Passing out while crying...

[ElliottCarasDad]

Has anyone ever experienced this with their kids?

Last week DD was ballerina twirling in the living room in front of me and fell on her wrist. She got up and started crying and walking towards me. She has always been a powerful crier and sometimes the pauses in between can be long. Right before she got to me and during one of these pauses where she catches her breath, her eyes started to roll and she went limp and I caught her. She immediately started crying again and she was okay, but it sure did freak me out there for a second!

 

[Xero]

Oh my goodness! haha I have never seen my kids do it, but honestly I'm not too surprised that it could happen. Actually I'm surprised ODS has never done it! Sometimes that first stretch right after hurting himself or whatever where he isn't breathing or making any noise, just standing there with his face all red and his mouth hanging open, is just soooo looooong. And I just feel like 0.0 when is he going to breathe??? But yeah, I would have been scared too! I'm sure it was just because she wasn't breathing in soon enough.

 

[ElliottCarasDad]

Yeah, Ive read about it happening but dont want to experience it again. I was sure she broke her wrist or fingers or something the way she went on crying but she was totally okay. Just snuggled up and took a nap on dad.

 

[Incogneato]

Has anyone ever experienced this with their kids?

I pass out while he's crying all the time

But seriously, the long pause after they fall/hurt themselves seems pretty crazy to me as a new dad lol. Sometimes he will be taking in that first initial breath getting ready to scream for what seems like 7-8 seconds... so I suppose it's feasible that they just run out of oxygen or something and cause that temporary passing out.

I'm glad she's ok and I hope you don't have to experience it again.

 

[Father_0f_7]

Sometimes that first stretch right after hurting himself or whatever where he isn't breathing or making any noise, just standing there with his face all red and his mouth hanging open, is just soooo looooong. And I just feel like 0.0 when is he going to breathe???

Don't you hate that?! It used to freak me out when one of our kids would do that. I was thinking "how do you do that? Breathe child!!"

 

[mom2many]

Awe the one where you feel the need to blow in their face to make them breath.

Been there a few times but so far no fainters. I know its very coomon, scary, but common.

 

[Xero]

Don't you hate that?! It used to freak me out when one of our kids would do that. I was thinking "how do you do that? Breathe child!!"

Yes! Yes I do hate it! lol

 

[MomoJA]

That would scare the jeepers out of me. I can understand how it would happen. That fight or flight adrenalin rush sometimes makes me see white for a few seconds, but I would be sure that she had broken something.

I do remember those seemingly endless pauses, but I have to say by the time I had a child, I was able to recognize that she would pass out and start to breath naturally before she died, which I was always afraid would happen with my baby brother and sister.

What I have now is a 5 year old with asthma who will cry until she has a coughing attack. I've been impressed with myself so far that I haven't panicked.

 

[momtoallkids]

some kids just scream to a point that they arnt getting any air in and temporarily pass out. then the bodys natural instincts kick in and they start up again. its quite common. its usually nothing to be overly concerned about unless they dont come to within a min.

 

[BabyAngel]

My daughter went into faking things like that for a little while for attention at the daycare. We did all imaginable tests in hospital and all (the daycare employees were getting worried)... at some point we went, "OK, this has to be comportmental, let's just not give her the extra attention when she does it"... and it magically stopped within a couple days !

I know it's not what you experienced, but it reminded me of that !