Baby Hitting Head on Carpet Floors

Hi,
This sounds like normal behavior. He is exploring and learning:) I would suggest taking him to a family chiropractor! This will help to correct his spine as he misaligns it when falling. This will keep him from getting pinched nerves and a weakened immune system. Chiropractic is great for children and so very effective, give it a try! Best of luck:)

He is a baby. That is what they do! Relax a bit. My husbands grandmother used to say, "If you don't believe in Angels, just watch a baby!" Meaning that all the stuff that happens to them, just as they learn all of these new things about the world, it is a great miracle of God that more of them do not get seriously hurt. And hurts happen too, but he is not going to automatically know how to balance, or pick up his feet, or avoid the corner of the wall....lucky he is learning now, because later it will be trikes, and then bikes and then cars....they have to learn! Nothing is the matter with your precious little guy---he is learning.

This is ok for your son. All babies hit their heads when they are learing to pull and and then walk. It's normal and not too much you an do to prevent it. What you can do is make sure coffee/end tables are covered if they have sharp corners. Any furniture that can roll or move away from him easily is secured or removed from the room until he is more stable on his feet. Other than that, enjoy the milestones of learning how to walk!!

S.

I used to worry about that, too, but had four children to live through it without brain damage. When my youngest was crawling, she pulled on a cord of a clock radio that was up high that my son had placed there temporarily and forgotten to move, and the clock fell onto her head and left a hole that quickly filled with blood. I rushed her to the ER and the doctor told me that kids heads and other bones in their bodies are very resilient, much more than ours as adults. He had seen a child who fell out of a second story window, and had not one broken bone. This is because their bones are not as dry as ours as adults, so they are able to withstand a lot more trauma than adults can. My second oldest child used to beat her head into an iron radiator whenever she was angry and my doctor then told me to quit worrying, that she would quit when it made her pass out and I was shocked at that answer! He said babies' brains are very protected and it takes an extreme amount of force to cause brain damage. So I quit freaking out and she quit banging her head! No reaction anymore, see? Do what you can do by making his environment safer, padding sharp corners of coffee table or fireplace hearth, etc. and he will be fine. Pretty soon, he'll be walking steady and this phase will pass. I think us mothers would prefer to put little helmets on them, but they do survive this falling/hitting head thing, just as we did.

Your son is hitting his head because he is falling... well my son used to bang his head on the concrete floors out of anger, frustration and just plain temper tantrums. He is 2 now and has stopped doing that - i think he finally realized he wasn't hurting anyone but himself. I have not had any problems with him medically or anything, so I would not worry to much. When I discussed it with his pediatrician, she said not to worry, he was doing ti for attention, she told me to put him in crib or highchair or somewhere he couldn't plysically harm himself. but that was the only advice she gave me - a little bit different from your son hitting his head on carpet floors. The best advice I can give you is - if you are really worried, then talk to his peditrican about it. Good luck!

Idk if this will make you feel any better, but I had a friend who's baby would do it on purpose, beat her head until it bled to get attention and the dr said it wouldn't harm her brain growth and to just try to put her against something soft without giving in to her. So she would sit sometimes with the baby beating her head against her legs.

They all fall, mine was/is very active, running into doors, etc. and actually got a concussion (from falling with me, not by himself) and he is a very smart 5 yr old now in Kindergarten. gl!

Hi K.,

My son is 13 months old and he went through the same thing...losing his balance and hitting his head on the carpeted floor. Usually he would be sitting and fall back somehow. I was worried also, but I think like someone else mentioned, it depends on how hard your son is hitting his head. I tried to catch my son everytime he would fall but it wasn't always possible. I would also watch him very closely after he fell to make sure he wasn't suddenly getting drowsy, sleepy, or showing any other signs of something more serious than just a bump on the head. Eventually, he learned to brace himself or to turn sideways when he fell - much to my relief! As always, though, if you're concerned about a fall, don't hesitate to call the pediatrician.

HI K.,
I go with the advice of worrying/acting until all has been ruled out. Head banging has been a red flag in many areas including sensory disorder, autism, and in them most minor form, later learning disablities. Yes, toddlers fall, but frankly, they should have the balence to fall flat on bottom or forward (where their reflexes should send thier hands to the front).
I would highly recommend ruling our health problems. This will require you to really step out and get educated because your pediatrician will be of very little help (usually). I would find a DAN! doc (J. Buckley, MD in cumming - main practice out of FL) and definately take your baby now to an osteopath (the most renowned in GA is Dr. Armond in Suwannee (www.cranialacademy.org). Dr. Armond is simply amazing, although he says very little. My son has recovered from vestibular damage and sensory integration using an array of protocols, but Dr. Armond is one that I am very consistent to take him to every 8-12 weeks. It is a healing process, but I am totally sold now that I do it too. Please email me if you have any other questions -don't wait, you can afford to find out later you did it all for nothing. You can't afford the other way around. Time is crticial. Mom to mom, J.

My daughter bangs her head on the wall because she thinks it's funny.

They really are more resilient than we think.

I think it depends on how often he's hitting it, but their heads are harder than we think. I say this because my 2 year old son has SMASHED his head on our hardwood floors and fallen twice in the shower, and it has scared me to death. He's fine though and hasn't had any short or long-term damage. The falling incidents have been scattered -certainly not every day -maybe once or twice a month or not always that much. I always watch him closely after he smacks his head -look at his pupils, monitor him for the rest of the day and evening, etc. to make sure there's no concussion or anything strange going on. I know it's scary though! If he ever smacks it REALLY hard and you're extra worried, there's no harm in calling his doctor and asking what you should watch for -I've done that!

They all do this my kids did it they are both very smart and my oldest is a strait A student. I don't think you have anything to worry about.

K.,
There is a reason why babies have soft spots...
When your child is born there are actually six soft spots, but only two really stand out. This is the one on the top of the head as well as the one on the back of the head. Amazingly, the soft spot works to protect the brain and does a great job of doing so. Most parents believe it is a vulnerability, but in reality it is not. The soft spots allows the childs skull to protect much like a football helmet would. This means that when a baby falls head first on the floor and you hear that cringing sound your babys soft spot has more than likely protected his little brain even if it didnt sound like it. Babies fall all the time, even with watchful parents, and all babies will crack their head on the floor at some time. The great news is that most of the time no real injury will be sustained.
I hope this helps ease your worries.