Baby fell on face from sitting…

[Anna0710]

My baby girl will be 6 months next week. I placed her on the sofa and she was sitting . I was looking at her and I was trying to tie up my hair, when she suddenly fell to one side, but landed face down. She didn't fall on the floor, she was still on the couch when she came face down. I immediately picked her up, she didn’t cry, didn’t said anything. But I’m still worried if the fall caused a concussion or brain damage. I know that their brain is still small and I don’t know if it can be shaken from a fall. I’m a first time mom, and everything scares me and makes me anxious about my baby’s health. Any advice, should I take her to see a doctor,

It was on a soft sofa, so they be fine.

I agree with the PP. I've been in similar situations OP and it's been absolutely fine! So scary for you, but fine. Obviously keep an eye on her for the next few hours but given she didn't cry and it was on a soft sofa she will be fine. Try not to worry xxx

Baby didn’t fall on the floor and hit her head just face first. It sounds grand.

Honestly OP you are in for a tough time when she gets moving. I am not trying to be critical here because you are a first time mother and many of us dos become professional worriers when we become mothers.

She is going to get hurt sometimes. While she is learning new skills like sitting she will fall over. You just make sure she is in a safe place to do that. If you get upset at every fall she has it will do her no favours.

Honestly, I know it's worrying but if babies were that fragile the human race would have died out a long time ago.

Mine flipped off the couch and landed on her head at the same age. She was fine. I panicked and ran to a neighbour in the rain in my bare feet which still makes me cringe .

On a sofa fr baby sitting height - she’s totally fine!

And I agree with PP that you need to brace yourself for accidents when they start to walk - they will inevitably topple then (and also be fine).

She’ll be fine. She’s going to fall a lot more over the next year so get used to it. I know how it feels though - you just love them so much, you are terrified of anything happening to them.

She'll be absolutely fine. When babies are hurt, they cry! She's going to have a lot of bumps and bruises over the next couple of years as she finds her feet. Mine have inherited my clumsiness and are always covered in bruises - 2 year old had three accident forms from nursery in one day.

A slump onto a sofa cushion wouldn't really register with most parents I don't think, never mind worrying about brain damage. I think you should speak to your GP or HV about getting your anxiety under control

Yep, my 11mo is on the cusp of walking and we have multiple falls a day! It's just part of being a baby when they start becoming mobile. That said I never liked mine sitting on the sofa at that age because they do sometimes just topple forward or in random directions! Learned that from a bed incident with DD1!

Don’t worry, it wouldn’t have hurt her at all.

I do think you should speak to your GP about your anxiety though, I’m sure it’s not nice for you feel this anxious all the time.

Never leave her on the sofa.

She’ll be fine. All mine had a habit of face planting now and again when they first started to sit unaided.

Also, as pp says it is better to sit her on the floor that the sofa if you’re not within grabbing distance.

Yeah they do that. You've got loads more tumbles to come, try not to worry too much!

On a sofa, she’ll be fine. Babies are very resilient-the human race would have died out long ago if they weren’t!

She will be fine but not a bad idea to start automatically placing her on the floor in a baby safe area. I used to have a cushion fort around a playmat. Then as they started to move into a travel cot so I could run to the loo.

There are little moments along the parenting gig that will have your heart in your mouth.

She will, honestly, be fine.

I've raised five. My first was carefully never placed on any object once he could roll, watched at all times, he still managed to fall repeatedly. By the time it got to number five, she was basically toppling all over the place and being propped back up by an older sibling. None of them have suffered any lasting ill effects.

Try not to worry.

When babies are learning to sit up by themselves, they fall over quite a lot. Falling from sitting position to flat on the same surface is unlikely to cause an injury unless it's onto paving/concrete/titles.

Doesn't sound like a 'fall' in the slightest, how are they ever meant to learn to sit up by themselves unless they learn the sensation of wobbling over to the side?

I mean this kindly but I don't think that was a normal reaction, maybe a chat with your health visitor would help?

And ignore the poster above who said don't leave baby on a sofa, you were right next to them so that was absolutely fine to do. Don't beat yourself up about it.

Everyone of us would have brain damage is a slight fall was so catastrophic. She’ll be fine.

She isn't hurt.

You see dramatically worried about a non event are you usually very anxious? You could speak to your health visitor about your feelings.

Honestly. Even if she'd fallen OFF the sofa she'd have been fine. My daughter fell down the stairs at 10 months.....apparently crawling was a new skill. I was mortified and of course called 111 but she just cried for a minute and moved on....