10mths,constantly waking in night as hitting head on cot bars when moving in sleep- any idea's?

[JoBaz]

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I have a 10 mth old boy who has always been a poor sleeper, he had to be swaddled till 6 mths old & even then i had a job to get him to give it up. I think its because hes a real figet & this wakes him up. Anyway.... we stayed away last night & he stayed in his travel cot which has mesh sides.. & do you know what.. for the 1st time ever, he slept for 9 hours solid! normally I only get 4 or 5 hours at once on a good night, sometimes even less, & im now convinced it because he is so active in his sleep & he smashes his head off the bars & this disturbs his sleep??
Has anyone else got this problem & what do you advise?
I am aware this may be a one off & nothing to do with the cot bars, but im pretty sure its all the banging thats waking him.. I could just let him sleep in his travel cot every night, but thats not supportive enough for his spine etc.. as most say only to be used occasionally..

I have searched google for hours & cannot find a normal cot with mesh/Net sides instead of bars. do you know does such a cot exist? & if not, why not! as im sure many babies have this problem??

please help this sleep deprived mum whi hasent had a nights sleep for over 10 mths!

xx

JoBaz, my DD1 was EXACTLY the same from the same age, I even bought this crazy contraption from New Zealand which velcro-ed around her middle to keep her in the same place! In the end I bought a travel cot and a mattress and she slept in that until she was 2. She slept like a dream in it.

Moral of the story - buy a travel cot mattress!

Good luck!

DD was the same - just got her sleeping through the odd night when this started. It lasted a couple of months then she settled back down. The Growbag helps and cot bumpers soften the blows. She was BF too and I agree they tend to wake more often but not true of them all. DD wakes up because she is hungry or poorly (or has bumped her head!).

Only skimmed the other responses so sorry if I'm repeating advice but we had this problem too. Mamas and Papas travel cots are the same size as a normal cot and so you can put a normal mattress on top of the travel cot mattress.

my ds cot was covered in bumpers i had 4 all the way round some were quite high so was fully secured people used to laugh when they saw it but it done the trick

Cot bumpers. He won't wriggle so much anyway if he can get comfy and nestle against a bumper.

Amazon sell travel cots which includes a thick mattress u should try that..