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[Vmp]

Saturday afternoon my 5 month old daughter feel out of her hairchair while my husband was taking her out. It is about 2.5 feet from the ground and we have hard tile on our floor.

She cried for ten minutes and I calmed her down. She ate her dinner after she was calm and took a 20 min nap ( her normal nap)
I called the triage nurse and explained everything and she said to keep an eye out for her pupils, not eating, vomiting and tiredness.

At night my daughter played and ate 7 oz before bed. I stirred her every two hours to make sure she was breathing.
She woke up at 440 am and at her bottle at 5. She has been playing smiling and eating normal.

what worries me is there is no  Black and blue and only a slight bump.

I am so afraid of a brain bleed.

Nurse said she should be fine if she show no symptoms. I called the nurse Sunday as well and she said the saem things. Monday i called to make appointment with my doctors for today.

I am a worried wreck and feel like the world worst parent.

I took her to see the pediatric doctor today , who said she looks and seems fine. Good tone, softspot felt good pupil good and ears good. He said that if she starts showing any symptoms to take her to urgent care.


how long would it take for symptoms to show internal brain bleeding?

but i am still worried,
Any suggestions or advice

[Vmp]

Thank you doctor! I am naturally a worried person so her falling didn't help much . She seems fine - even rolled back to tummy this morning- I just always fear the worst- I had a night mare last night she had a brain bleed

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi VMP! Please do not worry so much. The pupil reaction and other examinations have been normal. If your daughter is playing, eating and generally fine, then there is not much need to worry. However, small children can develop symptoms of mild bleed even months later. So just keep a watch out for symptoms like excess crying, head banging, sleeping extra—as in throughout the day, not eating for 2-3 days-lethargic etc.
In all probability she is fine—infants and toddlers are actually quite resilient and strong. Also a MRI so early in a slow developing bleed may not show anything. So, just keep a watch out (which as a mother you anyways do—nothing extra) and stop worrying! Take care!

[Vmp]

It's been a week now- do you think she is okay and no serious underlying issues are present

[Vmp]

I took my daughter the ped yesterday. Felt her skull and soft spot and said it felt good- that her pupils were good and ears were clear.

It has been 4 days now- how long would it take to show internal bleeding

[Vmp]

Thank you for your post and comforting words

[DoulaDoll]

I would say by this time she is out of the woods, it sounds like she was lucky and is just fine.