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Help! 8 week old keeps rolling onto his side to sleep

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 01:54

Please if anyone can help I’d be so grateful, I’m barely sleeping at night. My 8 week old keeps rolling onto his side when he sleeps, he’s in a Cozee co sleeper and his face ends up against the side lip that butts up against my mattress. My health visitor said it’s safe as long as he can roll back to his back, but he can’t! I’ve been tucking him in tight which has helped to pin him down until now. I’ve not had a newborn for 10 years I can’t think what to do Sad I’m constantly rolling him back all night so neither of us are sleeping well

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eurgh · 14/05/2018 01:56

Mine did this. I let them sleep like it.
Imagine if someone forced you to sleep in a certain position you didn't find comfortable. My youngest slept on her tummy from day one

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 02:09

It’s the fact that his face is ending up in the non breathable side of his crib that scares me. No matter what I do, it seems to tilt towards my bed slightly too so I worry he can’t push himself away from the edge or he will get his neck over the lip on the side. Properly bricking it.

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SeaToSki · 14/05/2018 02:52

Can you roll up a muslin or small blanket into a sausage and put it tight under his arm on the side he likes to roll to, then tuck him in over the top.

TroubledLichen · 14/05/2018 03:33

Continue to put baby to sleep on their back and if they roll themselves then it’s absolutely fine; it’s not like it’s something you can control as you can’t stop sleeping and stand over the crib all night. Don’t use any sleep positioners, rolled up blankets etc. as these are really dangerous and be sure to keep the crib clear. I don’t know if the Cozee is safe once they’re rolling, the manufacture instructions probably cover this. Personally I took rolling as time to move to the big cot but I had DD in a Moses basket not a sidecar crib.

Want2bSupermum · 14/05/2018 03:35

Mine rolled in their sleep at about this age. I moved them to a crib and out of our bedroom inch by inch.

thingymaboob · 14/05/2018 04:04

Put them in a cot - more room and breathable sides.

OneForTheRoadThen · 14/05/2018 04:22

Sleepyhead? The fabric is breathable.

MysteryNameChange · 14/05/2018 04:24

I think the rolling is fine, but you need to change the sleeping surface if it's not safe. Face on the lip of it does sound dodgy to me.

MysteryNameChange · 14/05/2018 04:32

Sorry for the fail link but I would be very wary of using a side sleepers with a lip between they're bed and yours, seems very dodgy.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3052438/Coroner-calls-urgent-action-newborn-baby-died-bed.html

Murane · 14/05/2018 04:39

You could put something under the legs to prop it up slightly and angle it away from the bed? Or under the mattress? Or detach the crib from the side of the bed, I presume the fabric is breathable? Can your baby roll in both directions or would it help to turn the head pointing in the other direction so he rolls the opposite way?

mummabubs · 14/05/2018 04:48

Our Tutti Bambini slopes towards the bed too OP (I blame poor design as they sent us another one and it does exactly the same thing). I wedged towels underneath the bambini (on top of the bed frame) to make it level- I still do that and our son is 6.5 months old! He was forever sloping down and ending up with his face against the side and I was also very anxious about this.

mummabubs · 14/05/2018 04:50

(Just to be clear, no towels in the crib, we keep that clear).

NoodleKT · 14/05/2018 04:54

Mine is 6 months old bow and has slept on her side since we left the hospital. Just seems to be how she's comfortable.
She also likes to sleep against the edge of the Chicco next 2 me cot we have.
Perhaps don't tuck the little one in so tightly, that way they'll be able to roll back :)

diodati · 14/05/2018 05:03

Back in my day...Grin

I put DC1 and then DC2 in a bassinet (nothing but baby in a sleep-suit in the bassinet) in our room until baby rolled over. Then baby was then transferred to their cot. I never put anything in the cot, either. Certainly no pillows or blankets nor even the cot bumpers that were popular at the time.

We never co-slept because I worried we would squash baby in our sleep, or baby would suffocate or be too warm, etc.

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 05:04

@mummabubs I’ve been trying to find someone else with the Cozee for months to see if it’s just me! I emailed customer service and was told “if there’s a problem tell Mothercare” but Mothercare didn’t give a crap either! I feel like the instructions are unclear too, as I’m not sure if it’s ok to have the lip? The top of the lip is the height of my mattress but there’s a gap. Sorry about all the questions!

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 05:08

I’d never put anything else in the crib, just the cellular blanket or baby sleeping bag (oh, and the baby Grin). I tuck him in to stop him rolling, when he does roll it untucks the blankets anyway, and I asked my HV who said it’s fine. Considering propping the slips side up with books!

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spnfan · 14/05/2018 05:56

Can you put him in the cosleeper the other way up? So if currently his feet are pointing towards the bottom of your bed put him in so they're facing your pillows?

Would that mean that when he rolls he's not facing the lip?

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 06:17

There’s no room to change direction, unfortunately. I put a rolled up Muslin under the mattress on one side and fingers crossed it’s worked so far

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NoodleKT · 14/05/2018 07:55

The Cozzee looks a little like my chicco, there's a lip on that too that the top of lines up with my mattress. I assume it's normal for the next to me cot type things :)

mummabubs · 14/05/2018 08:50

That's frustrating @HeavyMetalMama. I contacted customer services and complained (sent them a photo of my tiny baby with their face against the side) and they sent me another one, saying that they'd never heard of this fault before... to which I replied I have two other mummy friends who both bought the cozee and both have the same issue!!! It's so frustrating that they won't listen to customers, the design needs tweaking so that it's weighted more in the four corners rather than in 2 points. (They said they'd pass this on to the design team but I'm guessing nothing will come of it!) Maybe post on their Facebook page? That's how I got them to respond directly rather than the typical go to Mothercare response!! 🙈

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 08:56

@mummabubs Omg that’s so bad! I had to buy a Moses basket when he was 5 days old until now because my tiny dot did the same thing and hated the crib! I’ve only just got him to like it now he’s too big for his basket but there’s definitely a huge design fault. I wonder how they got this far by selling a wonky bed!

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mummabubs · 14/05/2018 08:58

I know. I'd honestly complain OP, it's the only way they're eventually going to listen - and leave a review on the Mothercare website!

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 09:09

@noodlekt thank you that’s comforting to know!

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HeavyMetalMama · 14/05/2018 09:10

Funnily enough they refused to post my review on the website! It actually said it was a lovely crib but tilted for some reason and I couldn’t find out why. Not like it was angry and swearing etc!

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Bonelessbanquet · 14/05/2018 09:12

I also had this issue with the cozee, only he was going a little further over than his side and can’t get himself back. It tilts even when it isn’t attached to the bed, I was having to keep my arm in by the side of him which wasn’t letting me sleep. Been and picked up a cot instead and we’re both sleeping a lot better!

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