Moving baby...

bylromarha

My 5 month old son has just discovered he can move himself around in his cot. However, he keeps bashing his head on the side of the cot as he does this, thus waking himself up (+ me too!) at stupid o’clock.

As he only seems to be able to manoeuvre one way, once his head stops him from going any further in that direction he bashes it repeatedly to try to keep going (quite a picture, isn’t it?!) . Obviously this wakes him up…the twit! ::)

He uses a sleeping bag, so he doesn’t get cold, but would be great if any of you have any tips to keep him anchored in one place all night. Apart from strapping him down, I don’t have any practical suggestions. Do any of you?

Jay-Jay_4

This made me laugh and brought back memories too  ;D  ;D

My daughter's a wriggle bum and would get herself wedged with her legs through the bars  ::)  

I put a cot bumper in which stopped her banging her head but she would wriggle down so that she could get her legs out  ::)    >:(

I had a word with my health visitor about it and she said that the only thing you can do is to let baby realise that what they're doing doesn't work and then they'll learn not to do it.


I was lucky enough to have a camera-baby monitor, so instead of rushing in to help her... I watched what she did. I soon realised that she could free herself and as she realised that leg-wedging wasn't a good idea, she stopped doing it.



Edited to say: course this isn't as easy if you're sharing a room with your baby :-/ I had to ship my daughter out to her own room at 5 months because my o/h works shifts and was always waking her up.

rushnowt

lmao, gosh i remember this all to well, had the same problem with a couple of mine, legs getting stuck between the bars was a nightmare.

i dont like the bumper pads cos of the dangers with them, but i have to admit, my health visitor also agreed that ya just have to let em learn, i tried putting them down at the other end of the cot in the middle, ??? but nothing worked, fortunately they stopped fairly soon,

until they learned the could climb out or worse still paint the whole thing with !!!!!! :-X :-X thank godness they grow up lol ;D ;D

good luck tho :-*

nicole_3

I used to have this trouble with my baby a couple of years ago, and soon realised that all I could do is put a cot bumper along the bars to soften the blow when she banged her head

Oh and I was forever going into her room and putting her the right way, but realised it was a waste of time after a while and just let her get on with it ;D

Little angels aye :-*

Savvy_Sue

Oh sweet memories of a baby who once he could stand up would NOT lie down in cot but would pull himself to standing position and HOWL. And cry himself to sleep ... standing up ... and fall over ... and bang his head ... and wake himself up ... and pull himself to standing and HOWL!

How we survived I don't know.

If the problem doesn't resolve itself quickly, I'd recommend trying a large travel cot - maybe you could borrow one? Because there's a bit of 'give' in the sides your son may be able to 'keep going' round in circles all night. ;D That's what I had for my youngest, and he never learnt to climb out!

mini

Oh the memories!

I put youngest to sleep ayt other end of the cot to confuse her, feet still at the bottom , I also tried putting rolled up sheets under the mattress to make it a bit slanted to try & keep her in one place, sorry I can't rmeber if it worked ??? The years of sleep deprivation have taken their toll

Mumstheword

Could baby be getting a bit warm? And maybe wanting to kick off some covers, but being in a sleeping bag can;t get them off so tries to wriggle away from the cover instead?

Just a thought...mine always ended up kicking off covers!

Yoga_Girl

This brought back some memories for me too!

My son would wriggle about til he got his head wedged in the corner of the cot then of course wake crying when he realised he was stuck, all I did was place him gently back where I'd left him and sneak out of the room again. If its any consolation it is just a phase and as they get more control over their bodies they're able to get out of these tricky situations themselves!

My son also was in a sleeping bag so I knew he wasn't getting cold, but I think whatever they sleep in they have a wriggling phase!

My daughter used to get her arm stuck through the bars of the cot, luckily she only did that a few times then realised quickley it wasn't the most comfortable place to shove your arm!

Davesmum_2

Hi, My son is also five months and has also just started this too!!
I don't use a cot bumper as i am not too keen on them, it seems to be calming down a bit and he seems to know after a few times, not to do it. I suppose its all just part of the growing up process. I also have sleeping bags but he will not settle in one and doesnt seem to like them, luckily we have a very warm house and kicking his covers off doesnt seem to bother him.

Glad

as long as the house stays fairly warm overnight it may be a good idea to try him without the sleeping bag for a few nights and see if that is the problem, just use a light sheet/blanket

bylromarha

Thank you for all the advice...have turned the radiator down in his room...he hasn't done it for the past 2 nights so maybe he's knocked some sense into himself?!