VERY fidgety sleeper - should we move him to a cot bed?

[spongebrainmaternitypants]

DS is nearly 10 months - he sleeps from 7pm til 6.30am ish.

So far so good!

Unfortunately he is a very fidgety sleeper and, even though we put him down with his feet touching the bottom of his cot, he consistently crawls to the top of his cot and then cries because he can't go any further . We thought he was crying cos he was hitting his head, but putting a cot bumper on hasn't made any difference so it must be his inability to move that is frustrating him.

We have another baby due in October but weren't planning to buy anything for this second arrival until September time (experience has taught me to be cautious ), but should we think about moving DS to a cot bed? Would this help or would it just give him more space to move around and still leave him frustrated when he hits the bars and can't go any further?

He's not really awake when he cries out but won't stop crying til we move him back down the cot which is quite disruptive to our sleep! Tough going when you're pg .

Dh has suggested tying his legs to the cot bars but we thought this might be cruel!!

Any thoughts/suggestions/experience much appreciated.

Thank you .

[thisisyesterday]

i reckon he'd do the exact samet hing in a cotbed, it's just take him a little bit longer to reach the top lol
has he always done it?>

[spongebrainmaternitypants]

Thank you thisisyesterday, I was beginning to give up hope of anyone replying!! How dare people be enjoying their Easter weekend while I stress about my PFB and his bumped head!!

He started crawling at about 6 mths and has been quite fidgety at night since then, but major fidgety for about a month. He's just started to pull himself up and take steps now too so his forehead is covered in bruises .

Any suggestions, bubble wrap head gear maybe?

[thisisyesterday]

no suggestions I'm afraid. DS2 does similar and has not one but TWO cot bumpers at the top pmsl to stop him banging too much. tbh he doesn't wake himself up so much these days, just kind of hits the end, curls up and goes back to sleep... then goes back the other way
(he's 17m now)

[spongebrainmaternitypants]

Maybe we should just set up a little racing track round his cot so he can go round and round!!

[thisisyesterday]

oooh yeh maybe get one of those round stokke cots??? lol

[spongebrainmaternitypants]

Round cots?! Never seen those! Maybe I'll just get dh's scalextric track out and build a cot round that!!

[Umlellala]

Hey, my ds is in our super kingsize bed and he still manages to wedge himself in the corner (or crawl off the end ). Am hoping he grows out of it... but planning to put him straight into a (low) bed in a few months...

[Umlellala]

Hang on - 7pm to 6.30am???

[spongebrainmaternitypants]

Umlellala, , yes, he does sleep through BUT he wakes himself, and us, up 3 or 4 times with his night time activity so don't feel too jealous!

He only takes a few minutes to settle back but I'm an insomniac and pg so please feel sorry for me !

Plus, I'm sure all this nocturnal head banging can't be good for his brain!

Maybe we should just put him on a mattress on the floor!!

[Umlellala]

Ahhh, missed you were pregnant - congratulations!

From what I remember with dd, they do grow out of the crazy restless all-over-the-place need-to-move stage... just can't remember how or when (she was in her own bed by 15mths though and stayed in one place then. without me holding her down)

Vaguely remember a grobag being useful as a sort of reminder to them to stay still? (they can still move but might stop the immediate restless fidgeting)

[moocowme]

would proppin the head of the bed up a bit work? gravity might make it a bit harder to reach the top if its tilted