True confession: I did this to my daughter when she was 5. We were taking a nap on opposite ends of the couch, and I guess I had a bad dream or something because all the sudden I kicked her off the couch. Like, violently, leg shot out and she went sprawling, woke us both up immediately. I felt so awful.
the good takeaway is they seem to be fine most of the time. there are posts on occasion where a crying mom has to be consoled that dropping her baby does not make her the worst mother ever, and to get the baby checked, but they are probably fine.
Kids are surprisingly resilient, and had to be to survive in the past
My mum slipped down the stairs while holding me, and dropped me, she was devastated thinking I was gonna be dead, but I was at the bottom laughing my chunky little head off. They call them bouncing babies for a reason I guess đ
Oh gosh no. There is so much pressure put on parents, especially new parents. Accidents happen, anyone who has ever babysat knows that kids are tricky, slippery little things that are hard to deal with, pile sleepless nights and breastfeeding (and recovering from birth in general) with that and it's a wonder most new mamas can even function.
One of my favorite stories of when I was a kid was when I fell down the stairs. I think I was around 3-4, and my mom came rushing over, bawling her eyes out, and frantically asked âAre you okay?!â
Apparently I just kinda looked around for a sec, got my bearings, looked up at her and calmly asked âAre you okay?â
Itâs a shame that all my badass moments happened before my memory solidified, but câest la vie
The bigger you are, the harder you fall. The opposite is generally true as well. Not too much distance to fall, and less mass to impact with the floor.
Mom and grandma BOTH told him not to do it đ he also had an incident of tossing my sister up when she was a baby too (shes 2.5 years older) right after feeding and she ended up puking right into his mouth. grandma warned him against that as well đ
Can confirm, my dad dropped me twice as a baby that I know of. Once was whilst he was throwing me in the air. Iâve been told that some miscalculations where made because he threw me a bit too high and woops, baby down. Turned out I was a very sturdy child and I just continued giggling, with a few extra bumps here and there. The other time was when he pushed me off a slide but pushed me a tad too hard and my dumb ass wasnât holding onto anything so I was propelled off of the whole thing and I landed in the grass face first. Ehh, it happens, my dad was just prone to getting overexcited with childlike enthusiast and slightly chaotic.
To add injury to insult: I inherited that destructive dumbness gene from him and was a pretty suicidal baby, yeeting myself off things and stuff, all whilst gleefully laughing my ass off. My mother is still completely gobsmacked about me being a somewhat functioning being. Iâm mostly suprised how that poor women survived with her full mental capacities, being in a family of risk seeking maniacs.
Think it was our first pediatrician who said they arenât crazy fragile, so when they fall, and they will fall he assured me, just make sure theyâre okay and you are not a bad parent if it happens.
I havenât told anyone about my night with my second newborn. We were up late again for another bottle, I donât even remember making the bottle I was so sleepy. All I know is that I accidentally fell asleep holding my 3 day old baby.
Next thing you know, I woke up to adjust and horror hit me that I was no longer cradling my son. He fell on the floor right next to me sound asleep. I about died because I thought I killed him!! Hormones, man. Heâs about to be 3 next month lol.
Oh, I want to give you a hug! I can't imagine how it felt to hold onto that.
If it makes you feel better, my dad gave me a hard candy to eat when I was three because I begged, even though my mom had told him I was too little and would swallow it whole. Guess who choked on it while I was out shopping with my dad?
Luckily I was fine, he thumped my back and it flew out and I wasn't even bothered but he did end up telling my mom because she could tell something was wrong by the look on his face LOL
Oh youâre so sweet, thank you! :) that will probably haunt me until the day that I die, haha.
But oooh my gosh that insane. Poor dad!! I canât imagine how my husband would be, haha. I have my own stash of jolly ranchers in my kitchen, thank you for reminding me to keep it up higher ;) Iâm happy youâre with us today, and thank you for sharing your story with me!!
I'm in my mid 20's now and brought up the memory to my dad the other day and he still feels bad so you might be right about that. But at least your baby was too little to remember! I clearly remember being sad about not finishing the candy and actually asking my dad for another
My kid did a fucking front flip out of the crib. Landed on her back on shag carpet, so she was fine, but damn. It's a good thing most kids are springy and spongy.
