Is this normal?

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My daughter is 13 months and today she was sat in her pram at my grans and she ever so slightly knocked her head on the plastic at the side of the pram. She started crying so I picked her up for a cuddle biit it was a silent cry and she couldn't seem to catch her breath. After about 10 seconds I started to panic and after about 15 seconds so did my gran. We tried all we could do to stimulate her to breath but she didn't and she ended up going blue. At that point my gran tipped her upside down and took her outside, where she eventually let out a massive cry. After wards she was fine but my other 2 have never done that to the point of turning blue. Is it something I should talk to her go about?

Yes! If you can't get into your GP call 111. I would be trying to get medical advice in the next few hours, with breathing issues you want to get help quite quickly
I probably would have phoned 999 during the incident to be honest.

Thankyou! I'm on the phone to 111 now

My daughter regularly held her breath on the swings around that age. No idea why and only saw it then. She loved the swings but for some reason forgot to breathe and went red. I used to blow on her face. It always stopped it. Very scary though!

It sounds like she had a reflex anoxic seizure. Pain is often the stimulus. My daughter had her first at 8 months after falling and hurting her back on a travel cot. If it happens again you can blow on her face to try to get her to breathe. My daughter grew out of it after a year or so and the first episode was the worst, some near misses after that but it didn't last long.

There's a charity called Stars that can give you more information.

heartrhythmalliance.org/stars/uk/

Sounds frightening

Yes I'd seek help

Sounds like breath holding. My DD used to do it and a couple of times made herself faint as a result. We were told by the paediatrician to blow in her face.

But still worth getting properly checked out. Even though the paediatrician suspected breath holding from the get-go with my DD she still had blood tests and an ECG to rule out anything else.

also - breath holding sounds like it's deliberate - it's not. It's an involuntary reaction to pain so it's not baby's 'fault'. I know you haven't suggested it might be but it's important to point out. We had a few people suggest DD was 'being a diva' or 'manipulating us' and she absolutely was not.

She grew out of it by 3.

Thankyou all, when I called 111 they were focused on the knock to the head rather than the not breathing. But the knock was so superficial it didn't leave a mark or anything so they just suggested calpol to help with pain if she has any. They never really
mentioned the fact she went blue. I did blow on her face, about 3/4 times during as I was aware of that already but it didn't work and that's why I really panicked xx

It might be worth a follow up with the GP for reassurance. It's good that 111 weren't concerned.
I would document what happened somewhere in case it happens again

It's breath holding in response to pain. The nhs has a whole section on it. My baby does it when shocked and sometimes when frustrated!