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Fell off bed

My daughter, 7 months old fell off out of her bassinet last week. It’s the 3rd time she’s fallen off of a high surface, first was the changing table at 3 months under my care. I took her in and she was fine. Second time was off of our bed under her father’s care, took her in and she had a skull fracture, and this last time she fell off our bed again but she was sleeping in her bassinet. The bassinet we have is one of those that connect to your bed. My daughter just started crawling and she’s teething at the same time, my boyfriend works from 5 am until 5 pm and I’m a SAHM so I’ve been watching her at night lately since she doesn’t sleep much. This night she had fallen asleep around 1 am and I normally put her in her bassinet and then put my arm on her chest until she falls asleep, slowly move my arm and then close the bassinet. But I was so exhausted and I ended up falling asleep with my hand on her and the bassinet open. I didn’t realize she had woken up and crawled out until u heard her cry. I immediately woke up and checked her entire body. There wasn’t anything coming out of her eyes or ears, she didn’t seem in pain when I moved her body around and after about 5 minutes she was laughing and kicking like nothing happened. I noticed a bruise on her head but nothing more than that. I didn’t call or go in with her pediatrician because I’m scared cps will be called since it’s her 3rd time falling off of the bed. She was sleeping in her own bed I was so just tired I fell asleep and didn’t close it, now I’m scared her injuries could be worse than just a bruise on her head but I’m scared I waited to long and if I take her in now they’ll take her away from me. I had bad experiences with cps growing up which is why I’m scared. Any advice?

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Go to a different pediatrician to get her checked out. You need to make sure shes ok. Her health should be the most important thing.

If it wasn’t intentionally done there’s nothing to be scared of! The doctors can rule whether or not it was an accident. I have a history of CPS in my life constantly as a child too , but it will never stop me from making sure my child is okay! I’m not shaming you or bashing you , I just want you to know that it is okay and you’re baby’s health is more important than your fears!

There are so many things with the brain where kiddos can look ok but still have serious injuries. You should definitely still take her to get checked out to make absolutely sure

@Nickie would taking her to the er be just as safe?

@Kayla Bailey she has a doctors appointment on Monday, I’m just afraid that because I didn’t take her I sooner theyll think child abuse or neglect right off the bat

Mine fell down the bed as well, that was the night I found out he’s able to roll and move. I had a doctor appointment the same morning and she said he’s fine. Let a doctor look over her. You didn’t do this on purpose it happens to so many people, especially when they start to move from one day to the other.

@Selina my next doctors appointment is Monday, I’m not sure if I should wait or go tomorrow

If you weren’t worried that’d make you a bad mom! Your doing great, it was an accident you got this! Everything will be okay❤️

@Kayla Bailey thank you!

I would go to the er to be safe. The last thing u want is an accident to cause problems down the line.

my kid was falling out the bed (~2ft) almost twice a week for a while, it’d be like I look once, he’s okay, I look again, he’s f-ing falling out the bed!! I had anxiety, panicked, everything. He’d cry it out but I checked his body ofc to see if there was any pain or bruises. BUT i’m saying this to say, don’t fret TOO heavily, make sure they’re okay, happy, and functioning and it should be okay. Kids falling is like a rite of passage for movement. If you want to make a barrier of soft on the floor, do so 🤷🏽‍♀️

I would take her in to get checked out anyway. Also, babies shouldn’t be in bassinets once they can roll on their own so maybe switch to a crib or pack n play? Not trying to sound rude at all btw I didn’t know that they outgrew bedside bassinets at the rolling stage until recently.

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