Shaking baby syndrome

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Hi today whilst getting my 6 month old asleep she wouldn't settle and was crying while I was holding her to get her asleep, so as I've placed her on the couch she's jerked back and her head like sort of went back to but I'm just panicking and worrying if this will cause shaken baby syndrome she jerks a lot when she's upset or doesn't want to be held so when she does this I always just put her down but she jerked back quite abit and I just can't help but worry now, she's asleep now but would me placing her down onto the couch and she jerking back out of my hands cause this?

No, love. It really won’t.

Shaken baby is where you really shake baby
Over a period of time (at least a few seconds)
And hard-buns will be fine-babies do jerk and they are fine
My first born used to do it-she 24 now and perfectly ok

No. Shaken baby syndrome is where someone has repeated shaken a baby backwards and forwards so their brain is damaged by impacting with their skull forcefully and repeatedly.

Thank you I just really worry so much about anything like that, even if she jerked hard out of my hands tho an her head went back she will definitely be ok won't she, I just always want her to be okay so any little thing I start worrying myself

Oh hon all babies do this I promise you haven't hurt her she's fine. Wait till you see the state you get yourself into when she rolls off the sofa (they all do at some point no matter how careful/close you are). Xx

A baby can’t give itself shaken baby syndrome. Please don’t worry.

Shaken baby syndrome is when an adult picks the baby up and shakes it on purpose. Unless that happens, don’t worry about it at all.

(don't worry about a pp's confident assertion, none of mine rolled off a sofa… they did injure themselves in other ways however!)

Your baby is fine. You need to cut yourself a little slack. Are you getting sleep when possible? Supportive family?

She'll be fine.

Lots of babies this age are starting to sit up and often throw themselves backwards as they start learning it's not a good idea!

As others have said shaken baby syndrome is where a baby is shaken - and hard. Repeatedly.

Shaken baby sounds very tame to what actually happens

It’s not just a little shake, it’s a prolong anger shake that literally bounces their brain in the skull

So please don’t worry. You haven’t done anything wrong

she's asleep now but would me placing her down onto the couch and she jerking back out of my hands cause

On a lighter note (or perhaps not?) this head jerking and randomly throwing themselves in all directions at no notice will get worse before it gets better. Your baby will be fine but you need to keep yourself safe - when my DS was about 18 months he jerked back, head butted me in the nose and gave me a black eye that took two weeks to go away. I cried like a baby. DS was fine. So stay alert at all times

Have you heard of post natal OCD @OP?

@ShowOfHands hi yes I live with my partner the baby's dad so we take it in turn to piece but my suffering with post natal anxiety because I worry about any little thing but it's only because I love her so much I just always want her to be safe x @ButterflyAway hi no I haven't but I am suffering with post natal anxiety if that could be related why do you suggest that?x

Try shaking your head so hard you give yourself brain damage. Bet you can't! Your dd can't either.

I agree she'll be fine but I feel there's some misinformation here - you don't need to shake a baby hard, repeatedly or frequent times to cause it. One shake can kill. OP suggest you don't lay her on a hard surface if she does this frequently

@HotPenguin thank you, and to be honest I made it worse for myself because I googled can jerking cause shaken baby syndrome an it came back saying yes so I panicked more and no never I never lie her on anything hard I always make sure something soft in underneath her x