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My grandson is just 2 months old. I was just holding him and I was handing my daughter her digital camera and it slipped out of our hands and landed on the front center of his head, resulting in a goose egg. What should we do?

-- Contributed by: Mary

Darlene, This should go down on its own, but if her parents are concerned, they can always discuss this with the pediatrician at their child's checkup.-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

my grandaughter was born with the use of the vac... extractor and now has a very large bump on her head for about 4 weeks. Will this go down on its own or do I need to be concerened

-- Contributed by: darlene

Larry, An infant's neck muscles have to develop just like her leg muscles do. Letting her head flop around could cause those muscles to be injured, so it's just not a smart thing to do. Sounds like this guy is very hard-headed, though, and I wonder if he would even listen to a pediatrician! Let's just pray that his baby turns out fine! I'm glad your son is ok! We live about 30 miles away from the ones that hit in Alabama. Thank you for your kind thoughts!-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie1506

Hello, My wife and I have raised two wonderful sons, age 30 and 23. A friend of ours have two beautiful baby girls, age 2 and 1 week old. The father is a typical "macho" man who thinks his newborn infant should let her little head flop around as he is holding it. He did the same thing with his first baby 2 years ago. Now he is doing it agin with his newborn. I have mentioned it to him that babys cannot hold up their head and that he needs to support it. He just says in his macho way that "Na, the kid will be fine." He resents any suggestion that he could possibly do any harm to the baby. Since his first 2 year old daughter has survived his poor parenting skills so far, how can I prove to him he is actually setting his newborn up for a possible head or neck injury, by being "tough" in the way he handles his baby? Any "wake up" suggestions you have will be appreciated. Thanks. I hope you were not affected by the tornados of late. Our oldest son lives in Memphis, TN, and he is okay.

-- Contributed by: Larry Plummer
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