https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:11:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1706100 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:05:16 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1706100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: your daughter will look like she gets a beating everyday, for the next couple of months or more:( It's so sad to watch, but I think it is truly normal because they are taking risks and testing their limits.<br /> My poor baby has a black bruise under his eye, red patches on both knees, and a stumped toe. It looks like I got really abusive with him;) Unfortunately, it is one of those things that is just unavoidable. I do hover sometimes (like when he runs on concrete), but it seems like it STILL happens. I just let him have fun and I make sure to bring bandaids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705917 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:07:45 +0000 Sapphiresun 1705917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and I just posted about this... should have cruised the feed first. Today she was playing with her piano toy, and decided to head bang along with it, right into the table and did the exact thing where her bottom teeth cut through her top gums where there aren't as many teeth. I cleaned up all the blood, rocked her until she fell asleep, and then ran here to ask if this craziness is normal.<br /> But reading all the responses here is making me feel a little bit better that I'm not just a terribly negligent parent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705902 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:52:40 +0000 hilsy85 1705902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: ha we did get lo a helmet! After he fell and bit his tongue hard enough to need stitches, dh was like, he has to wear a helmet at all times! He didn't of course :silly: </p> <p>But soon she will learn how to balance and she will hopefully have fewer bumps! It's a painful process unfortunately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705712 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:50:56 +0000 Pumuckl 1705712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: she'll learn really fast and in no time will have it figured out. And I know it sounds mean but I tried not to jump up and hover over LO once he fell and instead just say it's ok, try again and he quickly learnt to get up and try again without crying. (Of course not when he really hurt himself badly). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705659 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:30:25 +0000 Cherrybee 1705659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: Oh, E is inconsolable when she bumps herself and screams harder if you try to distract her straight away. I had to step away and let DH comfort her after the lip biting incident earlier because I was so upset myself and I didn't want her to realise. She got over it after a few minutes and then let DH distract her by throwing her in the air over and over. :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705650 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:27:34 +0000 delight 1705650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are at 10 months and are in the exact same boat. We have many head bumps every day, but no bleeds yet thankfully! I try not to make a big deal about it when she falls, but I usually can tell if she needs a "hug" or just a distraction away from the injury. I hope it is short loved too! But then soon they will be walking.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705642 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:24:55 +0000 Cherrybee 1705642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: I'll try.....! Although she's never put on the bed/sofa anymore because she is the queen of and hurtling towards the edge of the bed at high speed and diving off. DH almost didn't catch her the other day and she went head first over the side (he caught her by the legs with milliseconds to spare). She has ZERO sense of danger. She also doesn't realise she has to hold on when she pulls up - and starts clapping with delight (then falls over). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705585 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:59:32 +0000 rachiecakes 1705585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: it's short-lived! I remember J banging his noggin off of the side of the bed, his crib. I bought a video monitor just so I could make sure when he fell in the crib he wasn't knocking himself out or anything.<br /> This is also a GREAT time to teach her how to scoot off of the couch/bed. J learned really quickly how to go backwards and scoot off so that he was standing and never fell off the bed once. I forgot who told me to do this when he was that small, but it was great advice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705563 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:50:40 +0000 Alivoo01 1705563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 11 months and still continues to bump (insert body part, but mostly head/face) on everything. He's now into pulling open sliding drawers and bumping his head into it or around his eye where the drawer pull is. Sigh. I try not to freak out too much when he does fall to dampen his confidence since I'm sure my freaking out emotions will escalate his fear already. He's starting to walk with his walker now so I'm hoping all the excessive bumping stops soon... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705480 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:13:10 +0000 Cherrybee 1705480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: Hahaha! Yes, good point! I'm going to be completely grey by the time E is at school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705461 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:06:02 +0000 LuLu Mom 1705461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's short-lived and then you run into the "I'm the same height as every table known to man" stage and the bumps and bruises continue. Nothing you can really do except know that every parent has been through it too &amp; we all can relate :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-pulling-up-and-falling-on-the-face-stage-any-tips-care-to-commiserate#post-1705452 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:00:54 +0000 Cherrybee 1705452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gosh, it was only 4 weeks ago I was freaking out that my baby wasn't crawling!! She learned to crawl and just days later was pulling up..... and promptly falling down!! </p> <p>For the last week or so, she has gotten really good at pulling up but is terrible at remembering to hold on - so she has has so many accidents. In the last two days alone, she has headbutted her activity table twice (and has huge bruises to prove it), caught her chin, bitten through her lip falling down, given herself a nosebleed falling face first onto the bed frame (she pulled up on the side of the bed) and bumped her head so many times I can't count. Yet, she still keeps doing it. Everywhere. Against everything. You can't turn your back for even a few seconds - because she's up on her feet in the blink of an eye (and then falling down). </p> <p>How can I keep her safe without hovering too much and hampering her confidence. I wish I could put her in a helmet!!! Please tell me this stage is short lived? I LOVED it when she was crawling. I'm not ready for my baby to walk!!!!! </p>