https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:24:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656795 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:10:50 +0000 Charm54 2656795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I have an ortho physio in my family and she has scared me off of trampolines for life. I've also seen some pretty nasty accidents from my friends' kids. I guess even more of a risk than falling off is when several children are on the trampoline at once and collide into each other.</p> <p>ETA: I'm okay with the mini indoor Little Tikes trampoline...it's the big outdoor ones that really scare men </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656794 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 19:07:53 +0000 jmarionsmith 2656794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I'm sure they're just an injury waiting to happen, but so is just about everything else my kids play with. </p> <p>We have one, with a net. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656792 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:58:18 +0000 birdofafeather 2656792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>well after DD1 went to a friend's house last night and they all somehow got an injury, i am gonna go with no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656786 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:53:07 +0000 shellio 2656786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did not read all above answers but I work in pediatrics and take care of a LOT of kids with injuries (in particular arm fractures) from trampolines. So in our house there will never be a trampoline. To be fair, kids find many many ways to injure themselves. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656698 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:05:50 +0000 MrsBrewer 2656698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope nope nope definitely never for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656689 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:42:25 +0000 lawbee11 2656689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our homeowners insurance won't cover us if we have a trampoline, so no trampoline for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656687 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:34:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 2656687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a little tikes one inside that I feel is plenty safe (at least as the stairs). For a big outside one, no, makes me too nervous. But I let her play on one at her friends house. </p> <p>As a teenager I really really wanted one, so my mom made me ask our pediatrician about it. He said absolutely not, he would not recommend it, no way. So yeah I never had one either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656685 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:33:17 +0000 bushelandapeck 2656685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a small, one person sized trampoline in the house and I feel like it's perfectly safe, with supervision. I would not get anything larger than that one though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656682 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:20:19 +0000 mamabolt 2656682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had one growing up, but as a parent I really don't want one ever. MIL almost bought one for Christmas this year, thank goodness she mentioned it to DH first because he shut her down quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656581 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:19:52 +0000 catgirl 2656581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (2) is getting the little tykes mini trampoline this year for her birthday. It will only be out when we can supervise her. I'm a little nervous even with the mini one but we are trying it.</p> <p>I will never have a full size trampoline on my property - not worth it from an insurance perspective and my father, an attorney, would have a heart attack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656577 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:14:29 +0000 mediagirl 2656577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Injury trap. Won't ever get one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656572 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:08:37 +0000 periwinklebee 2656572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have so many wonderful memories from the trampoline we had as a kid - we LOVED it and no one ever got so much as a scrape or a bruise, despite the absence of a net or any kind of safety feature. At the same time, the small risk of something terrible happening kind of freaks me out now that I'm an adult. So IDK, tough call... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656568 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:05:34 +0000 smocks 2656568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH works in the ER, we will never be getting a trampoline... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656547 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:49:16 +0000 catomd00 2656547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a former gymnast and love them, but I will not let my kids get one! The little ones are probably okay, but I'm not even going to introduce the concept! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656533 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:45:34 +0000 MrsRoo 2656533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm torn on this, but slightly leaning towards getting one next year. Dd1 wants one, and I have some great memories of the one I had growing up, and of running out to it barefoot through the frost on the Christmas morning that we got it. I am really concerned about the safety issues though, but I've seen online where people sink them into the yard. So I'd like to do a little more research on that before we decide one way or another. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656464 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:27:03 +0000 ustechie 2656464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not for us. I attended a lecture by an ortho surgeon who told us some pretty scary stories. Not worth the risk to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656460 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:23:33 +0000 LuLu Mom 2656460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got DD who is 4 one for Christmas, it's a big one, has a net/all the safety features, ect. As long as we are out there with her I have no fear. I grew up with one and some of my favorite memories are us on that trampoline. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656453 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:07:18 +0000 ShootingStar 2656453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm scared of trampolines. Someone I grew up with had an accident on one at 17 years old and had a near fatal accident. He survived the accident but became a paraplegic. He was jumping with his brother and they fell off with the brother landing on him. </p> <p>If you must have a trampoline, make sure you have a net and only let one kid jump at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656425 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:32:28 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2656425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From an insurance standpoint some home carriers will not extend you coverage at all or they may still offer you liability insurance, but it will exclude the trampoline exposure. I don't know the data behind the risk, but to me it sounds risky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trampolines-safe-or-injury-trap#post-2656405 Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:14:42 +0000 Aimed121 2656405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been thinking about get our almost 4 year old a trampoline for Christmas - a pretty small one with a net and all the safety features. But when I mentioned this to FIL and some other people, they freaked out about how dangerous they are. I know that the AAP came out against trampolines lately but I am wondering if it the warnings are a little overboard for a child's small trampoline. What do you all think about trampolines and their safety? </p>