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14 Month Old Bumping Head on Crib Rails
Read all 25 responses: "my 14 month old baby girl has just moved from the pac n play that was in our room to a crib in her own room. she has always slept ...
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- Leave the bumper pad in the crib. Your child is big enough that she is probably not going to get stuck in the pad. My son sleeps pretty much the same way your daughter...
- I have had the bumpers on since the day they got into their crib, about 3 mos old. I always raised it up a bit so there was air about an inch below it in case their f...
- Hi Lisa, Bumper pads are the only way to go. At 14 months old she won't hurt herself, but will keep her head from getting bruises. M.
Head Injury
My son was two years old when he bumped his head after he fell off the couch at home while playing with his cousin. It was not a big gap between the floor ...
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- Hi M.: I would not waste another minute. Please take her to the ER. My son was two years old when he bumped his head after he fell off the couch at home while pla...
- Just be pray to GOd and belive it will be alright. My daughter had two 15 long staricase fall ( Yes it happenned twice). Then three great goose bumps. She had her nose...
- If you haven't already, call her pediatrician or take her to the ER. I know it's better for the injury to come out as a bump rather than stay in the head, but she sho...
Minor Head Injury/Fell off the Bed
My sons climbed out of their pack n play and bumped their heads (I think) and from experience, I just watched them and they were crying and no vomiting and ...
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- First thing is not to panic. And forget guilt. Really. There is no way to avoid all accidents at this age. Probably, not his first bump, and (unfortunately)not his las...
- I am sorry you had to experience this accident. I have had children fall on their heads. The doctor told me to look at the pupil of their eyes and if they dialated the...
- Dear Y A, Hi, I am an older mom of 5 and now have 3 Grand children. You are not alone. When my 4th child was jusr a few months old I wanted to take a shower and decide...
Bunk Beds
They don't jump off the top it is impossible with ours, but we have had a couple of bumped heads and a ladder accident...but the nice thing with twins is ...
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- I have a 8 and 6 year old boy, a 3 year old girl and a 21 mo. old boy. My boys and daughter sleep in the bunk bed as it is a double on bottom and single on top with a...
- My boys were 17 mos. apart and we got them bunk beds when they were 2 and 3. They didn't want to sleep apart, so they both slept on the bottom bunk. They never did r...
- I put my 6 year old in a lofted bed (he is on top bunk with a reading area below). The bed has a railing attached to it so between the height of the bed and the railin...
Preemie Scooting Around in Crib
Our baby loves them so much that we've bumped him up to the next size! ... they' re now 18, 15, and 8.... time flies) didn't bump their heads against crib, ...
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- Let them move a little. Probably there is a reason for it. I had a preemie. He is 23 now. So use bumpers, Cuz your baby is getting stronger. :)
- C., Have you tried the "swaddle me" blankets that strap? You can get them from Babies R Us for about $10.00. We put our little guy in one from the time he was born ...
- Personally, I would get a swaddle me blanket from babies-r-us in the smallest size they have and wrap him in that, and not get a positional thing. Everything that I h...
Toddler Beds or Twin Beds?
... have their heads on the same side There is nothing quite like watching your .... very active boys One bumped his head on the headboard flinging his head ...
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- Hi H., I have 16mos old B/G twins and am contemplating the same thing except for I am considering due to space issues a trundle bed. I think the responses have been ...
- I have twin two year olds and they are most definitely in toddler beds. I wouldn't even consider putting them in one bed because I want them to develop a sense of sel...
- I would recommend putting them in their own toddler beds. We put our boys in around two. It was great for them because they could start showing some independence. T...
How to deal with knocked loss teeth in toddler?
She bumped her mouth once. The tooth did not loosen but did turn dark. ... but they were jumping on the big trampoline and hit heads! out goes the tooth. ...
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- When my daughter was 3 she knocked her two bottom teeth loose and both were bleeding pretty bad. The dentist looked at them and said that both may tighten up but coul...
- I have 5 boys and have so much experience with this. Lol! They should tighten back up on their own. If the root wasn't damaged they wont turn dark. My 6 year old knock...
- I am assuming that he hasn't gotten his permanent teeth yet, so the baby teeth don't have roots. Don't worry, it'll resolve itself either way. You can have him suck ...
My 5 Month Old Son Is Now Flipping in His crib...BUMPER/sleep Issues...
Not only will the bumbers help keep in those legs and arms they will also help them from bumping there little heads. My boys are almost two and one of them ...
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- Good morning! I would say leave out the bumper. If you have witnessed seeing him slip his leg in and then out of the slats, then he is figuring it out, maybe? Chec...
- S., I was your age when we had our first child. We had issues with the bumper too. What my husband and I did was each time we changed the sheets, we would tuck the bu...
- work with him, during the day, on learning to turn back over--if he's so strong he's flipping that much, he's strong enough to go back over. My babies mostly led wi...
6 Month Old Baby to Now Sleep in His Crib
My concern is he keeps bumping his head on his wooden crib when his rolling and always dangles his feet outside the crib, through the slats. ...
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- Months have gone by now. How are things going? Are you still concerned about letting you child sleep in the crib? Have you let go? Your baby is sitting up, sta...
- I had the same worries when my daughter started sleeping in her crib. I found mesh crib bumpers at Toysrus.com that she can breath through. Her arms and legs no longer...
- One step ahead has breathable bumpers. I wish I had seen them and registered for them when I needed them! http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=5...
Baby Helmet?????
Even a little bump on the head is normal now and then. Get an ice pack or two. Wait until she starts walking, then you'll see lots of falls. Helpful? ...
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- Hi F., I bought my daughter two different helmets to protect her and she refuses to wear either one of them. She seems to hit her mouth more than her head anyway. If ...
- Hi F., You have gotten a lot of great advice. I agree that you cannot pad their entire world, they WILL fall and it is how they learn, but trying to make the falls a...
- No helmet please. Kids need the bumps and bruises they get while learning to crawl, walk, etc. You sound like a very responsible mom and I'm sure you are watching her,...
