Cuddlebugs

No, but seriously, can it really do that much harm to bash a babies melon now and then? Surely its a right of passage to end up in ER for each and every one of our offspring aint it? DONT SHOOT me.......... I dont have any bubs yet and before I left OZ for the US, I didnt want any but I would like it one day and my friends say I dont know what I am in for........... Is it really that essential to protect their heads when learning to walk? I was taught to let them fall and find their on way!

Now I am all for accident prevention measures, specially if it is for infants and I love funny video clips but this is beyond belief!!!! www.thudguard.com and check out the you tube vid at the bottom of the home page!

Now what would be a good idea is if the thudguard and the thumguard partnered up and sold together - throw in a bubble wrap suit and you have a remake of the elephant man waiting to happen!

Talked with a patients mum today about the thumbguard and she surprised me by becoming very excited that there was such a product and quickly asked me for more information. Apparently she had been trying to get her 7 year old to stop sucking her thumb for years and would have paid any amount to have this sorted out! Well who knew? I guess you really have to be there at the time!

Sorry Danissa - my mistake. But according to the Thudguard website, over 500,000 head injuries occur in the UK every year so the accident and emergency sure see a lot of these wee lads and lassies! But then it is them who endorse it!

Well actually Mike, if you check the website (inventor page www.thudguard.com) - you will see that she comes from SCOTLAND!!!!!!!!! There must be a few wee laddies and lassies toddling around Scotland wearing them before the US would start selling them!

On my last thread, a nurse predicted that the Thudguard baby bump hat (selling in the UK), would soon be picked up in the US - and surprise, surprise! Looks like someone is selling them on eBay in the US now! Well that didn't take long - very clever nurse! http://search.ebay.co.uk/thudguard_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40

Hi all, After my last thread I accidently typed in the wrong word when showing a family the website for Thudguard (as their little 8 month old girl came in with a split forehead), I typed in the wrong "Thumguard" instead of "Thudguard". This brought up a totally different product but I would like to rate them against each other and see if your opinion comes out the same as my work mates. 0 - 10 with 10 being very useful product and 0 being absolutly stupid! www.thudguard.com - V - www.thumbguard.co.uk

Yep - my oldest does things now that makes me cringe! But I have wondered if many bumps and thuds to a toddlers head may cause issues later in life such as learninging difficulties or become slow when it comes to, "What is right and what is wrong". I posted another thread on this; basically, death row people were disected and they found that they had all suffered frontal head lobe trauma at some stage in their life and they are linking this to the inability to understand moral dilemas. Its just something I read but it does make you wonder!

seriously though, i think the star band has a more useful purpose than simple thuds to the head when learning to walk, or is there something i am missing here? also, where do you come up with a name like www.thudguard.com when you are thinking of what to call your website - apt or what?

Hi there, Spinning off from an earlier thread - I mentioned that in the course of my daily work, a mum of a 1 year old patient being over protective (I thought), by making him wear a protective bump hat (see www.thudguard.com) - well the thread had mixed responses as you can imagine! Thing is; as a parent myself, we dont ever get educated on the 24 hrs symptoms to look for in a baby head injury, i.e., vomiting, drowsiness, dont need to tell you obviously, but when do the general public, if at all, ever get to know this valuable information? Usually only when they show up at ER with a split head! The reason I ask is; someone posted the above website link and I noticed, after me mocking the product, that they offer free advice on head inury of babies and what to look for. You just dont see this in the doctors surgery or drug store like the advice on Vaccinations etc..... and when do you really know, as a care provider, when it is really serious and will constant bumps and bruises of a child cause long term affect, such as learning difficulties or much later on in life, moral dilemas? I read once that, murderers who had their brian examined, showed that at one time or another they had suffered from front lobe damage - and thus their capacity for right or wrong was questioned! Boxers for instance - I know they suffer big blows but repeated small thuds...... see where I am going with this! Do you know what I mean?

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I just love your answeres! I knew this would be the board for me..... :cheers:

Hi there, I am in my first year and was looking after a toddler the other day when his mum reached for her bag and took out a foam hat. She put it on the 1 year old and turned to me and asked, "do you like his Thudguard safety hat? It's to stop the bumps and bruising on his forehed because he keeps falling over." I didn't know what to say, I guess its a good idea but what would you have said? Is it a tad over protective? thanks Cuddlebugs 1st year and counting..........