I've dropped my baby onto the hardfloor face first.

[Sashasays]

I am traumatized. She's acting normal & only cried once but I am taking her to the hospital now to have her checked. I feel so stupid I can't stop crying, she fell of the sofa quite a far distance. I'm such a bad mum

My dad also chucked me up in the air whilst walking through a doorframe and thought he had killed me... I am pretty sure not biased at all I turned out alright! lol

My 7mo rolled straight off my bed this morning - I bent down to pick up my sock and off he went!! Massive bang as he hit the floor, lots of tears, but he was laughing at me again a few minutes later - it happens to us all OP!!
When my now 2yo was about 9mo, I accidentally punched her straight in the face whilst trying to pull her cup out of the changing bag one-handed. It got caught on some elastic, then flung upwards ....she had a black eye for nearly a fortnight

If the nurses and dr's haven't already told you.
I work in a Childrens A&E. fallen off sofa, bed, parents arms is about a weekly occurrence the vast majority are fine. (And majority of parents arrive in tears.)
Regards social services def not we do have a police of informing the health visitor for all children under one with injuries. (We call it an info sharing form). This is nothing to do with social services so no panicing if they tell you about a similar form. Prob just means you will got a phone call in few days asking how baby is.

Omg Mybread I'm sorry but that made me cackle a lil bit. Thank you all for keeping me company in this hospital waiting room

It won't get better OP. When DD was learning to walk I helpfully put a hand on her back to guide her along and pushed her flat on her face on the concrete leaving a bump on her head and a graze on her face. She cried. I cried louder. I still feel bad about it 4 years later.

SashaSays. I'm sorry to hear that 🙁 Is that since you had DD or did you suffer from anxiety beforehand?

I agree with RedCrab that part of it is the full responsibility for the baby when you parent alone.

You need to see a different GP. Whether it's meds or therapy etc there are things that can help. Don't take 'no' for an answer, you don't need to live like this, it's miserable.

Are you going to any baby groups etc. It'll help if you make some 'Mum friends' and you'll also learn how many 'oh fuck' things are perfectly normal, how not all babies sleep through, how normal it is to feel tired & fed up sometimes. You are parenting your DD on your own, but you don't need to do it in isolation iyswim.

You are far, far, far, from The Worst Mum or a Bad Mum. Babies routinely fall from sofas & beds as you can see 😊

DD will be fine with you as her Mum! It's you I'm worried about. See another, more clued up, GP 💐

Mine fell out of my bed onto the wooden floor aged 9 months, also face down.

I also fell over the top of the stairgate onto him when he was 2.

Both times he was fine. The majority of us have dropped them or not caught then when they've fallen.

Give yourself a break.

I remember dashing around to our doctors clutching our baby and gabbling about how it was all my fault she had fallen onto the kitchen floor as I was feeding her in a little chair with a tray. One of the screws had come out of the tray. He and his nurse smiled and said "if I had a pound for the number of times mums have come in here with the same kind of thing I would be rich". They then added that I was probably in a worse state than her. She was okay. I took her to the hospital just in case.

I was just thinking too how lucky your daughter is to have a mum like you. I hope the hospital can reassure you soon. I would go back to the GP regarding the anxiety though. There are things that can be done. I suffered for two years before seeking help and the medication changed my life within a week. Please don't beat yourself up about this anymore.

Oh and for my stupid story. I had taken off one of the legs from the Ikea high chair to get something from under the sofa. A few hours later I put 5mo DS into it to play completely forgetting about the leg and it toppled straight the floor with him in it.

One of my peadiatric nurse colleagues then 8 month old baby rolled off her double bed. In grabbing his arm she managed to twist it and fracture it. Totally by accident. She had to go through all the NAI protocol. Even though we knew it was a total accident.

Thank you what a lovely thing to say. I will book a gp appointment for myself, I have my hv coming today in the afternoon. I will talk to her about it also

Unless you have an amazingly high sofa it wasn't far at all. Ours is probably half as high as the bed.
All mine have fallen off the bed and been fine.

A friend got out of the car arriving home with the new baby, picked her newborn baby out, skidded on some ice and baby went flying over her shoulder onto the pavement. He wasn't even 24 hours old.
Doctor told her that babies are surprisingly resilient. He had a small bruise, but otherwise was fine.

