Mom guilt, baby fell off bed

This happened with one of mine, I was mortified! But you need to remember it was an accident, baby is fine, and as horrible as it is, these things can happen! It doesn’t make you a bad mum at all, you’re not the first and certainly won’t be the last! Try to be easier on yourself :)

@Frayere thank you 🥺 you’re right. I’ve learnt from it, it was an accident and it happens. I’ll just keep trying my best for my baby, that’s all I can do.

This will happen a lot, you just need to learn to not feel guilty, you can't protect them from everything. Baby probably got more scared then injured. My first one fell out of sofa a lot, he just never learns from his mistakes 🙈😁

My baby hit her head into corner of her chest of drawer as I was showing her how to sit up 🙈😭 she started crying so much but when we walked out of the room she was smiling again. But I know what you feel 😣 no visible bruise next day 🙏🏻

I did exactly the same thing with my first and was mortified and so worried. Then I text my mum friends and so many of them had been there and done that. Give yourself some grace mama x

This happens a lot, kids fall. My first fell off the kitchen counter while still in his bumbo seat I felt really guilty but honestly, he's hurt himself way worse since by his own actions (boys!)

If it makes you feel better I catapulted mine off a sunbed at 4 months because I sat on the end. Luckily his poncho towel broke his fall 🙏 I can laugh about it now but at the time I was traumatised and cried for ages, little one only cried for about 2 mins and then was fine. He has also fell out of his high chair at 5 months because I hadn’t fastened his straps properly and he fell face first onto the carpet, this time I took him to urgent care and he was laughing the whole time we were there and was perfectly fine 😭

How you act when it happens/ after it happens, will change how babies react in the future. Just let it go, and your baby will be fine 👍

I fell down the stairs with my baby when she was 10 wks old. Properly tripped and fell head first while cradling the baby. I somehow cocooned my body around her and ended up battered, bruised and injured but she was fine (an ambulance came and we took her to A&E to get checked). Still I felt so guilty and traumatised by the experience, I slept downstairs with her for over a month or had my husband carry her up and down the stairs cause I was terrified. Even after I started sleeping upstairs again I put her in a carrier for weeks to go down so I'd have my hands free to hold onto the handrail. But it slowly got better. She's 5 months now and I still am very careful going down the stairs with her but I'm not nearly as afraid anymore. And the guilt has mostly gone too, I've accepted that it was an accident and that thankfully my baby was ok. It'll get better, I promise

Don’t feel bad!! I’m gonna out myself here, my partner fell asleep sitting on our bed soothing our LG at 5 weeks and she fell off. We were insanely sleep deprived and I woke up immediately. We did the same as you 111, and we went to a&e. You will feel guilty. I felt awful for ages after I kept crying and telling myself how stupid we were but baby girl was absolutely fine!! Our bed is maybe like a foot and a half off of the floor, she had fallen and rolled on the floor as well onto carpet too. She was assessed by 3 diff people and they all said she was fine. Your baby is almost definitely fine. At 5 months the skull is a bit sturdier and if they’re not crying, if they’re taking feeds/etc fine then I wouldn’t stress too much! Easier said than done I know! You’re a good mum and the guilt and worry just proves that 💜