Hello My baby boy is now 16 months old. He fell down hitting the back of his head twice this week. similar falls happened before many times from 7months of age when he started sitting up with out support. And sometimes he fell down intentionally when he gets anger also. we are very much concerned and tensed about these incidents. after fall he cries loudly for few minutes and then back to normal. Today also this happened. what should i do?

1 Answer

Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 6 m old boy4 years ago

A. normally the head of the child is very e elastic and usually internal injury is not common and if you see that within 48 hours the child is not having any complaints that the chances of internal injury is very less

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