Cot bumpers

[Megzmoo]

Hi,

Looking for some suggestions, my dd is 7 months old and has been sleeping in her big girl cot for a month now instead of her next to me crib.

We didn't buy a cot bumper as they are not recommended and she has a clear cot, however she is waking herself up almost hourly bumping into the sides of the cot as she likes to roll around!

Can anyone suggest anything safe/ other than a cot bumper that might stop dd from waking herself up?

Thanks 😊

"We have a couple of little toy comforters (ones a jelly cat bunny with attached little blanket, ones a different brand) i always pop these next to the bars, if hes crawling around he will find one and cuddle it before hitting his head/face off the bars.
Comforters like this are considered safe for sleep, as long as there are no loose eyes etc, or long fur x"

Nothing is considered safe for sleep until the child is aged two.

Nothing :o

I'm now imagining a baby suspended in the air in some kind of space age contraption.

DS did this from 6 months and didn’t grow out of it quickly so he went into his travel cot and stayed in there for a few months until he was better at shifting himself about. We had a sensor monitor and it went on the bottom of the travel cot just fine.
He went back into his proper cot at about 10 months or something and he was past it, mainly because he could move himself around much better by then (ie, unstick his own arms from through the bars etc)

@Hardchoices

There are safe breathable mesh type cot bumpers you can buy. I actually pushed one right into my face to check I could still breath and I could. Do not do the quilt suggestion.

Still a strangulation/ climbing risk and hardly going to stop the bump are they

@TheOtherBoelynGirl

"We have a couple of little toy comforters (ones a jelly cat bunny with attached little blanket, ones a different brand) i always pop these next to the bars, if hes crawling around he will find one and cuddle it before hitting his head/face off the bars. Comforters like this are considered safe for sleep, as long as there are no loose eyes etc, or long fur x"

Nothing is considered safe for sleep until the child is aged two.

Comforters specifically designed for babies are safe in the cot from 6 months. There's 3 small ones, not like hes in a ball pit of toys 🤣

DS used to do this, in honesty he just learnt not to eventually. Although it can sound like quite an almighty thud on the monitor and it's understandable to be anxious when they've just moved, she will be fine.

Apparently best practice is to remove the comforters after baby is asleep, between 6 and 12 months. DS is 14 months.

So much dangerous advice on this thread - it's shocking and really scary.

Go on the lullaby trust website for proper safe sleep advice.

No cot bumpers of any kind (mesh or otherwise) are safe.

And toys shouldn't be in the cot either. No such thing as a safe toy when it comes to infant sleep.

An empty cot is a safe cot.

Thought I would just give you all an update 😁

I didn't use any sort of cot bumper and no comforters in the end! She has a completely clear cot.

She does have a small breathable tommee tippee hippo soft toy that's she sometimes naps with during the day, but this is usually in the pram when out for a walk.

And she seems to have stop bumping her head in her sleep, occasionally bangs her feet and wakes herself up but it fine now and the phase seems to have past quickly!

Thank you for all the advice 😁