Baby bumper headguard cap

{{short description|Protective hat worn by children learning to walk}}

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File:Rembrandt Sheet of Studies, with a Woman Teaching a Child to Walk.jpg of a woman teaching a child to walk with leading strings and a falling cap, or valhoed, 1646]]

A baby bumper headguard cap, also known as a falling cap, or pudding hat, is a protective hat worn by children learning to walk, to protect their heads in case of falls.{{cite web |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156170 |title=Cap |website=The Met |access-date=28 May 2016}}

Known as a pudding or black pudding, a version used during the early 17th century until the late 18th century was usually open at the top and featured a sausage-shaped bumper roll that circled the head like a crown. It was fastened with straps under the chin.

File:Pieter de Hooch - Teaching a Child to Walk.jpg|Teaching a Child to Walk, by Pieter de Hooch

File:Christian Hendrik Jacob Pielat van Bulderen.JPG|Portrait of Christian Hendrik Jacob Pielat van Bulderen in falling cap, by Pierre Frédéric de la Croix

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Portret van een baboe naast een kind op een hobbelpaard TMnr 60029813.jpg|Child in a falling cap in Indonesia, 1920-1940

The modern-day version can be many colors and may cover the entire head like a helmet.