I had a dream that I kept dropping my baby on his head!!??

Question

Any help with this one? He kept bouncing but his head got all puffy and swollen. My husband refused to take him to hospital and I got really upset and started yelling at him.

Answer 1

Hi!

My mother told me about her very similar dream many years ago involving myself when a baby. It had worried her quite a bit at the time she had it, but as I was a healthy young adult when she told me, she had long realised the dream had not been about something that would actually happen.

In the main, when we drop something it is accidental and not intended. Clearly from what you say, you are not someone who is going to intentionally harm their little one. But bringing a child up in this day and age, as in every day and age previously, has its pitfalls. My guess is that your dream may stem from some natural anxiety about the daunting task of being a parent. Perhaps the fact that in the dream your husband was not concerned is about your sense of having the bulk of the responsibility for child care and your yelling may be a subconscious expression of your need of more support from him.

You alone are the expert on your life and dreams, so don't take this or any answer too seriously unless it resonates with and makes some sense to you.

Good wishes.

Answer 2

In a dream a baby usually represents a new valuable idea, project/hobby, a new beginning/phase which was birthed into your life. Whatever it is, it is something which you present to the world, a thing uniquely yours, of which you can be proud.

If the baby flourishes and grows in following dreams, or you are feeding and nurturing the baby, this suggests you are feeding/nurtuing your ideal or project, taking care of its needs, and working on positive goals.

Dropping the baby suggests you are "letting the matter drop," and your dream is warning you to reconsider this step.

* When the infant is actually your own newborn child, this may have a double meaning for you, both symbolic (as described above) and in reality. It is hard to say what the 'reality' of the dream is without knowing more details about your concerns.

The head in dreams represents the mind, intellect, thinking, ideas, will, pride, ego, leadership, aggressiveness, the execution of ideas, being head of a group.

Drawing from my knowledge of dreams, I would guess you feel like your husband has put a certain responsiblity on you that you do not feel you can carry, therefore even though you are dropping it, you are holding him responsible. This responsibility you are carrrying can be your child and other things as well.

My advise: Make him share the load.

Answer 3

It's funny you should say this, yesterday I was on the bus and there was a guy walking down the moving bus holding a very young baby, not holding on to anything. I was so worried he'd drop the baby. Last night I dreamt I dropped my godson on a train (I'm going on a train today) and he was bleeding really badly. I woke up quite shaken up.

Anyways, dreams are just a basically created by a data bank of random thoughts that your brain hasn't fully processed in the day. The brain is like a massive filing system and these unfiled thoughts are in the inbox. At night you have to file them by using them on some level of consciousness (and think about it you have a type of conscious thought when you are dreaming, otherwise you wouldn't remember your dreams). Your brain has to put them in the most logical order it can. That's why dreams kinda make sense but don't (afterall your mind doesn't have all the pieces of the jigsaw to make a crystal clear story - it works with whats in the inbox). Chances are you had a fleeting thought during the day about you or soemone else dropping the baby. Maybe you weren't worried per se. Maybe you put him in his high chair and almost left without strapping him in or soemthing? That would make the brain say "he could fall out".

Sorry I've rambled a bit here but sleep and dreams are the area I'm most interested in.

Dom't worry anyways, I'm sure your baby will be fine

Answer 4

You don't say if this is your first child, but it sounds like it, and new mothers are afraid that they will do everything wrong, and mess up thier kids. I think you are playing out your fears about being a new mother, and I also think that you are feeling overwhelmed with this huge change in your life, and feel that your husband isn't doing enough to help out at home, and feel that he needs to take a more active role.... try to get a little time for yourself during the day if possible, don't worry that you will drop the baby, it's just fear on your part....

Answer 5

You are just a natural born worries mother - that's all there is to it really. Your brain is telling you to take extra, extra care with your baby.

Stop worrying - nothing bad will happen. It's just a mind/brain thing. A caution! Very similar to warning signs such as "Beware, slipperty floor" etc.

Your husband not helping you in the dream means you've got to sort this out for yourself. He's got enough to do bringing home the bacon.

Answer 6

It was just a dream, it doesn't mean anything. I'm always dreaming about strange things. Sometimes if my husband has been mean to me in my dream I might be a bit off with him when I get up but you can't help what you dream.

Maybe you are just a little bit stressed out with your new baby and all. Try and relax a little before going to sleep.

Answer 7

I hope he's a bouncing baby boy!!

It means you should lay off watching too much basketball before going to bed

Answer 8

Your afraid that you will unintentionally hurt the baby somehow and no one will believe it wasn't on purpose.You also aren't sure if your husband is a good father.

Answer 9

Peculiar dream isn't it. It's probably to do with something you want and your husband doesn't. This interpretation is from an amateur of course.

Joan

Answer 10

dreams are usually your mind being active and concentrating abuot fearsa and anxieties, its nothing to worry about, you are concerned taht you wont hurt your child