So that was the second time she fell out of bed while sleeping! The first time, we were in a hotel room and she was sleeping on a double bed with no rails. Maybe we'll have to look into bed side rails or something...
So when to call the doctor or go to the ER if your toddler falls off the bed? I say, when in doubt, call your doctor for that is what our urgent lines are for. But in general...
- Stay calm (kinda hard to do as a parent..)
- Look for bruises, bumps, lumps, cuts, scrapes, deformities...
- If there are bumps... ice!
- If there is a cut... put pressure to stop bleeding...
More urgent signs would include things like
- loss of consciousness
- vomiting
- altered mental status
- loss of balance
- prolonged crying
- anything funny with the eyes
- headache
- anything funny with breathing, color
- any funny twitching
When in doubt... I'd call your doc to be on the safe side.
This toddler stage is such an active stage and we have a super active child... even when she sleeps! Hopefully, no more falls from beds...
oh my goodness, so she's okay??
ReplyDeletei fell from the top bunk of a bunkbed with side rails when i was a kid (maybe 7 or so?). i bounced off the wooden desk and landed on the floor -- i had no recollection of it the next day either (i found out about it when i complained about having a sore spot on my back -- just a bruise). kids are so resilient. :-)
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yes, she is ok. though the next day she asked me why her head hurt =(
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