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Baby keeps falling off things

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Worstmum2017 · 26/04/2017 09:57

I'm sure I'm going to get flamed for this I know I'm a terrible mother for letting this happen Sad

The last week the baby has fallen off the bed once, although that was more a lunge off as I was between her and the edge and she wanted what i was eating so i moved it higher away from her and she fell grabbing for it.

Then she's gone off the sofa twice, I put her blocked in the corner sofa with the pouffe so it makes a safe area for her to sit, I left her there to make milk and was watching the whole time, She started crawling towards the edge and by the time I got from the kitchen to the sofa she'd fallen off
Yesterday she did the same when I popped her down for a minute while I wiped the seat of the high chair.

My husband says I need to put her on the floor but that isn't always safe/ practical especially around dinner time as we have a dog that circles for scraps.
I feel like he thinks I'm a terrible mother. A family member was also criticising why I had the baby on the bed with me and how she managed to fall off even after I explained she lunged and toppled off while my hands were full and before I could even react to stop her.

I have PND and anxiety and this is sending me into a spiral I don't know why I'm really posting I think I just need to get it off my chest.

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Worstmum2017 · 27/04/2017 09:06

Thanks for your replies I think I need to reorganise our living space and look at one of those room partitions.

It's a bit overwhelming how quickly she's gone from nothing to crawling around we've not really been prepared

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Funnyface1 · 27/04/2017 13:35

I don't have any pets so I have lots of safe places to put my baby is i have to do something, i have some kind of play matt or blanket for the floor in every room. In your situation i would definitely get a play pen and I plan on getting one soon for when DD is crawling. In the meantime I have jumperoo in lounge, highchair in kitchen, play piano Matt in conservatory. If she's upstairs she's either in her cot or ds's bedroom floor where I know she's safe.

Please start using the floor in the meantime and putting the dog in the garden or another room. You'll never forgive yourself if your baby is badly hurt.

whoknewitwastrue · 27/04/2017 13:58

Definitely use a high chair or activity centre/jumperoo type thing. They get more mobile, not less so it's good to have somewhere to put them. Sometimes I used to strap DS into his buggy just for a break.

I also had PND which was awful and made thinking about stuff like this really hard. I'm sorry you're not well, don't beat yourself up, it goes get better Flowers

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