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Helmets for walking babies
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does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info |
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Rene wrote: Hello does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info I wouldn't bother with a helmet - they grow out of that phase pretty quickly. Just put a folded blanket behind him. Cathy Weeks |
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"Cathy Weeks" wrote:
Rene wrote: Hello does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info The only reason to worry about this is if there is some other medical reason to be extra careful. When my grandson was sick and was taking all kinds of immune suppression drugs etc, and because he had been in the hospital and didn't get a chance to do the crawling and climbing that he would normally have done so his balance wasn't good and his muscles were weak, his other grandfather was worried about him falling and made him wear a child's football helmet. But he was 2 years old and not 9 months. grandma Rosalie |
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It is not necessary to have a helmet for your baby. Bumping their heads is
part of childhood. You will not be able to protect them from every injury and nor should you want to. Let your child explore and play and don't worry about injuries. -- Sue (mom to three girls) "Rene" wrote in message news Hello does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info |
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the last fall on the hardwood floor resulted in a hymatoma (sp?) on the
head, I put blankets all over the floors but this one takes off right away, this why I am so worried. "Sue" wrote in message ... It is not necessary to have a helmet for your baby. Bumping their heads is part of childhood. You will not be able to protect them from every injury and nor should you want to. Let your child explore and play and don't worry about injuries. -- Sue (mom to three girls) "Rene" wrote in message news Hello does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info |
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"Rene" wrote in message ... the last fall on the hardwood floor resulted in a hymatoma (sp?) on the head, I put blankets all over the floors but this one takes off right away, this why I am so worried. Hi! I know why you're worried, but really, unless you are given a medical reason you don't need one. Is it sitting or walking you're talking about? If they're sitting then put cushions round or get a "donut" (an inflatable ring they can sit in in the middle) If it's walking, then I think that the blankets would make it worse as they'll skid on them. If it makes you feel better than get a soft hat for them to wear (but be careful they don't overheat) or even a bike helmet. But while you're doing that you've got to realise that they can't wear it for ever. You're probably thinking that they're unstable and won't need them when they're walking better but, ime, the worse bumps come when they've got up their confidence and are running and climbing. They're always pushing what they can do, and you could find it very hard not to "just leave it on until they're safer" for a long time. My 4.5 year old tries things that she couldn't do last week, and the bigger they are the bigger gaps they try to breach and the higher they climb! Debbie |
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A hematoma is just a bruise and my kids have had lots of bumps and bruises
and they are all fine. Falling is really a normal part of childhood. You really don't need to worry this excessively or need a helmet to protect your son. He will soon learn to sit without falling. Take normal precautions and protect corners of coffee tables or edges of fireplaces and take sharp objects away (like sharp objects on toys) that he could impale himself on. Teach him how to go up and down the stairs when he is older, teach him how to climb on the monkey bars and so on so that way he will know the safe way to do things. However, don't limit his activity because you are afraid he will hurt himself. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) "Rene" wrote in message ... the last fall on the hardwood floor resulted in a hymatoma (sp?) on the head, I put blankets all over the floors but this one takes off right away, this why I am so worried. "Sue" wrote in message ... It is not necessary to have a helmet for your baby. Bumping their heads is part of childhood. You will not be able to protect them from every injury and nor should you want to. Let your child explore and play and don't worry about injuries. -- Sue (mom to three girls) "Rene" wrote in message news Hello does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info |
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thank you for your advice, Noah is my second child and he is much more
active then his sibling was and more daring that's why I freak out. "Sue" wrote in message ... A hematoma is just a bruise and my kids have had lots of bumps and bruises and they are all fine. Falling is really a normal part of childhood. You really don't need to worry this excessively or need a helmet to protect your son. He will soon learn to sit without falling. Take normal precautions and protect corners of coffee tables or edges of fireplaces and take sharp objects away (like sharp objects on toys) that he could impale himself on. Teach him how to go up and down the stairs when he is older, teach him how to climb on the monkey bars and so on so that way he will know the safe way to do things. However, don't limit his activity because you are afraid he will hurt himself. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) "Rene" wrote in message ... the last fall on the hardwood floor resulted in a hymatoma (sp?) on the head, I put blankets all over the floors but this one takes off right away, this why I am so worried. "Sue" wrote in message ... It is not necessary to have a helmet for your baby. Bumping their heads is part of childhood. You will not be able to protect them from every injury and nor should you want to. Let your child explore and play and don't worry about injuries. -- Sue (mom to three girls) "Rene" wrote in message news Hello does anyone know about where I can purchase a soft helmet for my 9 month old baby - he sits and sometimes when too into his toys he fall backwards and hit his head. thank you for any info |
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Keep some arnical gel on hand. Best thing around for the bumps (takes
away the owie and helps keep bruising to a minimum) kids always get as they figure out how their bodies work :-) dragon |
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Rene wrote:
the last fall on the hardwood floor How about a rug on the floor? A simple area rug from the hardware store runs around $25-75. You'd easily pay that for a helmet, which I agree with everyone else is just overkill. My ds #2 is also way more active than ds #1 was (#2 is a Climber, with a capital C) and it is shocking, but really, they're fine most of the time. And we've had lots of bloody noses and cut lips from falling off the big bed, the kitchen table, etc. We're dreading the day he figures out he can move the chairs then climb up to something way more interesting than the kitchen table... -Karen, mom to Henry 5 and William 15 months- |
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