Accident in park - reassurance needed!

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My DS (20 months) just fell backwards off a wooden platform on a kind of climbing frame. He fell onto his bottom/back but did NOT bang his head. It was about a 3 foot drop. As soon as it happened he screamed and screamed but then went floppy for a few seconds almost like he fainted and went very pale but then carried on crying a lot and seemed very angry with me . Is this normal? Some other mums there said it happened because of the shock. He seems better now - watching Cbeebies and eating crisps but just wanted to see if this had happened to anyone else.....thanks in advance x

Eating is a good sign! I think the norm is to monitor for 24 hours for vomiting, headaches, are they their usual self etc
it is possible that he could be bruised without an actual bruise forming on the skin iyswim, happened to a friend of mine ds ended up having an xray but was just internal bruising. May well have been shock as quite a scarey thing and not used to being hurt and experiencing pain, bet it gave you a fright too.

Thanks Bossy, good to have some reassurance - he's been fine all day since it happened, back to his normal self. You're right I think we both had a shock, the problem is he has absolutely no fear but I won't be letting him on that climbing frame again for a while! Thanks again

If they fall higher than their height, you have to take them to A & E. That's I learnt on my Ofsted approved St John's first aid course last year.
I'm sure he'll be fine but if it were me, I would take them to A & E to be on the safe side. Did he defo not land on his head?

I meant hit his head?

My dd is the same, no fear, stepped off roundabout the other day while it was still spinning, my heart was in my mouth, so was everyone elses, her head landed so close to the spinning roundabout but she got back up, dusted off her pants and wanted to get straight back on! Tho i think she gets it from me, as a child I climbed into the top bunk bed beside my sister, rolled off in the night but was non the wiser, slept through the whole thing. My dh's baby cousin climbed out of his cot, climbed onto some drawers and onto a window sill then fell out of the open window on the first floor - wasnt a thing wrong with him, course he went to a&e but was very lucky. Personally I would let my mothers intuition rule and monitor if my dd seemed fine and happy in her self and eating well and not showing any pain and would see what she was like in the morning as of course side effects and bruising can develop later and if in doubt see a gp.