Dent in 6 month olds head?

[sasscass]

My baby fell forwards from sitting earlier and banged her head on a veneer panel at the bottom of the bed. She hit it where her soft spot is, but on the left side. She cried for about 5 seconds and she had a nap, she woke up within 20 minutes for her food. Her skin was red where she hit it, it was red for about 30 minutes but gradually faded. She drank all of it (11 ounces!!!) and she seemed normal as can be. She played a bit and we both lay in bed together and slept another 45 minutes. She has had another feed and she’s been playing since. Nothing seems different about her.

there’s no bruising or lump. I am probably obsessing over it and there’s nothing there . I can’t see anything but I can feel her head dip a bit on the side where she hit it and it’s not on the other side. But I’m thinking maybe it’s just the shape of her head? I would attach a picture but there’s no point because there’s not a visible indentation at all

Thank fuck for that.

I'm sure your wee one will be absolutely fine OP, but when it comes to little babies it's ok to be somewhat of a hypochondriac.

Wait til she's running about and you're shrugging off bruises every day. They do get more robust.

Glad you’re going in. I’m sure she’ll be fine.

book an appointment to see your gp tomorrow. Sounds like you need help yourself with your anxiety ❤️

You said she hurt her head with a phone falling on it last week too.

Op they will do a full skeletal scan due to her age- you really need to get her checked out

They will not do this.

They will take vitals, ask you some questions, check out the possible dent, check her eyes. That's all they'll need to do unless they feel there is need for more investigation.

I'm sure you'll be sent home soon and she'll be absolutely fine.

@UnaVaca her face. Not her head. Stuff happens
she’s very mobile now, rolling everywhere , interested in everything. She’s forever grabbing my phone

And another one banging her head on the pram handle.

Plus LOTS of other threads about this baby too on various health topics.

@whatsdiswhatsdat @Mansbestfriend2023 thank you both.

yeah I’m more of a nervous wreck ever since she was born. I wasn’t really like it before . I overthink everything, even if there’s nothing wrong

im sure she’s fine too but as many said it’s definitely better to be safe than sorry

Looking at your thread history I think you’d benefit from talking to someone about your extreme anxiety.

@M340 no. The pram bumped down a curb and I was worried.. as any other first time mom would be.

but it was a massive overreaction for me to even post that since stuff like that happens to everyone.

@UnaVaca i already do

All the best. It must be frightening to be stranded like that with no transport whatsoever. I hope you get seen soon and are home before morning.

Hey,

No judgement here.

My LO's pram rolled backwards when they were with grandma. No way they could've hit their head but I wasn't sure.. took them to a&e.. sat there for four hours and then went home. And whilst they didn't get scanned, they checked his vitals regularly, checked him, and waited for the four hours that after a bump you'd typically see signs of something. Usually sickness. He was fine.

I would, personally take the child in again, even if I looked/felt silly.. or went on some sort of register for being a serial head bumper.

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@M340 i don’t understand if you’re being supportive or you’re trying to incriminate me?

as I said, I suffer from anxiety and ever since my baby was born it is much worse

@sasscass I’m the same. I’m scared of everything. I’ve got a real phobia of dogs attacking my children. But I’ve been through the head injury anxiety too with my eldest. It’s really hard worrying about children. I’m on the waitlist for councillors (again) hoping it helps this time x

@M340

OP has said she suffers from health anxiety. Her baby is young and she's clearly worried about her.

@sasscass when I look back at the two occasions I took my son to A&E when he was under a year old, I knew at the time they'd send him home all clear. But there was just a tiny doubt. One occasion he'd vomited a wee while after. Not immediately and I suspected it was unconnected. But all the same I got him checked. The second time he was toddling about and falling all over the place afterwards. Again, I thought he's probably absolutely fine and just being silly and clumsy today but... the nagging thought in my head was still there.

It's worth getting her checked and you're doing the right thing.

@roseheartfly this sounds like me. Something similar happened where the pram bumped down a step and I was so worried so I took her to A&E . It made no sense for her head to be injured but I always panic . Especially when she was a bit younger

I'm not trying to do anything OP.

I'm just confused as your story has changed with every update on this thread.
But you've said you're taking your baby in and that's the best thing for you to do.

Serious trauma would result in things like excessive crying, vomiting, unconscious that sort of thing

Not true.

@whatsdiswhatsdat yeah that’s what is going on in my head now. Im sure she’s fine but then again I worry so much I wouldn’t be able to settle tonight anyway

I made this post initially because I was hoping somebody would counteract my anxiety with “don’t be silly she’s going to be fine” but you’re right it’s best to get checked. Father in law is on his way to pick us up now anyways x

I might have been a bit harsh on you apologies OP. I had postnatal anxiety and know what it's like to then have to actually have something to be anxious about if that makes sense. Best of luck with the hospital and keep talking to the GP's about your anxiety.

@M340 i understand.
I’m not 100% sure if there’s an indentation or not but only a health professional would know and I shan’t sit here and worry excessively all night , as many have said it’s much better idea to act on it and get up to A&E tonight. My partners father is making his way up to us x

I'm glad you're going to go to get baby checked out. Sure all will be fine. My daughter fell from quite a height when she was 5 months old. Went a&e to get her checked out, I was in floods of tears. She was fine in the end though.

@atteatimeeverybodyagrees thank you x

Honestly OP when I was sitting in A&E with some of the characters and looking at my son wide awake in his pram not bothering one but I thought "I can't believe I'm here for hours for no reason". I just knew the likelihood was that he'd be fine. Both times the doctors said it was the right thing to come in given the coinciding behaviours.

You'll get to know serious bumps for everyday bumps as she gets older. Today mine has smacked his mouth on the playground slide, clonked his head multiple times on various objects, leaving red marks, and trapped his fingers in a chest of drawers.

It's bloody never ending. You dust them off and give them a kiss and they're ok.

He just did her pulse and felt her head and he said the “dent” is on both sides of her head and that as long as she doesn’t exhibit any symptoms of head injury over the next 24-48 hours then it’s all fine, apparently

He was a bit half arsed about it actually. Her face turned into a frown when he pressed her soft spot

id like to say my worry has eased but it hasn’t. He did her pulse and the alarm was going off on the machine and he just said all was fine 😵‍💫