Would be happy with this message regarding bump to head

[mammamummym]

Just received this from our childminder. Do you think it's a suitable response to a bumped head?

Hi. Pedro has tripped and bumped his head on the bookcase. He’s got a right little mark. He’s fine and I’ll keep an extra eye on him but obviously with it being a head bump I needed to let you know xx

Not really no. was because I thought the message was both flippant and twee, not because I think the child would need to get an MRI for every head bump. However, it rather depends what 'a right mark' actually means and whether it was at speed onto a corner or backwards affecting the neck as they fell, and where on the head e.g near the temple or other sensitive structures - more info and less tweeness from the Childminder, please.

I like it when these messages are a bit light-hearted as it tells me they're not worried and it's not a normal bump.

If the people I chat to daily about my DC were very formal about it it would worry me.

Better than the school calling a fucking ambulance for a head bump, which astoundingly turned up in double quick time. (DS had shown mild confusion, something which I would normally have driven him to the local MIU for, which is usually really quiet, to be monitored). Oh no, this time it was the county hospital, 15 miles away, and they insisted I go in the ambulance with him, rather than follow in the car. We live in a rural village, with no public transport after 5.30. I am a lone parent. Any queries about "But how are we going to get home afterwards?" were met with a shrug. And at the (overcrowded) A&E, they monitored him exactly the same way they would have done at the MIU, except that there there would have been a nice bay with a bed for him to recover in, but at A&E he had to sit in the waiting room whilst being "monitored" 🙄

Well, the only Pedro I've ever known was an older gentleman who used to frequent the bar I worked in 20 years ago, so I'd be a bit confused.

But you say head injuries should be "checked out"? I'm sure the childminder did check it out, with her up to date first aid training.
If you don't trust her judgement, try another childcare setting.

Yeah fine, our daughter had a bump the nursery informed us that she had an impressive egg on her head and supplied a photo with a plastic play egg for comparison. She had managed to punch herself in the forehead when playing with a lace up board on the wall.

"Right little mark" does not sound very professional she should off said red mark or brusing on right side of head etc but otherwise the text is fine.

That msg sounds fine to me OP.

DS had a really bad fall from a height onto concrete last week. He had a black eye and his face bruised up immediately. The only reason we went to A&E is because he fell asleep straight after falling and was so drowsy. They said the 4 hours post-fall is the critical window. To watch for vomiting and extra sleepiness. And if there’s crying straight after it’s a good sign.

Nursery have given me three accident forms this week saying similar, hours after the incidents occurred. One was a bump to the head. I didnt think anything of it.

Of course that's fine. What do you think is wrong with it?

Take him to be checked then?

That's down to you. The CM had done what she needs to do and informed you. She hasn't said don't collect him and take him to be seen any more than she has said to take him.

The message is fine. As the parent it's up to you to decide what to do with the information

Good message. If you want them to do anything else let them know. Young children get lots of bumps to the head and most are fine, you just need to be aware to monitor it in case it’s not fine but it would be unrealistic and unnecessary to get them all checked out.

So a childminder who presumably has to have some sort of St John’s Ambulance/Red Cross first aid with children isn’t to be trusted about a bump to the head? She presumably would have taken him/advised you take him if it was serious eg concussion and she’d know what to look out for if it were serious too.

YABU.

How old is Pedro?
Has he ever had a bump to his head whilst in your care?
And if so what did you do?

That's what I thought but as this is MN one can never be sure!

Sounds good to me.
When they are a bit older perhaps we never know how many times they bump their heads and they don't bother about it.

Not MRI on nhs unless symptoms like seizure bomiting lethargy unconscious

Child lets out a cry gets up and continues playing ?
No mri needed

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng232

So what did you do OP?

Years ago a Primary school had a school skiing trip, as we were in Germany it's not as outlandish as it sounds, the teacher in charge phoned the Head at home one evening, 'Do you want the good news or the bad news?'
'Oh God, give me the bad news first'
'One girl's fallen and broken her arm!'
'What's the good news then?'
'It's your daughter so there'll not be a problem with stroppy parents!''

Get that child to an and e pronto! 😂

*a and e obviously!

It's a bump from a book shelf, so you know that he hasn't fallen from height onto concrete or anything like that. That's why it doesn't warrant medical intervention in all likelihood.

It’s not a head injuiry it’s a bump on head.

I think it’s absolutely fine and she was right to let you know.

If you’re worried then go and take him to A&E.

Primary used to give pink slips out at the end of the day to all parents of dc who had a head bump. One week we got one a day, 5 days in a row (dd was growing and kept falling over). Totally normal to just keep a watchful eye.