6 month baby fell out of car seat onto road

[Brokenpearl]

This for those of you who have ever accidentally dropped your babies (under 9 months) on the floor, or had your babies fall onto concrete ground/tarmac ground and/or hit their heads on tiled or hard floor..
The night before last, my 6 month old baby was in his car seat.. he is usually strapped up but this time i didnt realise i forgot to buckle the straps into the strap slot & didn’t notice as i had put a blanket over his body whilst he was in his car seat… Husband picked up the car seat and was turning the car seat around so he can have it facing the rear of the car before putting it into the car, but as it wasnt fully strapped, my baby fell straight out the seat, and landed face down on the tarmac road just beside the the car from the car seat he was holding at a height the sams height as the seats of a car (about 2.5 feet). I screamed and I am really heartbroken. He hurt his chin and grazed & bruised his chin & jaw and face. I don’t know how much of his head he hurt as he had a hat on so there are no visible grazes on the head. We took him to the A&E straightaway as we were just a stones throw away from the hospital. They checked him quickly (no scans), and said he is ok. But looking at the way he fell & the height fallen from and the hard surface he landed on.. I am concerned he might have got some internal head injury which is not visible. I know the signs to watch out for, but he’s too small to tell me if he has a headache but has been unsettled since. I want to know if any of you have had your babies fall in similar ways, or had babies with head injuries from hitting their heads especially at such young age. And for those of you whose babies are now older, has it had any effects on their cognitive ability, memory, thinking, social skills or in any other mental ability (please please be honest, don’t just say they are fine to make me feel better), I would rather know now and so can prepare myself mentally than to think it will be fine and then learn otherwise, years later. I have read of such injuries causes brain damage that impair cognitive and reasoning function and have heard it causing the babies to grow up with issues with short term memory loss. Detailed answers will be appreciated. Thank you

I was going to say the same thing as WhyMe. You really need to speak to someone about your anxiety. I do get the worry
Ds spent 18 months on hospital, he's tube fed partly and on O2 partly. Intellectually he's caught up but has mild autism and issues with processing speed. Of course I look for the signs in his brother's and I long for them to be average, boring, typical children. But if this isn't just a short term reaction to a scary episode, a way to distract from the anger you may feel towards DH and is actually something that's there an the time, please speak to your Gp

I understand your point. Yes my experience with the intellectual and learning disabilities of my eldest do make me more anxious than usual about my 2nd child..
I see where you're coming from..in the sense that you are anticipating that may in future as my child is growing up, if I see any behaviour or trait in him which I feel is not mentally, intellectually or cognitively normal or average, or doesn't meet expectations or if he doesn't perform so well academically, I might blame this fall (and my carelessness of not double-checking the straps were secure) for the behaviours and traits I observe in him & his personality, which would be unhealthy for me.
So I see thats what you mean.
And yes the internet does have some scaremongering stories.
I will get off now and try not to think of it too much. It could have been worse. Thank you

I dropped my wee boy on his head at about 4 months. He was in a baby carrier tied onto the front of Me. It was a dark evening I hadn’t noticed that one side of the carrier wasn’t hooked in properly. I was getting out of the car and was putting his twin brother into a pram while trying to hold onto my 2.5 year old daughter in case she ran into the road. I bent forward and he fell out. Managed to catch his foot but he still bumped his head on he ground. He's 8 and doing great. Xx

@Cas112 its ok, no need to apologise.

My mil had dp in baby sling at top of stairs, she bent over and he fell out top to bottom.

He was absolutely fine (went to a&e).

He was 6 weeks old when it happened.

Your baby will be fine!! Jez, we all have a story to tell, this is yours! Meant with so much kindness, stop worrying - seriously!!! (I suffer debilitating anxiety and panic attacks) xxx

My husband didn't tell me that the car seat wasn't strapped in. I put my baby son in and drove off. Windows were down, and as I turned onto a very busy dual carriageway, I heard a bump. I looked back, and the baby wasn't there! I did an emergency stop, and thankfully the seat had turned upside down between the drivers seat and the back seat. I honestly thought he ended up in the road!

God, didn't you read the post??? Op said she did this.

OP has said this so many times 😩

I have read of such injuries causes brain damage that impair cognitive and reasoning function and have heard it causing the babies to grow up with issues with short term memory loss

where on earth did you read that? What bollocks. Babies are hardy, they need to be to get through as most of them are dropped, roll off things, are dragged around by older siblings. The way you describe their landing, they had lots of nice padding, being the face, sounds like no harm done. Have had decades of experience of this with other people’s kids (and over anxious parents), plus my own. Just calm down and move on with life, it’s fine.

Really we don't have anything at all that could be attributed to banging our heads in childhood (several times as clearly my mum was a bit all over the place with safety 😂). We don't even wear glasses so no eye sight or other issues at all, both were straight A students.

RELAX! It happens to almost all babies.

Hiya @Brokenpearl did you ever forgive yourself for this. My niece lent on my baby’s Doona pram today (4 months old Sunday) and he’s come head first tipped out onto un even cobble floor. I have been crying all day and night, I can’t sleep, any move or noise he makes my heart drops. X