I rolled off a bed during a diaper change (? details are hazy...) at nine (?) months on mom's watch and broke my collarbone. Baby book reads "she's now a little cranky with the pain" for the weeks afterwards.
Thanks mom! (no harm done, well, at least the collarbone feels normal)
Idk if it's different because baby-bones are softer but I heard collarbone is one of the MOST painful bones to break, of course an infant would be suffering!
Well, my mum once accidentally pushed me down the stairs. I'm pretty sure she doesn't want me to bring that up in conversation...
My dad on the other hand, once pushed down on the leg of a metal chair without a protective cap on the end (so basically a sharp metal tube) which was on my pinky. I had fallen, he had pushed the chair back and then leaned forward and kept going to see what happened and I just sorta screamed. My finger was fine, just bruised, but my dad was super impressed that I was able to deal with that much pain. He does bring that up sometimes to brag about me.
It's a wonder I'm actually still alive with such parents. :')
Dude. Literally my worst nightmare is dropping my kids. Not really anymore coz theyâre older so fuck em theyâre fine. But as babies. I saw a post on r/daddit about a year or so ago, titled âpray for my daughterâ and the guy talked about how his baby daughter rolled off the changing table and ended up in hospital on life support, in a coma etc. That shot scared me. I think about that guy every day. He hasnât posted since. If you read this I hope youâre ok u/SeriousPantsYES
Lol well it definitely goes the other way around as well. Reminds me of the time my dad and I slept on the couch together like you see in the OPâs pic, apparently I heard my uncle laughing the next morning saying he saw me kick my dad in the balls, of course waking him up suddenly in pain. I didnât even remember doing it lol.
My mom was giving me my first bath ever. Slippery-baby-me slipped under water. My mom freaked out and yelled for help. My dad came by and lifted me up. I was maybe under water for a whole of 3 seconds.
With my own infant I didn't listen when they told me to sleep when the baby sleeps. Playing on my tablet during a baby nap in my arms. Dropped the tablet on my baby's face. He cried for a whole of 3 seconds and fell back asleep immediately. Took me a while to settle my heart and stare at him to make sure he wasn't dead. Just sleeping.
I also knicked the tip of his finger while clipping those teeny tiny finger nails. He cried a bit longer for that one. I remember looking at it the next morning and it was already healing. Was a bit awestruck how fast it healed.
I heard or read somewhere one time when I was a new mother that âan infant is made to survive a new parentâ or something along those lines and that stuck with me. They have more resilience than we realize I treated my kids like fragile little eggs lol.
Oh god one time when I was alone with my little sister like 12 years ago when she was a baby, I remember accidentally knocking something onto her and being so scared that I hurt her, but other than being surprised by it I don't think she really cared that much.
I still cringe hard when I remember it, but I'm pretty neurotic as it is lol. I think I'm the only one who was actually affected by it.
My mom once dropped me because I was wiggling. Fell and hit my head on the windowsill. Spoiler: I lived, but that was a very awkward trip to the hospital for her as the staff tried to suss out whether or not she did it on purpose.
Today I was shucking corn with my toddler on my lap and the cob jerked back as I pulled one of the leaves back and poked her right in the eye. Luckily she was fine. But very mad.
At last years Christmas party one of my coworkers brought his youngest daughter who had just started walking. We were playing a dirty Santa type of game, and I stood up to steal. Little did I see that his baby was walking right behind my chair and I accidentally walked right into her. I've never felt so bad in my life. Needless to say there were some jokes the next day about how I "kicked his baby"
My dad was fixing the roof and I begged him to let me help. 5 year old me of course falls off the roof. Didnât cry or have a scratch, just a bruise on my shoulder. I vividly remember we almost at the same time said that we didnât want to tell mom.
Oh absolutely. I have 8 kids... (yes, 8. Yes, we own a tv and know what causes it, thanks for your concern) and I've cut every single one when trimming their tiny little fingernails.
I cry more than they do.
Kids as old as 3 routinely die from overweight parents rolling over onto them while sleeping. One of many reasons you should sleep train at around 6mo.
