Monkey’s head & chandeliers don’t mix

Babies are incredibly tough. My thirteen year old dropped our 5 month old over his should onto his head on the hardwood floor. The little guys skull actually cracked and we spent the night in the hospital but before they even got us into the room he was his bouncy happy self. I couldn't believe it. The good news is that 13 year olds don't seem to feel mommy guilt. His response the next day was, well, everything turned out okay. Of course I have noticed he is much more careful than he was before.

When my son was only a few weeks old, I was coming downstairs with him in my arms and bumped his head on the wall. It wasn't even enough to leave a mark on his head, but he screamed, and I felt AWFUL.
That said, as the mother of a two year old, I can promise you Monkey will get much worse booboos, most of them self-inflicted!

We had a real close call when Paige was just weeks old, I was walking down stairs with Paige in my arms, the baby monitor was on and he heard a door slam shut and it sounds way louder through the monitor so he thought i had fallen with the baby he can flyign out the lounge room and swung the door open real fast, it just missed Paiges Head i could of killed him it was such a close call.
but she was fine just scared the crap out of me. Paige has had a couple of bumps to the head because of me not thinking something through before i did something never anything serious at all but enough to make me feel like crap.
I hope monkey and Jane are recovering well :)

It's natural to beat yourself up but babies are very robust and can cope with lots of bumps. This is one of those cases where time will heal.

My dad once walked into a room with my little brother on his shoulders, right into the ceiling fan that was on- thunk, thunk, thunk....

As the others have said, it's definitely something that happens to all of us at some point, but man I know how awful it feels! My first was like what Tiffany described- I conked my son's head walking through a doorway, and he just wailed and I cried and pretty soon he was over it, and eventually I was too. More recently I pulled his onesie over his head and the bottom part was up by the neck hole, and the snaps dragged across his skull, leaving two little red stripes on his head. I couldn't figure out what I'd done at first, and when I did again- he got over it fairly quickly, and I felt terrible for a lot longer!

Actually, you're wrong.

This isn't a big mommy fail.

This is a teensy weensy itty bitty little mommy fail.

Babies are built to bump their heads. =)
He'll be fine.

Definitely not the last time it will happen. It only gets worse as they get older because they're able to hurt themselves. I've lost count of the number of head injuries Adia has incurred. Luckily, they've all looked a lot worse than they've been. One in particular comes to mind. She tripped on a toy in the living room and went careening into the wall. She hit the corner with the middle of her forehead. It. Was. Bad. I immediately called the doctor's office (it was a weekend, of course) and they told me what to watch for. It looked awful for a week or two, but she was fine.

Then there was the time right before her 1st birthday. She had just started walking, so not very good on her feet yet. We were in the doctor's office for my mom and Adia tripped, sending her into one of their chairs. She had a black eye for her birthday AND her 1 year check up.

She's still accident prone, but she doesn't seem to get injured quite as bad. She flips over chairs, falls off stuff, thinks she's superwoman. I honestly don't know how she hasn't broken a bone or ended up in the ER yet. She's one tough cookie, I guess.

I know how you feel! I hurt a baby I was nannying once - I snapped a little thigh skin into her cloth-diaper snap by accident and it left a red welt. Boy did she scream!!! I felt so bad. I cloth diaper my son now and I'm very careful not to make that mistake again. But if it's not that, it'll be something else. Last week I was taking off his bib while he was lying on the changing table - one of those bibs with the aplix enclosure, much smaller and softer than velcro, so I thought it couldn't hurt him. I unfastened it and pulled it out from under him and he screamed and screamed! He had been cranky anyway so I didn't realize right away that he was in pain. I comforted him and he went back to normal pretty quickly. I looked later and saw a deep scratch on the back of his neck. So I checked the bib I had removed, and a long strip of his SKIN was caught not in the aplix itself, but on the sharp seam where it met the cloth of the bib!! Apologies and kisses are the only things that make mommies and babies feel better after a thing like that.

When I was few months old, a family friend (who is really tall and lives in a house with low ceilings) was lifting me up over his head to make me laugh and cracked my head right into the ceiling. Apparently plaster dust fell and the light fixture in the room rattled from the force. I was fine. To this day, he credits that incident for my academic achievements. I'm sure he felt bad at the time, but since then it's been a long running joke since then (I'm 30).

Babies have soft, flexible heads for a reason. Don't beat yourself up!

When my first child was born, I use to carry her in my arms, her head sticking out by my elbow. Well, I would often not judge the doorways properly, and smack her head into the door frame!!!! Doh! So, I totally know how you feel. But, rest assure, you're not a bad mommy...Just a tall one. ;)

Its horrid to see them fall or hurt themselves and even worse when you're responsible. Its going to happen more often...don't fret. We've all been through it.

Awwwww, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but I guess I'll have to. This may be the first time but it certainly wont be the last. I know it really makes you feel bad but usually the baby is just fine and only startled. Don't let it get to you, you're a caring/loving mom and it sounds like you're doing a wonderful job.

P.S. Just wait till your little guy starts walking into tables! :~D