WERE ON AMTRAK, MY 18 MONTH OLD AND I, SITTING THERE HIM ON MY LAP, LOOKING OUT WINDOW WHEN HE SPIT OUT HIS BINKY WHICH HIT THE FLOOR RT BENEETH MY SEAT. NEEDLESS TO SAY HE JUST HAS TO HAVE IT NOW, SO I PUT DWN IN THE SEAT NEXT ME (AISLE SEAT) AND REACH DWN TO GET THE BINKY WHEN JUST AS QUICK AS MY HAND REACHED IT I HEAR A THUMP. LOOK OVER AND YES MY PRECIOUS AND VERY ACCIDENT PRONE SON IS ON HIS BACK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AISLE. SCARED AND ASHAMED AND RED FACED, PANICKED I PICK HIM UP AND HEAR ALL THE GASPS AND OOHHS AND HEAD NODS ALL AROUND. SEEING HE IS OK IMMEDIATLY CALMS FEARS SO I GET A KINDA DEMENTED SENSE OF HUMOR IN THESE SITUATIONS, I TURN AND ASK IF SAW HIM HIT HIS HEAD OR NOT SO IF NEEDED I CAN KEEP HIM AWAKE ( HEAD INJURY AND SLEEPING NOT GOOD FOR AT LEAST HOUR) ANYHOW THE WOMEN IN NEXT AISLE (A GRANDMA OBVIOUSLY) SMILED AND TELLS ME TO MY AMAZEMENT THAT IT WASNT AS BAD AS IT LOOKED. SEEING AS MANY FALLS AS SHE HAS SHE DIDNT THINK IT WAS THE WORST THING EVER DONE BY A PARENT. BUT I SURE FELT THAT WAY. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SHARE

GLAD TO HEAR HE IS FINE, I WOULD FLIP TO. TRISTEN HE THINKS REARING BACK AND FULL THROTTLE HEAD BUTT TO MOMS HEAD IS FUNNY, EVEN IF I CRY,( WHICH I HAVE) BOYS ARE DEFIANTLY WIRED DIFFERENTLY ARENT THEY.

I HEAR YA, MINE JUST LAUGHS IF I SWAT HIM, HE IGNORES ME IF I YELL, YOUR TECHNIQUE IS THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THEM TO THINK(MY HUSBAND DID THE SAME THING)

Girl, please. My kid's (6) bumps and thumps has created the "geography" of their heads. (LMAO).  Babies are more durable than you think.  Have you seen the way the nurses flip them and flop them all around.  I saw a nurse hosing a baby down so good in a nursery one day, it reminded me of one of those seens when the police hose down rioters. We have to remind ourselves not to turn or backs and if we think they can fall they probably will I used to get scared if one of my kids took a fall, but from my experience and many trips to the E.R. I learned a few rules of thumb.............When to start worrying

-If your child falls from something that is more than 3 ft. from the floor.

-What area did he/she hit

-If they can't remain concious when you are trying to keep them awake (EVEN A MINOR BUMP WILL MAKE A CHILD SLEEPY, THATS OK.  WORRY IF THEY BECOME UNWAKABLE).

-If they can't seem to focus or look "silly/goofy".

-If they puke, projectile vomiting is a telltale sign of a head injury for kids.

Its always good to keep them awake for an hour, just use that as bonding time to play with them and monitor their behavior.