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AIBU?

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Baby rolled off sofa

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AliBear90 · 04/02/2020 10:53

Hi, posting here for traffic as I’m currently crying and freaking out I need advice / reassurance. My 8 month old dd has rolled herself off the sofa when I turned my back for all of 2 seconds to get my drink. She has cut her top gums and lip and the little flap that joins them together. They’re tiny cuts the gum one is the biggest and is maybe 4mm long the lip and join bit are 1mm ish each. She was obviously bleeding out of her mouth and I panicked. She cried straight away and I picked her up and comforted her. Cleaned her mouth and put pressure on it. The bleeding has stopped and she is her usual happy bouncy self again. Currently in her jumperoo. I feel like the worst mum in the world. My partner said she’ll be fine as I would be if I got a scratch on those areas which is from her dummy I believe. No other marks lumps or swelling. Her pupils are reacting fine and she’s her usual self. Does she need to go to the hospital? And am I the worlds worst mum?

YABU - take her to the hospital
YANBU - observe at home and if no other issues she’ll likely be fine.

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Biancadelrioisback · 04/02/2020 12:41

Im another one who's child did this. My sofa is low and had thick carpets too. DS even handed face first onto my slipper but I still panicked like mad. I rang DH, my mum, 111 ... He was absolutely fine and I don't think he even really noticed! He was around 7months I think. He just looked at me and bit shocked but kept on gurgling away.

Just breathe. Right now it feels huge, and yes ring 111 for advice. In a couple of years you'll be commenting on one of these threads telling your story.

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AliBear90 · 04/02/2020 22:45

Thanks everyone. She’s absolutely fine. The cuts are just small superficial scratches from her dummy apparently. And she’s been fine all day, eating her solids and taking her bottles as usual and now fast asleep for the night. Thanks for all making me feel like less of an awful mum though xx

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Justaboy · 05/02/2020 11:51

Once again your not an awfull mum! I bet that there isnt a mum or dad on here who hasnt had a babe roll where they didna oughta at some time!

ScottishDiblet · 05/02/2020 11:55

Bless you both. Scary for you but glad she is ok. This happened to me when our LO rolled off our bed. We were all traumatised. We called 111 and they got a GP to call me back and he spent more time consoling me (crying hysterically) than actually worrying about her. He literally said it happens to every parent.

Roselilly36 · 05/02/2020 11:57

Hand hold OP, I can imagine how you are feeling, it’s a horrible shock. Some good advice on here. Don’t feel bad, it has happened to most parents at some point, it certainly did for me.

Basecamp65 · 05/02/2020 11:58

Just wait in a few years you will be joining in the 'how I completely lost my child one day' conversations

Waspnest · 05/02/2020 12:02

God I didn't realise this was so common. I felt awful when DD did it 13 years ago! She was on a low armless sofa bed and sort of caterpillared off the side when I went to pick up my drink (she hadn't moved much before that). She fell onto a thick carpet and cried immediately so I didn't even call the doctors.

mumwon · 05/02/2020 22:18

Ok who nearly lost a dc than - (1 dc managed it twice dd1 did it once dd2 moved slower -dyspraxia - I don't think she escaped? ) it was only seconds usually when shopping with other dc) Still have the 3 all grown up :) dc survive me as a parent newsflash op we cannot be perfect & have eyes in the back of head - which is why you need to do first aid course as a parent (my favourite quote to dc "just because I have done first aid doesn't mean I want to practice it!) & to be physically fit enough to run after them! & Have the yell that will stop them dead "stop there now!"

bridgetreilly · 05/02/2020 22:42

111 will automatically send an ambulance, not give over the phone reassurance for this. You can still do it if you think you need to, but don't expect just a chat.

namechangetheworld · 05/02/2020 22:56

Very UnMumsnetty hug for you OP. Glad LO is okay.
DD1 (very much alive and now 4) rolled off the bed when she was five months old. I was convinced she was seriously hurt and took her to hospital in floods of tears. The nurse looked at me like I was legitimately insane. I'll never forget the look on her face. I can now just about laugh about it, four years later!

Wynston · 05/02/2020 23:13

Oh op me and my dc have quite the list.......falling down some stairs.....eating some toilet gel (ffs!!!) Bumping head on the car door frame getting them into car seat and the time i really excelled myself-id bought some sausage rolls from the bakery.......there was an elderly couple getting out of the car and i helped them out by helping lift the lady into a wheelchair-i put the sausage rolls on top of the baby and couldn't work out why he was crying-its because they were hot and was burning him!! I felt awful so so awful!!! He was fine but my god i felt horrendous about it!!!
Im glad youre little one is ok!!

Cremebrule · 05/02/2020 23:54

It’s really common. When I was in A&e with my first for something else they seemed quite pleased it was a non-rolling accident. They said it was super common. In winter all the babies have bronchiolitis and in the other months, they’ve all rolled off stuff (huge generalisation obviously).

TheReef · 06/02/2020 09:10

My dd has a scar on her foot where I knocked a bottle of Johnson's baby shampoo off the side and the cap cut her foot. She was about 3 months old. I wailed more than my dd. She's now 12 and takes great delight in telling me I've scarred her for life.

That and the very first time she rolled over was off the sofa, I turned to see why she was crying and she was face down in the rug - god I sound such a shit parent.

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