a pushchair' scenario a little improbable as the angles/momentum aren't what I'd expect for an accidental dislocation, unless there is an underlying condition.

DD2 broke a fairly new Maclaren stroller at about that age by trying to force her way out. I was pushing it along while she stropped and suddenly it just pinged and wouldn't stay up any longer.

A friend of mine dislocated her dd's shoulder holding her hand walking along the wall. There was a step up on the ground and not on the wall, and somehow the angle popped it out. It was awful because her dd just started screaming for, we could see no reason. Luckily a passerby who was a paediatric nurse stopped and fairly quickly saw the problem. But there was no force involved, just a bad angle, I think was what was said.