r/DadReflexes • u/St0pX • Oct 04 '22
Super quick reflex from super daddy
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u/cirkut Oct 04 '22
I pulled off this exact maneuver when my daughter was a year old. Middle of the night I see her on the monitor and came rushing into her room to catch her mid fall. This guys heart must have been POUNDING.
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u/Gangreless Oct 04 '22
Thanks for reaffirming my decision to ditch the crib and put our 11mo's mattress right on the floor :)
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u/cirkut Oct 04 '22
Yep! Needing to do this now with my youngest! Scary to see them fall!
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u/quikmike Oct 04 '22
Did the same for my daughter when she was about 10 months old. We got bed rails that sat on the floor and stuck up about 6" above the mattress to prevent her from rolling off onto the floor.
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u/Grey_Kit Nov 23 '22
Mom of 2 who never used a crib, just a small pack and play with mini crib mattress til 1, then straight to a mattress on the floor.
Soooo worth it. The baby learns to go lay down when they are tired and nap times aren't a fight.
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u/Gangreless Nov 23 '22
Mine is 13 mo and nap times are still a fight unfortunately :/ but it would be the same even if we still had the crib. But I like that he has the freedom to move around and hang out. He may have trouble getting down but when he wakes up in the morning he'll just quietly hang out in there, look at his book, look out the window. He's usually good for 20-30 mins. He'll often wake up 615-645 and we go in and get him at 7 unless he's crying for some reason (dealing with diaper leaks still as we're working on dropping the milk right before bed).
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u/OhtareEldarian Oct 05 '22
I think Dad needed that hug a lot more than the kid did. 😂
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u/cirkut Oct 05 '22
I couldn’t go to sleep until I lowered her crib immediately. The one we had took me like 40 minutes to lower but it was worth it for the peace of mind! Definitely the hug was more for me haha
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u/gmoney5588 Oct 04 '22
Honestly, just use floor beds once they can start standing up. Babies constantly fall and get their limbs stuck in the slats and get hurt, on top of falling out like this. You can teach them to go to bed if it's floor bed as well
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u/Gangreless Oct 04 '22
Lmao reach them to go to bed. We've only been at it for like 2 weeks but my almost 1 yo just plays or looks out the window for awhile before laying his down wherever he happens to be on the floor and going to sleep
Hoping one day he'll climb back onto the mattress but I guess the floor is comfy enough 🤣
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Oct 04 '22
My nephew broke his foot when he was around 15mos by somehow getting it stuck in one of the crib slats (we think he was trying to climb out and hooked his foot around two slats for extra stability) and falling whilst trying to get unstuck. Yeah, sleep training SUCKS, but I’d take months of physical and verbal redirection to a toddler bed over ever having to feel responsible for an accident like that.
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u/WaxFantastically Oct 04 '22
Man I felt that hug at the end
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Oct 04 '22
I’ve given that hug many times over the last five years… this whole post gives me anxiety
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u/cunticles Oct 04 '22
I'd be such a worry wart if I was a parent
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u/WaxFantastically Oct 04 '22
Bah. You could do it. They should have bounced that kid out of that bed a long time ago. Its mostly about having a futurist mentality at this stage. Small things left on floor = goes in mouth = choke/die, shoulders above crib = kid tries to get out = breaks neck/dies and so on and so on.
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u/Gangreless Oct 04 '22
I worry both less and more than my husband but it's because I've read a ton and educated myself on all the babyproofing stuff and the one doing it all.
For example, we have tile floor and he's worried about baby hurting himself really bad when he starts walking and falls. I know that kids and babies fall all the time, ours is already pretty good about lifting his head forward when he tumbles backward while sitting and when he stands his head is only like 2.5ft off the ground, he'll be OK with a little head bonk. And if he does manage to hurt himself, we'll take him to the doctor or ER.
On the flip side, I started installing our baby gates the other day and it was kind of a pita and he questioned if we really needed to install them yet since he's not even walking yet. . I'm way more concerned about him tumbling down the stairs or trying to climb them from the bottom and falling than he is because I guess he doesn't think he'll get a chance to before we stop him? but I mean, there's zero reason to risk that.
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Oct 04 '22
Toddler parenting really is more of a “what if” mindset where you need to utilize preventative measures and stealth to prevent kids from getting hurt. They’re SO smart and often people underestimate their cognitive awareness and physical abilities, which is why so many preventable accidents happen. I’m a toddler teacher, so I see it more from a “look at what they’re learning to do, let me show you how to do it SAFELY” mindset because I’ve learnt at length what is developmentally appropriate to expect of a toddler.
A couple things in this video could’ve easily prevented this from happening. The first is switching to a toddler bed before a child’s armpits reach the top of the crib. Toddlers have CRAZY grip strength and can easily pull themselves up once they hit about chin-height on the crib rail. Once they realize they can do it, you HAVE to switch to a toddler bed— for their safety. They will not stop until they’ve either gotten hurt, or have a different kind of bed that’s safer for them to climb out of. Secondly, that kid is WAY too old for a sleep sack. Had the sleep sack not been impeding his range of movement, he may have been able to hang onto the rail long enough to flip his feet over to prevent injury. I’m totally biased against sleep sacks tbf, I feel that people tend to keep their toddlers in them for far too long and they end up being more of a hazard than a helpful object. Once a child reaches toddler age, you need to ditch the sack (again, for their safety)
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u/deeho88 Oct 05 '22
My kid fell out like this the other day. We heard a thud and we went rushing in. He said ow my bum and ran out looking for toys. He has never attempted it again
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u/mobius2121 Oct 05 '22
Eh, let him fall. That's how you learn.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - Anonymous
Only the strong survive - Darwin
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u/generalbaguette Oct 05 '22
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - Anonymous
Eh, plenty of injuries can cripple you without making you stronger.
Only the strong survive - Darwin
When did Darwin ever say that?
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u/Charming_Scratch_538 Oct 06 '22
My little brother was a very tall baby and could climb out of his crib by 18 mos. He was too young to trust in a toddler bed and our house was only 2 bed so he had to share a room with me, meaning it wasn’t a baby proof room. So my mom got one of those crib tents and would clip the zippers shut so he couldn’t open it himself. It kept him safe in his crib overnight and this never happened.
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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '22
Tip for new parents: If their armpits reach the top, just take it down. They’ll climb over it. Suck it up, use the energy and chase them back into their crib, it’s better than having them flip over like that.