Visited a booth at my farmer’s market where the mom working was wearing her baby in a sling on her back. This kid’s neck was as far back as it could go. We mentioned it to the mom, and she just said “yeah, her head’s been bobbing around all morning.”
I don’t know the baby’s age. And I don’t know much about babies. Based on the first time I saw her, she’s at least seven months old. I know that newborns’ necks need to be supported. And I know that having your neck in that position can cause a stroke in adults.
It made my mom so uncomfortable she had to walk away, but the people behind us talked to the woman and said nothing about it. Should this be reported to someone? Or is it totally normal and fine?
Maybe the baby’s just a bobble head.
Unless the baby looked malnourished or uncared for, I wouldn’t worry. Babies are far more resilient, bendy and adaptable than we give them credit for.
Also, unless there’s a developmental issue, a seven month old would easily be able to hold their head unassisted. Is it possible the baby was just trying to look at things?
Baby was sleeping. Thanks for responding. I fully recognize this as a subject I’m ignorant on, so I didn’t want to err by over or under -reacting.
I wouldn’t worry about it then. Sleeping babies are a lot floppier than you’d expect - it won’t be doing any harm :)
Infants can generally support their own neck at six months.
At that point, just based on your description, I personally think a child of that age would be able to either stop lolling their head or fuss if they were uncomfortable unless they were to a point of significant distress.
Seven months?
The baby was just fine.
By 3, they can support themselves enough for safety in that kind of setup.
Not that nothing bad can happen, it’s just not likely.
For real, even under 3 months, you’ll see some ability to move the head around as it gets closer to that mark.
Assuming you’re accurate about the baby being at least 7 months, those little buggers wobble around all the time they can. The whole world is vibrant and unfiltered for the most part, so it isn’t too unusual for one to get fixated in one direction either because there’s something interesting, or to take a break from looking around.
Definitely not anything to worry about.
First thing you should do is find a young priest, and an old priest.
21st century this has a second meaning lol
Elaborate? Your comment seems nonsensical?
It’s a joke reference to The Exorcist, which features a child whose head spins around due to demonic possession.
Reference to the movie The Exorcist, in it a kids neck twists 180 degrees while possessed by a demon.
I know the movie, I saw it a long long time ago. I just didn’t catch that reference, didn’t remember that being said in that scene. Creepy scene btw.
Thanks!
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I’ve never heard that one before. /s
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My first slept like this a lot. Lots of folks like you stopped and commented to tell me that it looked dangerous. Thanks for your concern but it’s just the way the baby cookie crumbles, sometimes.
What you need to do is take a sharp knife, remove the head, then stitch it back on in place more snuggly.
I have in fact done this with amigurumi dolls.
I remember a friend of mine becoming a mother and saying, “Yeah the doctor said never to let her head go back too far and a split second later my daughter suddenly decided to fucking wrench their neck as far back as it could go”
