do i go to a&e?

[bumbly]

hubby just fell down stairs with lo (nearly 5 months) in arms

this morning early when lo woke up at 4 am

he landed on his back still holding lo as when he started - one arm on LO bum and one behind LO neck

fell down about three steps

lo screamed and screamed and i managed to sooth him down wihtin 5 mins

he then had a little nap of 40 mins]

now he is all smiles and doing eveything he normally does

no bruises that i can see

what would a&e do apart from say keep an eye on him?

dont think they'd scan his head unless he went unconcious etc

so would you go?

what a morning!

frightful and cant stop thinking what if they fell from higher..........

has this happened to anyone else

Reacted to you mentioning the blue around the eyes so posted before reading the rest of the thread. Glad you went and all is fine. I don't think they would have sent you home if there was anything to worry about. Try and relax and give your hubby a cuddle. It is lovely he cares so much but he needs to move on otherwise he will become nervous with the baby and be more likely to drop him, etc.

Glad everything is ok... the same thing happened to me - I was carrying DD who was about 9 months at the time. Fell down three steep stairs holding her and landed on my bum. My mother in law was watching and she said all I did was clutch tightly onto DD. We were both fine, but I was shaking and crying for the whole day.
I hope you're all feeling better now.

there has and will be much crying!

Agree with NAB.
Also, if you were not happy being seen by a junior doctor, you could have asked for a second opinion or for another doc to have a quick look.
I honestly dont think he will have been harmed in the slightest if he was being held by your dh and dh was holding him out front on him and he fellon his bum/back.
Scared, shocked at the most which he reacted to by crying then going to sleep and now seems fine.
If he is acting strangely then by all means take him back, but I am worried for you getting so wound up which babe will sense between you and dh and upset him.
He will have so many more scuffs and grazes let me assure you, which I am sure you know. You need to try and relax now.

Poor mr bumbly! My husband managed to break a light fitting with my daughter's head once - think he was more distressed than she was. Second NAB's advice to give your husband a cuddle!

I fell down 3/4 of a flight with dd when she was 10 days old. . It was awful and her little head bumped down several of the bannisters to my left. I can still feel my feet going from under me. Dh came running. SHe screamed for a few minutes but settled down very quickly. I was all for 999ing it but dh phoned his mum (retired gp) and she said that if there was no loss of consciousness and her skull felt normal just to keep a close eye.

Dd was absolutely fine. I was traumatised and cried for hours!

If it helps, I know more people with tiny babies who've dropped them / fallen over with them than people who haven't, it seemed to be everyone in my postnatal groups! Think it's just the exhaustion.

oh thanks for that been feeling like we are the only fmaily do have done so...

still low about it but have to move on i guess and face future..

Oh not at all - one of my friends is a social worker and it happened to them when baby was less than 2 weeks old! They are v. tough, these babies. Really, you've done everything a good parent does, now you can relax and cuddle baby and dh and be glad all is well.

oh dear. I do hope that your dh feels better soon. Keep an eye on your lo and see how you feel. if you are still concerned go to your gp tomorrow and ask them.

thanks - still in shock and now deed to find a way of not associating stairs in my house with bad bad event

what do i do?

i guess what i am still worried about is - of a baby moves a big distance fast but is held - is his eyes/brian etc going to be ok?

hugs

bumbly, if your baby was hurt, there would be some signs by now. You would know about it.

It happens to everyone, and although they look so helpless babies are surprisingly resilient.

My youngest jumped out of a first floor window onto a concrete drive when he was about 18mnths (suddenly learned how to open a window ). I panicked, he wasn't weight bearing, thought he had broken both legs. All he had was a few scratches and bruises, and as soon as we got back from the xrays he decided he could walk again!

I did think of it (in amazement) everytime I went up the drive for a few weeks, but you move on, put in a few more safety measures and babies recover! Stop beating yourselves up over it.

if you think about it, the speed your dh and ds fell at is probably slower than your car accelerating - and your ds will be "being held" by the car seat in the car and is absolutely fine!
I must admit that after reading your op I have been super careful going down the stairs
Very impressed at how your dh protected your ds fall though - what a hero!
When my dd was 4 weeks my dh dropped her from the bed - I got in such a state - then when I spoke to friends most of them had gone through something similar! i know it is hard not too worry but I am sure your ds is fine - I bet he is smiling and gurgling away like normal!
at Chopster's lo though!