To let my baby sleep in pushchair tonight?

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My 10m old is full of cold. She's had calpol and ibruphen ( can't spell it) and snuffle babe on a muslin near her. She just can't settle. Unless sat up on me. I'm exhausted and worried ill fall asleep if I stay on sofa and drop her.

She was ill with her food intolerances (someone gave her something she can't have, was well pissed off but that's alother story) . On boxing night so me and dp had no sleep.

Dp had to work his day job yesterday until 6. But he also has his own business and he had bookings last night, tonight and tomorrow night. So yesterday and today was the case of get in from day job at 6.25 quick shower, dinner and out by 7.15.. So he's knackered too. He will get back around 2am.. He does have tomorrow. Off his day job but I do like to let him stay in bed a bit. Especially as he's working his own business job tomorrow night again leave 7.15 to start 9pm. Finish 12pm, Home 2am... ( background incase anyone asks why do can't do his share)

Anyway. Dd has woken 14 times since 8pm. Shes not got a temp but feel warm andv her glands are up too.. I know how she feels as I have it too. She sonly ever had a little cold once before.

I've tried to wedge the cot up but she moves so much she ended in a heap at the other end.

Wibu to grab her pram out the car and have it on middle level so not bolt upright but not flat and sleep in there. Hoping she could breathe easier and be safer than being on me all night. And hopefully if she disturbed I could just rock her a bit too.?

It just feels a bit mean to do that. But that's prob my tired head.

I would do that. It's not forever but may help make breathing easier tonight. DD when she was little had most of her afternoon naps in her pushchair and suffered no lasting harm from it. Hope you both get some rest.

Thanks she's only ever slept in her pram or pushchair if we're out. She only naps for 2 x 20 min roughly in day but norm does 12 to 13 hrs at night. So poor thing is knackered too.

Yes, I would do that. I can’t see any harm in sleeping in a pushchair and if she’s strapped in and it’s safer than you falling asleep and dropping her or rolling on top of her.

Of course it will be OK. Hope your baby feels better tomorrow.

I'd do it.
Hope you both manage a better night tonight .

I don't think it's mean to do that. The kindest thing to do is to help her sleep to get better. Personally I would probably pop her in it as you suggest and when she's in a deep sleep lie her flat or transfer her to cot. Possibly though she may not settle like that (mine never have when ill). What about cosleeping? I've never managed it on a day to day basis but it's worked well when they've been poorly as they just wanted to be close to me.

It's not ideal, but if it gets you both through the night, then do it.

The top tip my mum gave me when the DCs had colds was to put the firmest cushion/pillow you have under the cot mattress at head end. So their head is elevated, but they're still in the cot. Appreciate this might not work for you though - although I absolutely swore by grobags for both of them, so they couldn't get tangled up in bedding, however much they wriggled.

Hope you both have an easier night & feel better tomorrow

Good idea. Hope your baby feels better soon.

Couple of other things that might help- let the shower run for few mins on hottest temp with door closed then switch off and carry baby inside and hold her in the steamyroom to inhale for a few mins. This can help with deblocking. Alternatively a bowl of boiled water in the room to humidify and help with stuffy nose.

Dp text and said put her in with me and whe he gets on he'll sleep in ds's room or on sofa. She does sometimes nap with me during the day like that if we're having a lazy day..
I'll see how it goes until he gets home. She fell asleep on me and I've just managed to put her in cot without waking.. Quickly finish my cuppa and wash etc and try to sleep.
Thanks x

Not mean at all, it's kind to want to make her as comfortable as possible

I've done the hot water with a drop of vicks in it on a radiatior. Can smell it in the air so hopefully helps. I used to with ds as a baby 13 yes ago and worked.
She has a grow bag. But she's a huge wriggler. I tilted the cot originally but she rolled down to the other end and it was only slightly titled lol.. Often in the night normally when we check her she's all over the place bless her

Hopefully you're sorted now but nothing wrong with her sleeping occasionally in the pram if it works.

I think it is fine. When my dc were little and terrible sleepers I used to sometimes walk them to sleep in a buggy at 3-4am, then wheel the buggy into the living room while I kipped on the sofa next to them. They have survived (my sanity and career nearly didn't).

Another thought - have you tried a nasal aspirator (or snot sucker as we called it)? Was a game changer for getting a snotty baby to sleep.

It sounds a sensible plan to me. She will probably be more comfortable that way.
When dd was little she had reflux. We were told to keep her upright for 30 mins after a feed. We woke in time to prepare a bottle so it was cool when she woke up. Sitting up with her for 30 mins afterwards was hard. I woke up and realised that not only had I fallen asleep, but that she was on right arm so on the outside of the bed. She was perfectly fine, but it frightened me.
After that I would strap her into a bouncing seat or car seat. (Either way she was strapped in and not complexly flat). I felt it was safer than being in my arms when I was so tired. I usually drifted off, and woke up about 30 mins later and moved her still sleeping to the moses/cot.

We tried popping up the mattress but it didn't work. A sleep positioner worked for a while as it was slightly raised. Then she got too wriggly and just wriggled off.

Hope you all feel better soon.

I think she needs putting to bed properly.quick wash, teeth comfortable pjs

Hope you both got some sleep