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Shuffling up cot and squashing head

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springerspaniel · 23/01/2006 09:48

My six month old is an angel for bedtime and daytime naps and has slept through for about 3 months (sorry - not boasting!) He sleeps in a sleeping bag with a blanket tucked in tightly to hold him in place. Occasionally he escapes and shuffles to the top of the cot and wakes, crying because his head hurts, pushed against the bars. Sometimes he goes back to sleep, sometimes I go in and shuffle him back down. Recently he has escaped quite a lot. Will he stop doing this? Not sure what to do. Could get a cot bumper but you have to get rid of them when they start standing so not sure if there is much point.

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crumpet · 23/01/2006 09:58

my dd used to do a lot or roaming - I remember she used to get her legs and arms though the bars of the cot and then wake and shout for help - remember one time in high summer she ended up with both legs poking through the bottom and one arm through the side! It did pass though, and while it was all going on we just used to pop in to check she was OK, until she got the the stage where she could manoevre herself out of whatever she had done

starlover · 23/01/2006 10:27

get a bumper. we have 2 round ds's cot as he is a nightmare for bashing his head/getting arms and legs stuck.
he has been standing for at least 5 or 6 months and we've had no problems! i tie it on loosely so there is no way he oculd use it to stand on or pull himself up

tissy · 23/01/2006 10:46

my dd went through a phase of doing this, and I rolled up a towel, and laid it around the top end of the cot, so that she didn't bang her head. I wonder if it might actually be better if you didn't use the blanket (you're not supposed to with sleeping bags, really) firstly, he may be too hot, and wriggluing for that reason, secondly maybe the tight blanket is uncomfortable, and he's trying to get away from it.

springerspaniel · 23/01/2006 12:28

Think I might get a bumper then. Don't think it is the blanket as the nights when we forget to tuck him in, he is pretty guaranteed to be in the corner in the first hour. If we tuck him in he doesn't start cot wanderring until 3 or 4 when we are fast asleep and it is colder then so I don't think he is too hot. I don't see why you shouldn't use a blanket with a sleeping bag as long as he doesn't get too hot. Some houses are hotter than others and I turn the radiator off in his room.

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mogwai · 23/01/2006 20:07

My six month old daughter is doing exactly the same...must be a phase then! I fixed a bumper to her cot today, though not sure how successful it will be, and it cost me £30 which might be a waste.

Regarding sleeping bags, I also use blankets to some extent. Surely it's a case of using common sense - for example, this evening, my daughter is in a summer-weight sleeping bag in an 18 degree room, and it's going to dip to freezing tonight, the heating goes off at 11.30, so I've used a blanket. I obviously wouldn't do the same in mid-summer. I think people are capable of making this judgement call.

NotAPooEatingZebra · 23/01/2006 20:54

why do you have to get rid of a bumper when they are standing? Don't you lower the base so they can't climb out?

This is why I started using bumpers by 6 months old.

Tiggerish · 23/01/2006 20:59

My dd had this problem too. Every night at about 3am she'd scream because she had headbutted the top of the cot. I put a bumper on but it didn't really do much.
The only thing that really worked was a rolled up buggy blanket at the very top under the matress. It just raises the end a bit so they are going slightly uphill if you know what I mean. She hasn't done it since !

allyco · 23/01/2006 21:09

I can't believe this thread! Was going to post on very same prob but thought nobody else would have same trouble!!

Bumper didn't work for us as DD would somehow get her head under it. What we've done is two firm pillows kind of upright at top end of cot then the bumper. So far, it's working...

allyco · 23/01/2006 21:09

I can't believe this thread! Was going to post on very same prob but thought nobody else would have same trouble!!

Bumper didn't work for us as DD would somehow get her head under it. What we've done is two firm pillows kind of upright at top end of cot then the bumper. So far, it's working...

allyco · 23/01/2006 21:09

I can't believe this thread! Was going to post on very same prob but thought nobody else would have same trouble!!

Bumper didn't work for us as DD would somehow get her head under it. What we've done is two firm pillows kind of upright at top end of cot then the bumper. So far, it's working...

nell12 · 23/01/2006 21:09

we have a couple of blocks to put under the feet of dds cot at the top end (books/videos do just as well!) this sort of stopped the problem, she is not elevated so high that she slides down to the end though! It also is good for when she has a cold and is blocked up...

allyco · 23/01/2006 21:10

oops sorry x3 post

ntt · 23/01/2006 22:06

I've been having similar problems. Tonight I've tucked the end of his sleeping bag down the foot of the mattress, so we'll see if that works...

springerspaniel · 24/01/2006 10:43

Aha - might try Tiggerish's trick of raising mattress slightly.

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Mercy · 25/01/2006 20:46

Neither of mine have ever used the cot bumper to stand on and get out. I just use a row of soft toys at the top of the cot to stop the head-banging business.

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