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 Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:09 pm
Ok, my son who is 6 months old is pulling up and trying to walk. He doesnt have any balance at all and keeps falling. Are there any... helmets or something I can get to put on his head?
He can get around pretty good. We have a walker that he likes to pull up on and push around, but we also have hard wood and very hard tile floors as well as a brick fire place mantle. I was a lot like him and was walking at 6 months also and I have tons of scars from falling down and stuff and even though he is a big tough boy, I would prefer it if he didnt have scars all over his face or ... brain damage from bonking his noggen. Any tips?
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:56 pm
With Holden, we only let him walk in safe rooms, we also have a fireplace that he is always trying to get into! Anyways, what we do is only let him be out and about in areas of the house that he can't hurt himself in, otherwise he's in his playpin or walker. So far he's been pretty good about not getting hurt. Hes just now at the stage where he can stand on his own and walk by holding on to things. If your son gets too fussy not being able to get around as much as he's like you could try getting some foam insulator to put around the edges of the fireplace and coffee table, it wont look pretty but it will keep him from getting hurt on sharp edges.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:33 pm
Kids have been (at least somewhat) safely learning to walk since the beginning of the human race. I don't think that you need to go so far as putting a helmet on your little one in order to keep them from getting hurt. Just use common sense and try to keep them out of areas where they might get hurt.
Nothing is a decent substitute for supervision, though. 3nodding
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 9:01 am
OOh. Children and walking.
I'm scared when there's a child, and some sort of... unsafe-ish area around. I have bad experience with that.
I mean, I try and be as careful as I can, but sometimes things just go wrong.
There was this one time where I was helping my little cousin Grace walk around, and she had on these cheap-a** slippery socks, and she was a good distance away from the stairs, but I let her walk herself for a second (make sure if you have hardwood floors, the child either has bare feet, or GOOD socks), and she fell down these stairs, and made a complete roll down about 10 or so steps.
It was awful. I think my heart stopped.
She was fine, thank heavens. I don't know what I would have done if...
Just... yeah.
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 4:17 pm
*shriek* At what month do they start walking?
Nikki's five moths old.
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Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:54 pm
mscarmody *shriek* At what month do they start walking? Nikki's five moths old.
Normally at 9-12 months.
I was 6 months and my sister was 18 months when we started walking though, so as you can see, it just depends on the baby.
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:48 am
I have two kids that are up and walking now... one is two, (and god at the near head injuries he got... he's very clumsy... like most children when they first learn forward motion. Watch them carefully when they first start to walk, and remember to keep them out of the kitchen when you're cooking or some other thing that he/ she could be scalded, cut, mortally wounded, etc., once they start walking about more quickly. A baby gate is a good investment, my daughter and son have a simple play area that includes a rather long hallway and their bedroom.
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