To be worried about this bruise on my toddler?

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Changed DS' nappy and noticed a yellow bruise around his kidney area. I have no idea how he's got this bruise and it's really freaked me out. He's nearly 2.

Am I right to be worried about this?

It depends on why you're worried?

Are you worried his kidneys might've taken a bash, or are you worried someone may have hurt him?

@WorraLiberty Both

has he been out of your care? is he naturally a boisterous child that can easily of run into something and not made a fuss?

Then you need to take him to A&E if you think someone has hurt him and he has internal damage ...

Dont come onto a public forum if you really think these two things!

Christ!

My 2.5 year old is always full of bruises. He’s at nursery and quite the adventurer. I find bruises often so I wouldn’t be worried unless it was nasty looking or was causing him pain.

Of course, if you have cause to worry then that is different

@Pretenditsaplan He has been with my MIL today. I'm not saying she's hurt him, but quite often she's brought him back with bruises cuts due to him having an "accident" so it makes me wonder

A yellow bruise is a few days old.

At two he'll be running about and not that steady so could have backed into a chair, table, door, fell on a toy etc. Ds constantly had bruises in all colours as a toddler.

Is there something specific about the bruise that is causing extra concern?

My son is always covered in bruises and he's two. He runs into things, falls back on things, swings things around and hits himself in the face with them. I am an attentive parent I promise but they're like lemmings at this age. My son had a bruise on his back when he backed into a chair and fell back and slid to the floor. I wouldnt jump to conclusions about anything dodgey unless you have other concerns about his care.

A yellow bruise is generally an old bruise, as PP said. When's the last time you saw that area of him?

Don’t ignore your instincts. If you’re worried about him in MILs care make (safer) alternative arrangements and monitor the situation.

Surely at that age bruisers are pretty common if they’re mobile?

My 8 year old has them all over the place and I wonder what on earth they’re from. He’s at school (well not anymore 🙄) and with his dad some days and he is quite clumsy but I couldn’t tell you where he gets them at all. Even today, two little bruises on his back but we’ve been no where....

He gets excited and bounces off things so I’m not worried at all but if you feel something isn’t right then keep an eye on it...

The bruise itself I wouldn’t be worried about unless he was showing a lot of pain or there was something odd about it. My kids constantly had bruises as toddlers because they fell over, jumped of things etc.

However your instinct (if that’s what you call it) seems to be that there might be something happening when he’s with your MIl because he’s is coming home from hers with bruises. That is worrying. Listen to your instincts.

No one here knows the wider context of this concern. If you are worried though then stop or limit his contact with MIL.

A new bruise from that day would be purple or black

I was always told the idea that you could age a bruise by its colour is not correct. As bruises of any age could be a range of colours. Although obviously many old bruises are yellow in colour that doesn’t mean that a new bruise couldn’t be yellow in colour.

@AIMD

I was always told the idea that you could age a bruise by its colour is not correct. As bruises of any age could be a range of colours. Although obviously many old bruises are yellow in colour that doesn’t mean that a new bruise couldn’t be yellow in colour.

This is true.

Why on earth you would ask an Internet forum is very unclear, OP.

If you suspect your child is hurt, take him to a Dr! If you think your MIL is harming him, why on earth are you allowing him to be in her care?!

The mind boggles.

At that age my Gds was permanently covered in bruises. He was endlessly charging about like a human hurricane, bashing into things, jumping off things, hurling himself around in toddler rugby tackles, etc.

If he seems perfectly well and happy, I wouldn’t worry. (Well, maybe I would, since I’m a worrier, but I’d be trying to tell myself to chill.)

I think OP's worried because it feels like an odd place to get a bruise. OP, there are lots of things that hit toddlers in weird places because they're so short - something that you'd bark your shin or bruise your knee on will get them in a different place. I don't think I would be particularly worried about it in terms of someone deliberately hurting him but obviously if you feel like your MIL isn't keeping a careful eye on him that's a thing to bear in mind I guess.