OMG i feel terrible

[anna&oli]

Hi all,

I feel like the worst mother on earth at the moment. Oli was playing on the ground- kicking and trying to roll. He also tries to lift his head (gets it about 10cm off the ground) I sometimes pull him up by the hands to a sitting position and hold him there while he has a little sit like a big boy. Only this time he thru himself backwards and i lost grip of one of his little arms!!!! His head hit the groundwith a bang. He let out a scream but once i picked him up straight away he settled pretty much straight away. I think it just scared him but i feel so terrible!!! Anyway he seems ok now just feel so so bad

Anna

[Oscar's mum]

Accidents happen to even the most cautious! Don't be hard on yourself, it isn't like you meant for it to happen!;)

[Starlet]

:hugs:

He probably screamed at the shock more than anything because as you said, he settled as soon as you gave him a cuddle.

It happens to all of us at some stage!!

[claireandbailey]

:hugs: The first of many falls ur son will have.
I know exactly how u feel, i accidently hit my dd head on the brick wall when openin our front door. I dont think i'd cried so much in ages when i done it. She forgot about it but i still think about it everytime i open the front door.
He'll be ok if he wasnt he wouldnt have stopped crying. :hugs:

[polony]

Oh I know how you feel but just remember that it was an accident and there was nothing you could do. Still doesn't make you feel better though does it...

I have banged DD's head (hard) on the door frame of the car while putting her in and out. She was soo upset, but I think I was worse. I also once put her in her high chair (didn't strap her in) and turned for ONE SECOND (and I mean, one second) and she had leaned forwards and fallen out of the chair, banging her head on the corner of the table and then face planting the tiled floor. She was so upset and I thought the child protection agency was going to come knock on my door for my sheer stupidity of turning for that one second. Why didn't I buckle her in??? I still beat myself up over this. :shame:

But she is so fine!!

[anna&oli]

Thankyou for all your kind words. It helps. Oli is fine i'm sure i think it just shook both of us up! Am feeling better- Just over the initial shock. And your all right it will be the first of many inevitably:( . Thank you

Anna

[JorBai]

Oh you poor thing Anna... i know its so horrible but honestly I think we get more upset than the bubs! I accidently clipped baileys leg when I wasn putting him in his rocker and it came up in a big purple bruise. I was devastated but like you as soon as I picked him up he was fine.

Dont beat yourself up about it, your a great mother and at some stage or another it happens to us all. And like others said there will be many more falls and probably worse than that one.

Dont feel terrible, the ones who should feel terrible are those who dont care for thier children and leave them in cars on hot days or malnourish them.

:hugs: Big hugs for you!

Luv Leanne

[yummmmy_mummy]

it is the first of many and soon they will become bangs and bumps that they cause themselfs from climbing on things and falling over and u feel just the same im always knocking my dd over as she insist on walking right behind and she also has a habit of walking and not looking where shes going she constintly running into things she always has a bruise somewhere

the best advise i was given about this was become concerned if they dont stop crying or they bang theyre head and dont cry straight away or they start vomiting which can mean concusion trust me i know me dd fall and hit her head on a water main i wasnt there at the time she was with my dh and whe we put her to bed she started vomiting so we took her to the hospital and i ended up spending 4 days in hospital with her the first night i only had an hour sleep coz they wouldnt let me give her a bottle (she would throw it up) and she wouldnt go to sleep with out one so she didnt go to sleep until 4am and then woke up at 5. it was the most horrible 4 days of my life as she became dyhydrated and they wouldnt put a drip in her and she kept getting sicker and then they did a cat scan and had to knock her so they put a drip in her then and within a couple of hours she was looking a bit better but i kept thinking if i hadve been there it wouldnt have happened even though it probably wouldnt have made a difference

hmm sorry about that ill stop now

[SuperWoman]

Big hugs to you hun!!!:hugs: :hugs:

Accidents happen and your little man is fine!!!:hugs: :hugs: