Baby rotating...

[Learningdaybyday]

DS has started a new trick this week at 8 weeks.

This week he has begun to rotate (not turn over) in his cot. We will put him in his cot with feet at the base of cot. When we next wake up, he will have rotated making his head be near the base
Due to the warmer weather we have either been swaddling him in a muslin or putting him in a baby sleeping bag.
After looking online and only finding answers on what to do if baby begins to turn over. My question is...

What should I do?

Especially come the colder months when we'll use a blanket instead. I know the advice is to tuck it into the mattress tightly and put it under his arms with his feet touching the base. But even doing this, he's still rotating.

Wouldn't he get trapped under the blanket when rotating?

Tyia.

Id just get a sleep sack.

Just use a warmer sleeping bag instead of blankets.

Agree, baby sleeping bag. DS1 was spun round like crazy but didn't wake (at least, not because he got tangled). Is it the fact the arms aren't covered that concerns you? Grobag have a good guideline sheet of what to wear for different temperatures.

We were gifted 3 different size sleeping bags/sacks, not sure of the togs.
We've only just begun to use it as it was too hot for the one at 0-3 months, so we'd been using muslins to swaddle
We are planning on buying more but I was just curious as to what the solution was for this situation before sleeping bags/sacks became a thing and blankets were used?

just curious as to what the solution was for this situation before sleeping bags/sacks became a thing and blankets were used?

Most were OK, some weren't.

DD used to rotate. We used sleep sacks. I think it's adorable.

You can get sleep sacks with arms for the coldest nights, too. We have all different ones from 0.5 tog and armless up until really thick and with arms! We used them from about 3 months old, she's nearly 2 now, we will keep using them until she won't fit anymore I suspect!

@Learningdaybyday i used a long sleeved sleep suit for my son. then a light sheet and cellular blankets for both my sons, thry didnt move so much

Just use sleeping bags- get the expensive ones not the cheap supermarket ones. Even if you get them 2nd hand off vinted. The quality is miles different and they last so much longer. You need to check tog ratings- sometimes cheap ones are thick but not actually a high tog. We used sacks between 0.2tog and 3.5 tog with arms. I think I only felt comfortable using sacks with arms after 8/9months as they can overheat. Also far smaller to store/ wash than blankets.

We used sacks until they went into toddler beds- stops them climbing out of the cot when super young.

Sleep bag or sleep sack is what you need