dd is 11 months and 1 week now, she has just started to walk and is beginning to learn to get up by herself when she falls, only thing is last week she had her first fall and left a cut on her cheek-jus as it was healing great, she decides to fall again today against the wall and opened the would slightly again, even when i was holding on to her. Now im so paranoid! how do people cope? do you always hold their hand? I feel i always have to spend so many hours holding onto to her tshirt when she walks as she feels so confident she doesnt want to hold mummys hand anymore she can walk pretty well like maybe 10 steps and then a fall, sometimes she falls straight backwards and hits her head instead of falling on her bum first-when she falls i let her fall put sort of hold on to her a bit so the fall isnt as hard.....does anyone have any other ideas or what do you do when your toddler is first walking?
Last edited by bubbles81; February 20th, 2010 at 09:13 PM.
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It's tough, isn't it?
DD2 is almost 7 months & is starting to pull herself up... she has had a couple of good stacks in the last week, conked her head twice in 2 days... short of getting her a helmet I don't have much advice, sorry but thought I'd come & sympathise with you anyway
You can try & make sure that she's exploring safe areas where there's a soft landing, and not too much for her to hit & injure herself on... but really as they become more mobile they will get around more & in the end there is little you can do (besides make the area as safe as possible).
When DS first started pulling himself up on things it was sooo scary!! he owuld let go of what he was holding onto- lose his concentration and just fall flat on his back hittin ghis head!!! The first time my DH saw it happen ( and i was right next to DS BTW- but it just happened sooo quick!!!) he was so upset!! By then though i had seen him do it about 3 times a day lol so i said- he will be right!
You can try to be there every second- but they do have to learn their own limitations and they need to learn how to do things. My way of thought was that- i can hol dhim every time he stands up and tries to walk- and sure he wont fall down- but i cant do that his whole life. So i decided i had to gringe and bear it and let him learn. They do find their balance and they learn eventually.
One tip i can give you - is if dd ever falls over and cuts her mouth- sugar stops the bleeding right away!! My aunty gave me that tip!! I have had to use it a few times!!
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