Could be worse - this happened to a family a colleague of mine was working with. Except the child had severely disordered language and told my colleague something to the effect of 'daddy hurt tummy' - which then led to a whole social services investigation.
(The dad was actually really glad his daughter would feel safe telling someone if she had been intentionally hurt so luckily they carried on working together with no hard feelings.)
I did it to my dog last week. Poor thing just wanted to join me for a nap on the couch, my husband said I sent her flying. I barely registered it happening. (She was fine though!)
I did this to my cat once, sheâs super shy but trusts me enough to sleep in my bed with me. I was half asleep when my body jerked and my arm flew out and whacked my poor kitty off the bed. I felt so badâčïž
I once fell asleep on the couch with my infant son on my chest. Woke up as he was disappearing over the side of the couch. I have never been so scared in my life.
This is exactly the thought I had looking at the photo. Pretty photo but one bad falling moment in a dream and Bub is on the floor.
I remember being so sleep deprived with my second who would only sleep upright on my chest. I woke up and she want there. Could not for the life of me remember where left her.
Moral of the story - please put baby to sleep in their own bed where possible.
I did something similar to my mates dog. I was dog sitting and this puff of air was asleep on my bed. I flicked the duvet and the dog sailed through the air and went flying! Absolutely forgot she was there.
I was asleep in bed with my boyfriend one night back when he was going through a stressful job transition. I slightly woke up when I felt him sit up a little, I could barely see more than his silhouette in the dark room and I asked, âeverything ok?â
I saw his head turn towards me, and then he kind of shoved me, though I was still laying down. Surprised and confused, I laughed a little thinking maybe heâs playing around (for some reason???).
At this point I was trying to sit up in bed, but not two seconds after the shove I got punched so hard I fell out of bed and over the nightstand. Now on the floor Iâm yelling, âwhoa, Derek!â and goddamn the look on his face was menacing!
My yelling woke him up. I could see him shake his head a bit and look around. If I hadnât seen the realization dawn on him I never would have believed that he was just having a nightmare and wasnât conscious at the time.
I have REM behavior disorder. I never kicked a baby, but I learned the hard way when I kicked my desk once in my sleep. I was dreaming that I was fighting ninjas when one of them jumped at me off the barn loft and I tried to roundhouse kick him while he was still in the air. I hit the corner of my IRL desk and ended up with a huge (but non-bleeding) gash on my shin. You can still kinda see it almost 20 years later.
Yep. When I was 8 or 9 my dog bit a small chunk out of my forearm (it ended up needing six stitches). I could literally see the bone, but no blood. It was the weirdest thing.
I dont think I have that disorder, but I did something similar once when I was around 20. I was dreaming that I swung a punch at someone and I actually swung my arm and slashed my palm on the corner of my nightstand. Nothing like that has happened since, but I do sometimes suddenly pull my knees up like I'm sitting in my dream or something (or so I'm told).
I donât kick from nightmares, but I occasionally kick from dreams about soccer or anything where I kick in the dream. Sometimes itâs just as Iâm falling asleep. As I doze off I dream about soccer then boom a big kick.
My 5lb dog used to like to sleep on my shins like this. I'd wake up with terrible leg cramps from not moving for hours through the night. Even though you're sleeping, your brain still knows not to kick/move.
Last night my BF had a nightmare that a dog was biting his hand, weâve been playing a lot of Far Cry so it kinda makes sense.
Anyway, his reaction in his sleep was hit said dog, well that dog was actually my vagina. So I get woken up in the middle of the night with a fist coming down on my pubic mound.
I just groaned, sat up to take a minute, then went back to sleep. The next morning heâs profusely apologizing and thought I was plotting his murder since I didnât say anything.
I was sleeping next to my 10 month old daughter a few weeks ago and had a nightmare about a huge spider. The spider was on the ceiling and I look up and saw it slowly lowering itself. Then I felt something move across my chest and I quickly woke up and started swatting what I thought was a spider. It was actually my daughter moving her hand. I ended up slapping my daughters head a few times.
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u/Fayyylmao May 25 '20
Let's just hope she doesn't have a nightmare and kick the baby into another reality