Daughter rolled off the sofa

[mumma2849]

My daughter rolled if the sofa I must have drifted off while doing her feed, she didn’t cry just wimpered a little bit I checked her over for bumps etc and moved all her limbs and she didn’t fuss, she has had a bottle and is snuggling into me, I feel like the worst mum in the world will she be okay ?

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Not if they have no signs of concussion or injury!

I literally dropped my daughter as a baby. I was getting up from a chair and she just fell out of my arms. I burst into tears and felt so awful but she was perfectly fine. Trust me when I say that a lot of parents have similar stories to share. Falling off changing mats is a common one.

If you're worried call your midwife or GP

Don’t insinuate op isn’t a good parent because she is using her common sense. Her baby is alert, feeding, smiling, acting totally normal. If every parent went to the doctors/hospital over bumps the nhs would be in an even worse state than it already is ! If ops baby was showing signs of concussion then of course the sensible thing to do would be to take her baby to be seen, but she isn’t.

Thank you xx

The OP isn't a doctor, the OP isn't sure herself that's why she's asking her. No one on here can or should be presuming the baby is ok because they don't know.

I am not insinuating anything , I'm saying the baby should be checked or at the very least a call to the midwife is in order.

It doesn't matter if the OP is doing her best as a single mum or she's the Queen with a hundred servants, a 2 month old baby fell from the sofa and should be checked out.

I suspect that there isn’t a child (or grown-up) in the country that hasn’t rolled off the sofa.

I would avoid doing any more night feeds on the sofa. Is your baby bottle or breastfed? Look into safe cosleeping (lullaby trust has good advice) if breastfeeding, or do the bottle feeds in harder, upright chair so you dont risk dropping off. Its so hard when they are so tiny and waking all night and this must have been scary. I'd be tempted to give the HV a ring tbh and just see if they think baby should get checked out.

The midwife? The baby is two months old! The midwife won’t have anything to do with it.

This is really poor advice. Good parents worry AND go and get their babies checked out.

This is utterly ridiculous and guilt trippy.

Apologies,health visitor.

No it's not guilt trippy to suggest a small baby should be checked after a fall from the sofa.

Very good! I am a big believer in co sleeping and night feeds but sofas and too much bedding/pillows/comforters are a major suffocation risk. Look into a sidecar sleeper for her that latches to the side if the bed. You can keep her bedding nice and tight while having your own bed the way you like it.

There is a much bigger risk of suffocation if you feed her while you are on a sofa and fall asleep.

Please re visit lullaby trust for safe sleep advice, and never fall asleep on the sofa with a baby, highest risk of SIDS, entrapment, suffocation, falls.

I would recommend safety measures going forward, next to me crib, moses basket in living room.

I also second having her checked over.

https://www.nhs.uk/baby/first-aid-and-safety/safety/baby-and-toddler-safety/

https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/baby-safety/safer-sleep-information/safer-sleep-overview/