7 month old wild child

My son who is 7 months old is crawling and standing. He crawls really fast and then will just stand out of nowhere and sometimes falls backwards or throws himself forward. He also is trying to pull up on things and then will loose his balance and take a tumble. We have rugs but our whole house is hardwood. At this point I can’t even trust him to sit without me being behind him because he goes into a standing position. I feel like I have to have a hand on him at all times. How do you guys keep your babies from getting hurt?

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My boy did this too! He was walking by eight months. I got him one of those backpacks that has a pillow for his head. You can find them on Amazon. Otherwise, I let him explore freely. When he got hurt he knew he could come to me for comfort, and I always made sure he wasn’t around sharp edges. We had to get rid of some furniture for sure. But he learned early to catch himself and now he’s very agile! Everyone is amazed, but I think it’s because I let him fall (within reason).

You let them fall because that is the only way they learn. You already have rugs. We had the alphabet playmats which I don't recommend as they are a pain to keep putting back together every wake window. I ended up crazy glueing the letters into the mats one day because I was so fed up

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