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Hey girls,
we have a very mobile baby & while he can pull himself up on things, he falls down A LOT! and I'm really worried he's going to do himself a head injury.
Does anyone have any experience with baby helmets for this purpose or the ones called Thudguard?
I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks, Winter xo
Mmmm. I'd hate to say it but sounds like someone is trying to cash in on paranoid mothers. If he's stacking it from his own height and not jumping head first from a table I doubt he's going to cause himself any drastic injuries. Maybe just a couple of extra bruises ;)
DD1 used to hit her head regularly when she was little. Lots of bruises and eggs on her head. I realised she did this when she was tired so I moved her nap and gave her a bit more quiet time in the afternoons.
I didnt get anything to protect her head and she's turned out fine, normally it's just a phase they go thru. Hope it gets better soon.
If anything I think they would make it worse by adding more weight to the head and changing their centre of gravity (if a bub can be described as having one lol!)
DD was a champion tumbler but as already said - it was usually when she was tired.
I think it's actually an important part of development - learning spacial awareness, getting a few bumps and bruises, it's how babies learn not to do it again really. If you put a helmet on him, when you do take it off he'll just have to learn it anyway, though chances are he'll have a false sense of security and the bumps will be harder. God designed babies heads hard for a reason!
Helmets will only cause your baby to overbalance due to the extra weight it will be carrying on its head.
Both my boys were mobile at an early age, walking at 10 months. They both had a tonne of bruises and still do, they are just falling from higher heights and at faster speeds.