Ds keeps rolling over in cot and getting limbs stuck between bars

[TheApprentice]

Hes 6.5 months. Is there a way of preventing this other than using a cot bumper (which I am not keen to use) or does he just need to learn the hard way? He gets so upset each time he does it!

try a grobag

HAve got grobags but doesnt stop arms getting stuck!!

We used a cot bumper for this very reason.

I was so worried that ds would break his arm or leg with a twist type fracture as he kept getting a limb stuck through the cot bars.

LOL - ummmmmmm not sure

We have done the same. Put one cot bumper down one side and another one down the other side as dd1 kep bashing herself on the bars and waking herself up.

My reservation about cot bumpers is the cot death thing, do you think its a real risk or is the risk of a broken limb much greater as washerwoman suggests?

do you think they could actually break their own limbs - surely they would be howling the house down before then?

LOL Octo, Ds IS a bit of a drama queen!

mine used to be wrapped around the bars regularly. doesn't seem to bother them so don't let it bother you.

We only put a cot bumper down one side as ds1 only ever rolled one way and got stuck that side.

DS2 frightened me loads because as soon as he could roll over onto his side he spent every night with his hand clutching the cot bumper up to his face. I removed the cot bumper and he stopped sleeping well and cried a lot so I put it back and slept in the room with him just in case. He is no longer dependant on cuddling up to it to get to sleep but likes a blankie which he stuffs in his mouth or snuffles his face into.

But he IS bothered, Jools. Although, as I said, he has a tendency to over dramatise. Can't think where he gets it from..........

cardboard or something similar taped behind the bars rather than inside?

TheApprentice, I use cot bumpers for the same reason. FSIDS says that there is no extra risk of cot death with bumpers, though you need to remove them when they are old enough to try to climb out of the cot using them.

Thats interesting, MegBusset, thanks.

DS started doing this at the same age and I was also paranoid about bumpers.

By the time I had decided that the risk was minimal (about 2 weeks), DS had learned not to do it anymore - or at least to untangle himself from the bars without assistance.

So with a bit of luck, it could be short lived phase?