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I feel so bad, dd fell off the bed

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TLV · 15/11/2006 11:01

and it was my fault, i had just changed her nappy and I was more interested in getting it in the bag and before i could stop her she rolled off the bed (she is 16mths) I took her to the docs just to be on the safe side as after 10mins of crying she started to run about playing, he said she seemed ok but to keep an eye on her (she is napping at the mo and I keeping checking on her every few mins) I could kick myself if only I had just put her in her cot and then put the nappy in the bag it could have been prevented,

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Nemo1977 · 15/11/2006 11:03

Aww dont worry about it happens all the time here!!!both mine have fallen off the bed and off the couch numerous times just one of those things with having a little one.

flamesparrow · 15/11/2006 11:04

My DS (8 months) currently has a cut and a lump on his head from where he fell down the stairs trying to get to me whilst I put on makeup in the bathroom

You at least were in the room with yours

And to top it off... I didn't spot the lump n cut until I put him in his pushchair an hour later

NatalieJane · 15/11/2006 11:04

Try not to be too hard on yourself, I remember when DS was about 4 months he rolled off his changing unit, I was knelt down in front of it getting something out of a drawer in the changer and he just rolled straight over me onto the floor, he was fine, and I never used his changing unit again!

These things happen, I am sure she will be fine. Have a cup of tea to help you calm down a bit and try to forget about it.

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Mell2 · 15/11/2006 11:06

Oh TLV i have done this

Good for you for taking her to gp straight away. I'm sure she will be ok and at least now you'll always put her on floor/in cot.

Don't waste time today feeling bad. Enjoy your day with her today

mumatuks · 15/11/2006 11:06

You won't be the first and you won't be the last... both of mine have fallen off the bed at some point.
FWIW, she was probably crying for ten minutes as she was shocked at what had happened rather than it hurting, also if you were upset / shocked, that would have added to her anxiety too (not blaming you, just saying)
You're doing the right thing keeping an eye on her, but don't beat yourself up about it. I bet 95% of MNetters can relate to your story!!

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aliceband · 15/11/2006 11:06

i am told they bounce!

my 2 6/12 ds threw 2 month off dd off mine! Still ok. but, I was the most upset

aliceband · 15/11/2006 11:08

sorry i was trying to say two and a half ds

LIZS · 15/11/2006 11:09

tlv don't worry I'm sure she'll be fine. Impressed you've got to 16 motnhs without having done it tbh - ds fell off ours on Mothers Day at almost a year !

prettymum · 15/11/2006 11:10

whendd was around 4-5 months i left her on the bed to go to the toilet. for some reason i was actually thinking what if she falls off the bed!!

then few seconds later i heard a loud thump followed by the loudest scream ever!! i ran off the toilet and she was lying face down on the floor!! it didnt stop there though!!

Tortington · 15/11/2006 11:11

i dropped mine - cos i fell asleep.

dont feel bad these things happen.
it doesnt matter how loving you are to them now - tey will hate you when they are teenagers.

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TLV · 15/11/2006 11:17

thanx for the reassurance, still feel a complete irresponsible idiot I will definitely not do it again

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NatalieJane · 15/11/2006 11:17

LOL Custy I did that as well, he was only about 10 days old, I had been up every night on the hour feeding him since he was born, and as I tried to balance him on my lap (while we were on the bed) he kind of slipped forward and actually went arse over tit, he didn't even squeak!! LOL

Woke me up though!!

2nervesleft · 15/11/2006 11:20

Don't feel bad, congratulate yourself on getting to 16 months before the inevitable happened. I'm such a bad mother mine finished up in the back of an ambulance at 5 months after falling off a bed and then went floppy and sleepy. Was just shock, thank god. He's fine now and has fallen off everything you can think of since.

coppertop · 15/11/2006 11:22

Both of my boys fell off the bed as babies. One minute they couldn't roll over and the next minute they rolled off. Dh later confessed that the same thing had happened when he was looking after them too. So far dd(8mths) hasn't fallen anywhere but I suspect it's only a matter of time.

suedonim · 15/11/2006 12:09

Isn't it a childhood rite of passage that they all fall off the bed at least once and fall down the stairs once? My nephew's baby fell down the stairs at just over 5 mths and survived the ordeal!

poppiesinaline · 15/11/2006 12:12

Dont beat yourself up about it TLV. My DD rolled off the bed when she was 3 months Had a big lump on her head She cried, I cried.

DH let DS1 fall the whole length of the stairs when he was 18 months (not purposely! He looked away briefly and tumble tumble). DS1 cried, DH cried

I wonder what DS2 is in store for

lulumama · 15/11/2006 12:12

agree suedonim!

and fall out of a car too !

babylulu has fallen off the bed at least twice...and DS went head first down a flight of stairs at 18 months...and DH dropped him when he was a couple of months old

they are more resilient than we think!!

Iklboo · 15/11/2006 12:24

DS fell off the bed today (DH supposed to be watching him). Poor ikl tudge bumped his head but was fine after a "mummy cuddle". MIL looking after him today & say he's fine, eaten all brekkie, playing happily. Still won't be happy till I see him tonight though

poppynic · 15/11/2006 12:30

My mother let my brother fall of the bed and his eyeball popped out of his socket eeeuuwww. It just popped back in again a bit later. She also tipped me out of the pram onto concrete by tipping it onto two side wheels to get it down a path. We both seem to have survived.

At Mum's advice we put baby ds in a clothes basket in bath - he slipped and fell with his eye right over the broken bit of basket - baby screaming - blood everywhere - panicing parents - rush to A&E. All was fine. My mother responded with the sensitive question, "What sort of parents would do that?"

suedonim · 15/11/2006 12:48

Lulum, I haven't kept a note of mine falling out of the car but I'm sure it's probably happened, most likely to ds1! He's particularly accident-prone; he's grown up now but has still managed in recent years to knock himself out on a low ceiling with a Mind Your Head sign on it and just last week had to have his thumb put back together in ER after he sliced it with a knife.

Dd2 had a habit of falling over sideways when she was asleep in the car and quite a few times I thought I'd lost her en route.

Bibiboo · 15/11/2006 12:53

dd has fallen off our bed maore times than I care to mention - and still continues to even though she's 2.2 and knows not to jump/climb/run/bounce on the bed.

You did the right thing taking her to the drs. chin up

poppynic · 15/11/2006 12:57

Suedonim - have a friend with with a ds like yours - I lol when he fell off the side of a (very wide) slide the other day and her response was, "Hayden, stop doing this to me."

Dior · 15/11/2006 13:02

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me23 · 15/11/2006 13:07

agree with others, I dropped dd when she was 6 months old! and she has fallen off the bed, sofa numerous times shes 17months old now and loves to climb!
in fact she was tryin to run yesterday and she tripped and banged her head on door! she has a big bump now!

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