Has your baby fallen off an elevated surface?

[rxbeth]

I'm not sure if it was on this board or facebook mom's page that a mom's little had fallen off of the couch and the overall attitude had been that it's a right of passage that your baby fall off of an elevated surface.  So I wanted to see how many people it has actually happened to.

Note - talking about infants so less than 1 year.

[creamsiclechica]

Yes, Carter fell off a changing table at 4 months.

[rjamz]

Yes. He fell off the changing table once. Omg, I hate even thinking about it.

[carawestt]

Calvin rolled off the bed a couple times around 4-5 months.

[bean47]

Yes the couch for Olivia a bed for Claire. Ugh, I hate thinking about it. It was so terrible both times.

[bigapple]

Perfect timing. I found Carter holding Nolan by his feet next to my bed this morning. He claimed that Nolan was falling and he caught him. I'm calling BS.

N was laughing, so I assume he didn't actually hit the floor.

[mcburglar]

Oct 7, 2015 13:06:55 GMT -5 bigapple said:

Perfect timing. I found Carter holding Nolan by his feet next to my bed this morning. He claimed that Nolan was falling and he caught him. I'm calling BS.

N was laughing, so I assume he didn't actually hit the floor.

OMG! LOL!

[Deleted]

I don't want to jinx myself with Henry, but Ada never did.

I did catch her by an ankle at like 5 weeks falling off the changing table, she would have landed on her head on wood floors :/

[rxbeth]

Maybe with my no reply, this will encourage Andrew to finally roll. Right off a surface. lol

[ninjabridemom]

Yup, off the bed and off the changing table.

Hated it both times.

[ktstorm]

Not yet? I feel like it's inevitable for Elliot. We've had a few close calls due to the "helpful" nature of his big brother.

[PatBenatar]

Yes, she fell off a couch and climbed out of her crib and fell.

Terrifying both times.

[ruby412]

Yes, changing table. I want to say maybe 8 months old?

ETA: That is for Violet. Audrey has not been dropped (yet).

[sunshineluv]

Annabelle fell down the stairs. That thud was the worst sounds I have heard in my life.

She was over a year old though.

[orriskitten]

Yep, off of a bench that I was using to change her at swim class. On to a tile floor.

[sandj82110]

Before a year, both off the couch more than once, but in all cases it was because they were crawling and horsing around. They were both very mobile by that point.

[imimahoney]

No for Ari, yes for C.

[AndyCohen]

No, but I definitely see it happening with Margot since she's so active.

[eav2c]

Yes. Colin fell off the bed a few times. Oliver never did but he's making up for it these days.

[thedahliharpa]

DH reports H fell off the couch in his care onto a pile of laundry around 3 months. When D was 9 months she flipped herself over the back of the little doggy couch and landed with her neck and body contorted. I was right there and couldn't stop it :- (.

[shevacc]

A used to crawl straight off the bed, crash to the ground, then keep right on crawling unfazed. My bed is low (couch height) but still! Both my kids have rolled off the bed to the floor MOTN as babies.

[Deleted]

Yes Rhys fell off the couch (and his his head on the metal bar of the swing) around 3-4 months. He also flipped out of his crib around 9 months.

D fell out of the crib really bad but she was older than a year. I can't remember if she fell as a baby for sure but I think so?

[bebeetmoi]

Yes, DD rolled off the bed at 3.5 months.

[irishsara]

Yes. Bed for some. Changing table for some. Both for some

[earlybird]

Yes. At around seven months, I left L sleeping in the middle of a friend's king-sized bed. Later, when I heard crying, I went into the bedroom, but there was no sign of L. She had rolled off the bed and had somehow crawled underneath it! It was very unexpected for a baby that wasn't rolling or crawling yet.

[dojo]

No but we had other bumps and bruises to make up for it.

[monkeybabe]

Zoe somehow managed to fall off the futon in the basement while I was doing laundry... Twice. She never rolled, so I guess she inch wormed off.

[mumegs]

M fell off the bed, flipped over and landed right on the top of her head it was awful!

[tuck]

All three of mine fell at least once. And last week my (then) 13 month old fell off a table she climbed on and had to get two stitches. Danger baby.

[jnoellee]

No for the girls, (I'm sure there were a few tumbles here and there, but nothing I can remember standing out) but around 5 months I left Elias in my room in the middle of our bed with pillows around him and I ran to the kitchen to grab his bottle and came back and he wasn't there. He had rolled off and was in the corner of the room! Like he barrell rolled a few times. I had no idea he could do that! He wasn't crying so he must have enjoyed his adventure, lol. Our bed wasn't that high, it was a low Ikea bed frame and I think the pillows helped with his roll/fall but it scared the shit out of me when I went in there.