"Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after."

Jack's tumble is very familiar to any parent of a curious, active toddler. Newly learned motor skills, fast action and quick-changing thoughts make daily tumbles and falls second nature for most toddlers. In most situations, your toddler jumps up and runs on his way; however, sometimes he does bump his crown and nursery rhymes are certainly not on your mind.

Injuries to the head are common in childhood and in most situations need nothing more than a reassuring hug and a kiss, but sometimes even minor head bangs can cause damage that may not be seen until years later.

Kelly Belanger, mother of two from Killingly, Conn., remembers very vividly the fall her son had when he was 22 months of age. "He was in his walker and I went upstairs to get something while his father was watching him," she says. "My husband went to get something from the basement and thought he latched the door behind him. My son saw his dad go downstairs and opened the door and went down the cement stairs in his walker."

Belanger's son fell out of the walker and hit his head on the cement landing. He sustained an injury in the front of his head. "His eyes were doing the loopy loops and I was trying to keep him awake while my husband called 911," Belanger says. "What scared me the most was that he kept going in and out of consciousness."

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