Feel like a bad mum

[TTC 84]

So last night Jaxon (10 weeks ) was unsettled so I laid him on the couch with me , I obviously fell asleep and he rolled off he didn't cry it's about 60cm to the floor on carpet . I of course panicked and still am worrying . I called nurse on call and she said he's probably perfectly fine and told me what to watch for . He's been his usual self waking for feeds , smiling ect .
I feel sick that I let it happen
Needless to say I won't trust myself to not fall asleep again .

 

[SoBlessedMama]

Bless your heart, I'm positive he's fine...but that's such a rotten feeling. : ( I did the EXACT same thing with our oldest son when he was a baby. He smooth rolled off the edge of the bed--I never slept with him, but I laid down to feed him and dozed off. I woke up to him bawling on the floor. He's a healthy, happy, almost 6 year old now. Your little guy will be just fine. Don't beat yourself up too hard, Mama. Things happen, and kids are resilient. Big hugs!!!

 

[Blu10]

Oh no!! I left DS for a split second to go to the toilet and he fell off the bed when he was about 4 months old, first time he ever moved on his own and I felt like the worst mum in the world. He was absolutely fine and Jaxon will be too, hugs x

 

[Teri7489]

Oh no, poor you and bubs! He's most likely fine so try not to beat yourself up too much. My daughter rolled off the bed at that age, and my son rolled off the sofa at 8 weeks onto a hard floor. Its happens. Just need to try avoid it as best as you can. Big hugs mummy! Xxx

 

[HoneyBee144]

Try not to beat yourself up too much, I think the majority of us have had something similar happen.

The other day I left my 10 month old on the bed (he cant crawl or anything yet) the other day to go for a wee quickly and when I came back he was sat on the floor next to the bed happily playing away
no tears, not a mark on him, I've got no idea how he got off the bed. Luckily our bed is very low (less than 30cm from the floor) so it wasn't too far.

 

[Button#]

Mine fell off the sofa when he was teeny too. Don't beat yourself up, he'll be fine, most of us have been there.

I'd check out safe co sleeping guidelines if I were you, then if you need to lie down with him you can fall asleep without worrying. It's useful to know them for those rough patches.

 

[Rainbow82]

First time DS rolled was off the sofa, I hadn't even left the sofa just turned round to out his nappy in the bin and off he rolled, he's absolutely fine and i'm sure most mums have had a similar moment.

 

[Embo78]

This happened with my first. I went into the kitchen for five seconds and she rolled off the sofa into the floor. She'd never moved before

I completely overreacted and took her to a&e!!! She was fine

 

[kajastarlight]

My 8 month old fell from our very high bed. Felt so bad because he can roll and I shouldn't have left him for a minute but I did. Soon as I picked him up he was OK though. Don't beat yourself up.

 

[MindUtopia]

Try not to beat yourself up over it. It happens to all of us at some point. When my daughter was about that age, I was sitting up in bed feeding her and reading my phone. I fell asleep like that and dropped my phone and must have hit her right in the face. She cried and it woke me up. I felt awful, but she was fine. After that, when I was really tired, I fed her lying down. When she was 7 months old and not crawling (hardly even rolling much anymore), I laid her in the middle of the bed, like 3 feet from any edge, and turned around for literally 3 seconds to reach for the hair dryer so I could dry my hair. In the 3 seconds, I had my back turned, she literally propelled herself off the bed and onto the floor. I have no idea how! She hit her head quite badly and was hysterical for about an hour, but in the end was fine. They really are pretty resilient. That said, there are really safe ways to co-sleep. When in doubt, if you're tired, make your bed a safe sleeping space and co-sleep together there. We bedshared for 2.5 years and did it really safely and it was lovely. It made those nights when I was really exhausted manageable.

 

[TTC 84]

Thankyou everyone I feel much better now and Jaxon is completely fine . I will definitely do some research on safe co sleeping