LO started crawling about a week ago, and is now crawling like a speed demon, pulling up on everything (including people/other babies that cross his path) and has also started trying to cruise. Since he started doing this, he has fallen, no joke, at least 3-4 times a day. Sometimes he just falls on his butt, but he often bumps the back of his head, side of his head, or front of his head on something as he falls.

This is normal right??? He's not going to cause permanent damage to himself from constantly bumping his noggin? None of the falls are from great distances (only from standing or sitting), but his head makes an awful sound when it hits the hardwood/coffee table/crib slats/etc...we have babyproofed as much as is possible, but many of these falls have happened when I am literally inches away from him (ex. he fell backward and somehow slipped between my legs from where I was standing behind him and he hit his head). He usually cries for a minute or two, and then seems fine, but I feel AWFUL. And I feel like he is mad at me for letting him fall...

Did your LO go through a super clumsy phase? I feel like I've lost years off my life in the past week!!