At 8 months dd2 was walking and had a fascination with trying to walk along the top of the back of the sofa. Yep. She's still like that at 13yo.

I learnt my daughter could roll when she rolled off the sofa aged 8 weeks. Ive yet to meet a mum that this hasnt happened with. Your daughter sounds fine. You being amazing mum checking her out. Now promise me you sit down with a large piece of chocolate cake and a coffee, tea or soft drink after you return from the hospital xx

Please don't beat yourself up. My dd fell off our bed when she was not much older than yours. DH and I were sat right there chatting and she surprised us by speed crawling over the edge. Being young or single has absolutely nothing to do with it - I'm married and was 36 at the time ,we all make mistakes and accidents happen.

Hospitals don't refer to ss for a simple accident such as this. Just tell them what happened, they'll have heard hundreds of similar stories before and won't bat an eyelid. Just to let you know they'll probably ask you if you have any involvement with ss, and as someone said upthread your hv will be informed and will probably give you a call in a few days. Both of these things are absolutely standard.

I guess I just feel bad as I know it could of been prevented by being more careful

We can't be 100% careful all of the time; we're only human, not robots! These things happen and we learn to be a bit more careful next time - we've all been there.

Mine isn't a dropping one, but when I was cutting my then 3 month dd's nails I cut her finger by accident. It bled so much and we both cried and cried - I felt utterly terrible that I'd harmed her! She was totally fine but it took a long time before I was brace enough to cut her nails again (and still snipped her finger again too - took even longer to try again after that!!!!! )

Hope you're both ok now

Try and focus on all the things you do right as a parent. I'm sure there are many! None of us are able to be 100% careful 100% of the time, it's simply not realistic. I think as parents we have such high expectations of ourselves but it's important to let things go sometimes and forgive ourselves if we make a mistake. Be kind to yourself, you're doing fine.

DP let DD fall out of her pram when we were at a friends, she had fallen asleep on his shoulder so he just put her on the pram with it laid flat, and didn't strap her in. I just heard a thud and hysterical screaming and came around the corner to see DD lying face down on the floor in front of the pram. Then it was us both crying with DP looking so so guilty, he was upset about it for days and apologised to DD every time he held her. In hindsight they are a lot more robust than we think and my reaction probably caused more upset than the fall itself. Don't beat yourself up over it OP it happens to everyone. I fell off a really high bed at 6 months and I'm fine honest!

My cousin's baby rolled off her hospital bed onto the floor about two hours after birth (midwife forgot to put side up) . Had to be rushed off for a scan and my cousin was distraught. Baby was fine. A friend had her baby roll of a changing table four feet onto marble floor, she was fine. My babies have rolled off beds and sofas. I discovered DS2 could sit up when I turned round for a sec when putting him in his car seat - he sat up, toppled it and fell right out. They like keeping us on our toes!

It's the people who do t seek medical advice and just try to hide it happening that are the crap parents. And those who make the same mistake that led to the first fall again, because they can't be bothered to do things safely.

I am at home now, dr checked her out and he says she's fine. Feeling very overwhelmed. Gonna get some rest, thank you all for reassuring me. Will make sure to give her extra kisses and cuddles when she wakes up

Glad ok, words that always stuck in my head with my first child was Dr saying always better to get checked out than be sorry later especially with young babies.

So don't give yourself a hard time either for taking her to A&E. As someone who parents alone my tip for later on is hide the crayons and felt tips as its amazing where they can draw should you ever be so exhausted and accidentally nod off for just a minute.

OP you must have gotten a big fright! Be easy on yourself and enjoy your cuddles later (I have strong urge to ditch work and get lots of cuddles from my LO after reading this thread!)

You are NOT a bad mum.

Did you throw her to the floor? My guess is no. So you're not a bad mum. It was an accident!

My DH still feels guilty about the time his phone slipped out his pocket as he stood up. The corner of his phone hit our daughters head from a height of around 2ft. She was 9 weeks old.

He still holds his phone in his hand now when he stands up and DD is 4yo!

My sister works on a maternity ward. She says 1 or 2 newborn babies a week fall off the bed. That's why they say to do changes in the cot. Occasionally they have to go to a and e but they are OK.