6mo banging head in cot

[Lollypop1983]

My DS is 6 mo. He loves being on his tummy, and wriggling. He's almost at the point of crawling. For the past week or so, during the night, despite the fact he is put in his cot on his back with his feet at the bottom, he always seems to end up on his tummy, with head at the top of the cot. The past couple of nights, he's started banging his head against the headboard at the top of the cot.

Sometimes he foes this repeatedly, and I'm scared he's really going to hurt himself. HV said not to put bumper on cot as it is SIDS hazard. Is there anything I can do to stop him from doing this? Last night I moved him back to the bottom, but that woke him and we were up for 2 hours. He's not normally up for long during the night. Is this normal? Any ideas how to stop him would be much appreciated.

Tia

Anyone?

No advice but we have exactly the same problem with our 6 month DD as well! Hopefully someone wise will be along soon...

At least we're not the only ones

Haha that's true - so at three in the morning ill know someone else's child is trying to knock themselves out as well!!

My son has started this recently and woke with a couple of lumps on his head, and I was told not to put bumpers on. So instead Iv just put some rolled up blankets where he gets himself so he cant get to the bars. It seems to work.
Would love so know if anyone has any better ideas?

We also use rolled up blankets curled round the cot. Started using them when DD was just over 1 (and could stand up/walk etc) as I'd been scared to use them before hand in case she got herself somehow stuck under and unable to breath. She started sleeping through once we started using them!

You can get breathable bumpers - air wave/wrap or something?

these which are attached using Velcro.

DS did this. He never cried so we didn't worry about it. Didn't alter anything in the cot, and at 2 he was still doing it! He just loved to sleep backed into the top corner and fidgeted a lot.

We moved him into a bed just after his 2nd birthday. If he's still head banging it will be the wall, but we haven't heard anything or seen any bumps yet!

um well we put bumpers on when dd started doing this.

the air wrap bumpers aren't padded so won't help with knocks.

We've always had a bumper on - fairly sure they aren't considered a SIDS risk but can be hazardous if DC can use them as a step to help them escape from the cot. She's another 'creep into the corner' sleeper.

lolly how was your night last week did your DS start banging again ?! I put the bumpers on but then in middle of night got worried so took them off. I know that's what bumpers are for but she is on her tummy (rolls over constantly) anyway which I know is extra risk of SIDS and I am worried the bumpers or a rolled up blanket will mean she ends up getting smothered in them. So we were up at 530 this morning woken by v loud head banging ! It didn't seem to hurt her but we went in and she was right at the too again.. Argh !!

He woke himself up last night. Tbh, I don't think he's got the strength to bang hard enough to hurt himself. I think he gets frustrated when he runs out of room.i don't want to risk blanket or bumpers either, cos he's always rolls onto his tummy too.

He's getting weighed tomorrow, so going to mention it to HV and see what she says. But spoke to hubby and might get the air wrap to see if that helps.

Head banging can be a sign of teething.