Seriously??

[StrawberryMoon]

i can understand if the child has problems with severe epilepsy or something similar etc, but this appears to be just for everyday use????
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After getting up to move my 10 month old ds (and speedy crawler) away from things he could bang his head on numerous times today One of these looks very appealing right now!

It would be handy for keen cyclists, as we couldnt get a helmet to fit our daughter when she was a baby, and I didnt feel confident enough to take her on the back of the bike without a helmet. The smallest size they do only fitted her properly when she was about 3.

[hmmm]

you knew what i meant

FFS.

there are a few kids at DS's summer school thathad to wear similar helmets becasue of seizures, to make them into a fashion item is just plain wrong.

but i guess at least those who HAVE to wear them wont feel so different

Surely it can't be good to have a baby's/child's head in one of those long-term unless there's a medical reason for it?

I mean, if ds2 had been wearing one of those he wouldn't have a Harry Potter-esque scar in the middle of his forehead where he had an altercation with a coffee table when he was 2...but there's only so much you can do, isn't there? You could wrap them in bubble wrap and push them round in an armour plated pram but it wouldn't be a great deal of fun for them.

I hope there isn't really a market for those things for children who don't actually need them.

What...?????

FFS

the problem is that kids will never learn that it isn't a good idea to throw themselves off the wardrobe if it never hurts when they do it!

This is wierd dh and I were talking about something like this when we were putting boys to bed. DS4 (who has SN)still has a really big fontanelle at 15 months and his developmental delay means he is still not that stable when sitting and rolling around so it could actually be quite useful for us, as for everyday use with an NT child it does seem a bit excessive!
Love the name thudguard!

I'm with hairymclary, my DS2 would still think he could fly and be leaping off DS1's bunkbed if he had one of these!