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canuckguy · 02-11-2005, 01:38 PM

my little girl for the past month or so has started to pull herself up on every piece of furniture that she can get her sticky mitts on. the coffee table, shelfs...etc. this is awesome that she is learning to stand on her own and can walk with assistance when holding my hands. The real problem is that she is very unstable when standing, so when she pulls herself up you have to make sure you are there to brace her if she falls straight back like a tree falling.
I am worried about when she uses the kitchen cupboards to pull herself up and its on the hard floor and her smashing her still developing mellon on the floor.
Anyway that i can minimize the blow to the head when she falls? anyone have any tips they used? we watch her all the time, but sometimes she can get up so quickly before you can get to her, sometimes she can stand for 20 minutes while she plays, other times its 10 seconds. am i just a worrier or anyone have any similar experiences. she just seems so young to take that type of fall to the head.

02-11-2005, 01:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
canuckguy I read your emails. Location: earth	10 month old is starting to walk, how to help with the falls my little girl for the past month or so has started to pull herself up on every piece of furniture that she can get her sticky mitts on. the coffee table, shelfs...etc. this is awesome that she is learning to stand on her own and can walk with assistance when holding my hands. The real problem is that she is very unstable when standing, so when she pulls herself up you have to make sure you are there to brace her if she falls straight back like a tree falling. I am worried about when she uses the kitchen cupboards to pull herself up and its on the hard floor and her smashing her still developing mellon on the floor. Anyway that i can minimize the blow to the head when she falls? anyone have any tips they used? we watch her all the time, but sometimes she can get up so quickly before you can get to her, sometimes she can stand for 20 minutes while she plays, other times its 10 seconds. am i just a worrier or anyone have any similar experiences. she just seems so young to take that type of fall to the head.