Should I have taken him to hospital?? Worried. Picture attached.

[kravestix]

DS had an accident at nursery today. This was the state of him when I picked him up today. He fell off a rope swing.

He's in bed now. But I'm sitting here googling his injuries and worrying myself and wondering if I should have taken him to be checked over. I'm getting myself in a right state now I've googled. Worrying about internal bleeding and whatever. His lip is very swollen but I was more worried about his nose bleeding. His nose and mouth took the brunt of the fall.

Should I have taken him? Should I still take him?

I wouldnt have sought medical care for that OP, not if he was acting and eating as normal. These things usually look worse than they actually are.

If he's sleeping now I wouldn't wake him up!

See how it is in the morning. Lips often look a lot worse than they actually are.

I tend to overreact so I probably would have taken him. But I suspect you will see a massive improvement soon, possibly as soon as the morning. Its one of the fastest healing areas and it doesn't sound as if he's too upset by it all.

My little girl fell and did herself a very very similar injury at that age. I rang the gps for advice and was told any head/face injury to a toddler should be taken to ae. I took her and got her checked out - she was fine, as I'm sure your boy will be, but I just wanted to share that advice.

I face planted onto a concrete step at 4 years old. I remember the feeling of hitting my face then waking up on the couch. I fell asleep as soon as I stopped crying and my mum freaked out as I never napped/slept in the day. She got the gp to visit (early 80’s when that was more common). I didn’t stir as he examined me, he said the sleeping was my body reacting to the shock and I was fine despite looking battered. I don’t remember being brought inside so his wee sleep might be nothing to worry about.

I would ring 111 for advice. It will put your mind at rest.

I would 100% take him to be checked out.
It's more than likely all going to be fine but why risk it?

Lots of ice lollies tomorrow for him

Kravestix,
From what you have said he seems ok just a little swollen and bruised and you know him better than anybody as your his mum.
However always remember that you call out of hours or emergency at anytime but I’m sure he will be fine but with a slightly bigger lip for a few days.
Try and have a rest yourself
Xx

I always think if they're happy and playing and he's able to tell you he's okay. I mean I'm not a medical.professuonal but if his nose was fractured he'd be in more pain?

@Excitedforxmas

Lots of ice lollies tomorrow for him

This! One of mine had a similar trauma at that age, lollies really help to keep the swelling down. Only not something sour in case if there's skin damage, may irritate. Even frozen milk + honey will be very helpful - yes it is not great for the teeth, but OK for a couple of days. Oh OP hug him from everyone please. Poor little guy. Such an unpleasant part of growing up.

Since EVERYTHING else other than that poor lip and that bloody nose seems perfectly normal (activity, appetite, etc), I wouldn't worry overly much. I would, however, be keeping a close eye on him for a few days. By the time my second came around, it took him ramming a small tree branch through his lip and into his gum to send me screaming to Emergency Services.

Poor wee man That looks so sore. My 5 year old was v giddy and ran laughing into the side of his twin brothers head (hammerhead) in front of me and his teacher. I thought he had only bust his lip. I was talking to him a week later and noticed he'd chipped off the bottom of his two front teeth. Dentist said there would have been nothing to do anyway as first teeth but I'd say it's best to get him checked out nd rule out any head injury. I hope it's one of those injuries that looks terrible but has minimal pain and heals quickly xx

I've not RTFT but my youngest done something similar. It was swollen and bleeding A LOT. He was checked out at a&e and the dentist and was fine. Five years later, no lasting damage.

If you want to get him checked please do. The staff were amazing that day for me.

I hope little one is ok.

Just thinking. My other twin fell from absolutely no height fell and gashed his forehead at a party when he was 3. My husband insisted that he went with him to A and E and I took the others home to bed. I really regret not taking it more seriously as he was there most of the night waiting and not allowed to sleep. He ended up with 6 stitches and he still has a large bump and quite a scar on his forehead. DH is ok but wouldn't worry too much about aesthetics. I sometimes wish I'd been there to ask about follow up. Xx

I'd give him ibuprofen for the swelling if he wakes in the night and ice lollies in the morning. A dentist appointment wouldnt hurt just to get his teeth looked over if he's knocked them.

For what its worth every time I took my son in for some vicious looking facial wound they did nothing but reassure me. That doesnt mean you cant get reassurance if you want some tomorrow

My 4 yo is very very active. I took him for a clear need of stitches but when he bit his lip (like your son) from a fall, it wasn't worth stressing him out with waiting, and docs, and scans.

You said he's fine within himself. Keep and eye on him, make sure you can rouse him as normal, then extra loving

@Yaya26 My son fell as a toddler and sliced open his chin on a ranchslider track. It was an enormous gash under his chin going crossways. He was sewn up by a plastic surgeon. She told me that when the wound had healed I should use some oil or cream to massage the scar to soften it. It didn't matter what cream or oil was used, it was the massage that was key. It did make the scar less obvious and in fact you'd never see it unless he was in a very strong light and you were looking very closely. I don't know about the large lump and whether steroid injections would bring it down. I had raised scar tissue and it was injected with steroids by a dermatologist- this really hurt by the way - and it did flatten the scar after a couple of sessions.

Thanks @Rangoon that's good to know. My neighbour's child had a smaller facial injury when they ran into a car door. They were offered treatment with a plastic surgeon etc. I feel bad that once he was stitched up I didn't think long term. It's still quite noticeable. It looks like a fresh bump. People often assume he's recently fell over and bumped his head and sympathise with him. I 'll try massage with oil and I might discuss it with my GP but I suspect too much time has passed.

I wouldn't have taken him in. If his teeth are fine, he's eating, sleeping, not in any pain....a&e can't do anything for him. It's practically impossible for a child that age to fracture their nose. You'd have sat there for many hours just to be told to take him home.