Suggestions to stop DS getting wedged sideways in cot?

[Mummywannabe]

My little boy (7mths) wakes very 2 hours or so and usually because he has wedged himself across his cot (he is very long!). Won't tolerate a blanket to tuck him in tight so has a sleeping bag.

Thought about using my small pregnance wedge (about 10cm) along one side to prevent him managing it.

Any other suggestions, don't mind getting up to him but one unbroken night (even a few hours is very much needed!)

[peachface]

Sorry this probably won't be much help to you when you need your sleep but to be honest both my boys used to end up all over their cots during the night and regularly had to be "rescued" from being wedged sideways so there's probably very little you can do about it at this stage apart from gently moving him to a better position as he sleeps if you see he's starting to turn that way in the cot (which I'm sure you already do anyway)but IME as time goes on, their need to be helped out of these awkward positions lessens as they get bigger so as time goes on your little son will probably get better at shifting himself into a more comfy position. I probably wouldn't put anything in the cot with him though, for safety's sake, but also as anything unfamiliar might wake him anyway. Some babies are just wrigglers - we regularly hear our 18mth ds banging about up in his cot while he shuffles this way and that in his sleep! Sorry if this isn't the useful advice you would have liked but it will probably ease off as your ds gets stronger and able to wriggle out of peril!

[Mummywannabe]

Thanks peachface. sort of what i was expecting.

Will just keep on going!

[RaspberryBlower]

I was woken at 5 this morning by screaming because dd was wedged sideways and on her tummy, so I feel your pain. She's been doing it for the last few nights. It's a bugger.

[plj]

My DT'S were terrible wriggles when I first put them in their cots. Constantly waking up crying and needing re-positioned. It's hard when it happens so regularly during the night, but it does get better, as they learn to wriggle back into a more comfy position. Mine are 9 mths now, and although I hardly get up to them during the night, they do still wake up in the strangest positions in the morning!
This morning DD was completely the wrong way round-head at the bottom of the cot, and DS was lying face down with his wee bum in the air! How he could actually breath I don't know, but he was fine!!

[Mummywannabe]

I can never work out how he moves so much but having watched him last night he only falls asleep with his legs up the side of the cot, so guess he just wriggles completely round!

Horrendous night last night, woke at least 6 times. arghhhh! It will get better, it will get better!

[plj]

Just keep telling yourself that! I still don't get a full nights sleep with mine, but am up a lot less than I used to be. It's now the dreaded losing the dummy during the night which I am dealing with!

[peachface]

After having joined in this discussion, I have now had a full week of sleepless nights with my 18mth old ds - but he has a chest infection and heavy cold which is why. I sympathise even more now Mummywannabe as I had forgotten just how HARD it is to be woken every couple of hours every night!! Argh!!!

[Mummywannabe]

Peachface - bless you. Not sure if it would help but brought my DS a humidifier as he has been left with nasty wheeze after bad bout of bronchiolitis at xmas, supposed to help with breathing.

[peachface]

Having just come downstairs after going up AGAIN to my poor little crying man, I may well be first in line at the humidifier shop on Monday - right after we see the gp again because the antibiotic course has now finished and he's still an unhappy chappy!
Thanks for the tip. Here's to an unbroken night for us both tonight....or maybe tomorrow...good luck anyway!!

[Mummywannabe]

Yeah!! A full night sleep (7-6am). I had to go in at 3 as his angel monitor thing was going off cause he had moved well away from mat but he didn't stir!

Used his humidifier for 1st time last night also brought one of those slumberbear things that go off when he cries (got it cheap off ebay) - can you tell i'm desperate for a nigts sleep! Not sure if either helped.

[peachface]

Glad you had a good night's sleep for once! My ds only woke once - problem was I went to bed late so was only an hour into my kip when he awoke! Oh well - that'll teach me!