5 week old wriggled and bashed head off doorframe when bf was trying to unlock door, bruising around eye

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We feel really bad and it was totally an accident, my baby screams whenever I am not holding him, but I needed a nap so my partner went to go make a bottle and was unlocking the door and since baby is so wriggly and has a lot of neck strength he managed to hit his head, there is a bit of bruising around the eye, this is also the eye that swells up and dowwn because of the forceps. I have social involvement because I am underage and have ASD but they are happy with us as we have good engagement and baby is gaining loads of weight (he was born a bit too small) we are phoning the GP on Monday as we beed to anyway for his 6 week check up, but we are worried they will think it was not an accident or that we are too irresponsible, we will mention it on the phone to GP, social are due out on Monday, my baby is acting normal and it doesnt appear to be bothering him
Will social escalate because of this? It took a lot of effort to have social services happy with us and I don't want to lose my baby

Get the baby to a&e now. Don't wait. Don't think. Just go. He/she needs medical attention.

Go to the hospital. I'm sorry but it does sound like a lie, so expect it to be treated as such.

This is great advice, OP. Please take it. Whatever has happened, you are only making it worse for yourself and your baby if you delay getting help.

How does a five week old baby fall on the floor and bang it's face on a door frame?
While you were napping?

Black eyes can be a sign of fractures to skull delaying is a red flag

Please take the baby to get checked.

Get this sorted today you have no idea what damage has been caused - so baby needs to be looked at!! As a healthcare professional I would be more worried if you left this till monday.

Time to act like a grown up. Put your baby first. You must go to a&e.

Baby wasn't on the floor. He was being held and hit his face on the doorframe whilst dad was opening the door.

@110APiccadilly that's is a more plausible story, in a slightly older baby. I'm assuming that you did t have prior involvement from Social care, and you presented straight away.

Get go A&E right now, that's the only thing that matters right now.

For goodness sake, read what other posters have written. Take your baby to A&E. He is 5 weeks old. He needs medical attention. Put your worries about social services involvement to one side and do what is right for your baby.

Your baby needs medical attention now or social services will most definitely escalate for neglect.

hey! Get yourselves over to A&E. NOW.

Ok. You didn't say that.
Your thread title misled me.
Go to A&E.

Absolutely a and e at once. Please put your fear aside and do what's right for the baby

Please. Go to the hospital. Now. Poor little baby, get them seen to now.

I’m surprised so many are insistent this couldn’t have happened. Something similar happened to me when DD was the same age. I was holding her and opening a door and she jerked one way and hit her head on the door. There was no bruising and she was fine after some cuddles.

I think it would be a good idea to get him checked out as there is bruising, OP. Above anything else with safeguarding transparency is key, people who are honest and admit they made an error of judgement or an accident are generally safe around small children. Hope all works out.

I know its scary, but you must take your baby to a and e to get checked over.

My little son accidentally hit my baby on the head with a toy sword. Accidents happen bit get the baby checked out now!

This baby needs to be kept well away from your boyfriend, as well as possibly well away from you unless you take this much more seriously than you currently are

If you were having a nap, you wouldn't have seen this happen, so your boyfriend could have hit the baby, you only have his word for it, this needs to be checked over immediately.

You need to get him checked, it would be irresponsible to wait until Monday. You need to do what is best for your child, Social Services are likely to be involved either way but I'm sure they'll be more concerned with a delay in getting him medical attention

Your baby is hurt, however that happened. Accident or not, he is injured and needs medical attention as soon as possible. He relies on you to make this happen for him. Your boyfriend might be worried about getting into trouble but he is an adult able to take care of himself, your baby is not. He needs you for this. Choose your baby, always choose your baby. Make sure that you stay with him and let him know that he is loved and that you will protect him because that is what he deserves, he doesn’t deserve a childhood full of “accidents”. If you can’t do this then seek help.

You ok OP?