https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:36:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539833 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:44:22 +0000 Bookish 1539833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just let her fall, unless I can tell she's going to fall into a sharp corner, then I try and guide her fall. I let her bump her head and run into things, and she's definitely learned! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539825 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:38:51 +0000 Weagle 1539825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let him fall. It's tough, but falling is how they learn they need to balance on their feet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539817 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:33:23 +0000 yerpie110 1539817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a tough stage! My concerns were never when she fell forward. They wouldn't bother her and she'd laugh, stand up, and go back to whatever she was doing. The worst times were when she slipped and fell backwards. She has hit her head hard a few times on hard surfaces and I cringe even now thinking about it. She has a large head so she's pretty top-heavy and well, it's hard to fight against gravity! Nothing major ever happened thankfully, but that's why I did my best to watch her like a hawk whenever she was walking outside of the playyard we created for her in our living room (a fenced off area with a large mat). You can't save them ever time though, and they do learn from their falls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539794 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:21:59 +0000 looch 1539794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Being at home was not the issue, it was when we went out to places like the zoo and he saw all the other kids walking around. We had a couple of good spills, I learned to carry a few bandaids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539791 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:20:43 +0000 Smurfette 1539791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like Blackbird, I just let her fall. Now she falls when she gets too excited, falls, and gets right back up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539784 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:18:50 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1539784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly? He took a few (more than a few) beatings during his learning-to-walk stage. It was super hard to watch but there was nothing more I could do. We baby proofed our house and tried to tell him to take it easy and slow down, but he was a curious little guy:) he hit his head more times in the last 2-3 months since cruising than he had ever in his first 15 months of life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539664 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:41:44 +0000 banana 1539664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: I've been tempted to buy her a baby bicycle helmet a few times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539643 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:36:28 +0000 Applesandbananas 1539643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's pretty good at falling on his bottom but a few times a week, he takes a nasty spill and bonks his head on the hardwoods. I tried to make his room super baby proofed with the foam tiles, no sharp edges, etc. but he still winds up bonking his head a few times. We try to keep him in there most of the time but it's a small space. </p> <p>I'm looking at the living room, trying to figure out if I could cordon off part of it, but we have a really open floor plan. Hopefully this phase doesn't last much longer :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539600 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:25:26 +0000 banana 1539600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We babyproofed our house as best as we could (sharp edges, corners) and then let her just walk and fall. And whenever she falls on her booty or on her hands, we just make it like it's no big deal and praise her when she gets up without crying. After a while, they get better at bracing themselves when they fall. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539555 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:11:45 +0000 blackbird 1539555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just let her fall, honestly. We did a lot of practicing in the carpeted bedrooms at first, but she wears a cloth diaper and learned to fall like a champ on her squishy booty. She still falls a lot (esp if she gets excited, doesn't know she can't run quite yet...) but she falls, gets back up no big deal, and keeps going. Rarely does she look to me for my reaction b/c i made it kind of a NBD thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539538 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:06:08 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1539538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: We have hardwoods too. I literally cordoned off an area in our living room so she was stayed on the rug with foam tiles. She wasn't allowed on exposed hardwood until she was steadier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539531 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:04:01 +0000 Applesandbananas 1539531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I wish I could! Our entire house is hardwood, with the exception of the kitchen and bathrooms, which are tile. He has foam tiles in his room but he never manages to fall on the tiles, he always seems to bonk his head on the couple of inches of exposed hardwood. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539522 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:00:33 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1539522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We created a safe zone so there were few places for her to bump her head that would hurt. The clumsy phase didn't last too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539509 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:55:08 +0000 .twist. 1539509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been trying to guide his falls. Still letting him fall, but doing it safely. Sometimes he still bumps himself, but he does ok. Now he kinda knows he needs to sit on his bum to fall. It totally is nerve wracking though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539496 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:52:47 +0000 hilsy85 1539496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just tried to keep him away from sharp edges/hard concrete surfaces, and then just let him go. They have to learn, and they learn through falling sometimes. It's so tough though!! At 17.5 months my LO is FINALLY less clumsy--such a relief! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/learning-to-walk-amp-falling#post-1539488 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:50:46 +0000 Applesandbananas 1539488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is pulling up and cruising and climbing and all those precursors to walking. It's really exciting but so nerve-wracking. It seems like he takes a tumble at least a few times a week and it breaks my heart because I feel like I should be able to catch him but it happens so quickly. Or, even worse, in my attempts to catch him, I make the fall even worse. </p> <p>How did you deal with falling? I feel like an awful mom. Most of the time, it's not serious enough that he winds up with a goose egg, a quick nursing session and a few kisses and he's right back to what he was doing. </p>