Our 3 month old is now sleeping in her crib and pretty much sleeps all night (YEA!). Last week she just started rolling over. This morning she rolled over and her leg is hanging out of the crib through the spindles. She is fine, but sometimes she wakes up crying because she can't pull her leg out.
I want to put up some plastic or screen across the spindles to prevent this. I don't see any issue, but wanted some other brains to weigh in just in case I haven't thought of something.
Thanks!
I would go with something in a mesh, just in case it gets pulled down over the breathing bits in the middle of the night or the breathing bits get pushed up against it. Something like this, maybe?
How old is the crib? (Does it meet current safety standards?)
Mesh crib liner linked above looks like an excellent product. Popular too!
Yeah, you can't use crib bumpers anymore, they are illegal due to suffocation hazards, but the mesh ones seem to be OK. I would still zip-tie it in place or something, it could still get untied and wrap around a baby's neck.
I went the nothing approach; no pillows, no toys, no blankets and no protection, and both my kids were fine. Mom woke up at the slightest sound, so the crying over legs getting stuck was not an issue for me. ; )
In reply to 1988RedT2 :
Brand new.
We have a pack and play, and it has mesh sides. Seems to be OK- out 3-1/2 year old and our 8 month old have both spent some time in it.
Unfortunately, neither deals well with being in a confined space. We ended up letting them both sleep on a bed, on the floor in our room. We put our mattress on the floor next to theirs, so it's essentially two full-size beds together. Plenty of room. Around the perimeter of the beds we put blankets, so when they crawled off the mattress (inevitable) they don't crash on the wood floor.
The older one is now in her own room- has been for about a year now. Seems to be doing fine in there. The 8 month old is still sleeping with us, in our room, on the massive floor bed complex. Enjoy the sleeping through the night for now. It may not last...
The kid will learn on the feet through spindles. I wouldn't change a thing. All the pros stress the nothing in the bed approach. For us, since we adopted, when the baby was that small she was not formally ours yet. In car terms, she resided at our house but we did not yet hold a free and clear title. As such, we were under a greater scrutiny so we held fast to the rules and recommendations.
I do bet that the little one will learn pretty fast not to do it, but don't see a big problem with the mesh thing linked above.
I do feel a lot of jealousy as a father of a 7 month old that kept us up a lot last night, and the night before, and ...
wae said:I would go with something in a mesh, just in case it gets pulled down over the breathing bits in the middle of the night or the breathing bits get pushed up against it. Something like this, maybe?
We used the same thing, or something very much like it, for our kids until they were ready for thier own beds.
a lot of the SIDS stuff is just removing anything possible but really there are tons of SIDS cases where nothing in the crib and the kid was still on their back.
We used crib bumpers. YMMV. Our kids were out of cribs by 12-14 mos BTW.
MadScientistMatt said:wae said:I would go with something in a mesh, just in case it gets pulled down over the breathing bits in the middle of the night or the breathing bits get pushed up against it. Something like this, maybe?
We used the same thing, or something very much like it, for our kids until they were ready for thier own beds.
Seems like a logical solution.
MadScientistMatt said:wae said:I would go with something in a mesh, just in case it gets pulled down over the breathing bits in the middle of the night or the breathing bits get pushed up against it. Something like this, maybe?
We used the same thing, or something very much like it, for our kids until they were ready for thier own beds.
I used the same thing. Worked fine for my three kids. the Mesh bumpers are the safest. Also make sure that you have a very tight fitting mattress to the crib sides.
We just put ours in sleep sacks of varying degrees of thickness and quilting with swaddles when they were younger and without swaddles when they were older. Solved the blanket and foot through the spindle problems all in one.
You can get them on sale on Woot or Amazon for 5-8 dollars a piece if you watch for them and don't care about colors and patterns.
PMRacing said:Our 3 month old is now sleeping in her crib and pretty much sleeps all night (YEA!).
It always amazes me how many people cannot get their kids to do that. It takes a little bit of work (especially when you have the newest kid sharing a room with an older kid), but it is definitely worth it.
I second the sleep sack suggestion. We've been using one since the beginning and it's been great.
jmabarone said:PMRacing said:Our 3 month old is now sleeping in her crib and pretty much sleeps all night (YEA!).
It always amazes me how many people cannot get their kids to do that. It takes a little bit of work (especially when you have the newest kid sharing a room with an older kid), but it is definitely worth it.
Out of three kids, I was able to get two to sleep like this, but remeber they change. I had one relapse at the age of 3 into not sleeping at all. I've also had friends who bragged about such things and then had kids who relapsed into not sleeping into spectacular ways. The only thing constant about raising kids is change.
We did the sleep sacks as well, worked great.
And for sleeping through the night: pitch black room (literally no window, no night light, nothing) from the get-go had ours down all night from 3 months (basically as soon as we stopped the 3 am feedings)
Fueled by Caffeine said:jmabarone said:PMRacing said:Our 3 month old is now sleeping in her crib and pretty much sleeps all night (YEA!).
It always amazes me how many people cannot get their kids to do that. It takes a little bit of work (especially when you have the newest kid sharing a room with an older kid), but it is definitely worth it.
Out of three kids, I was able to get two to sleep like this, but remeber they change. I had one relapse at the age of 3 into not sleeping at all. I've also had friends who bragged about such things and then had kids who relapsed into not sleeping into spectacular ways. The only thing constant about raising kids is change.
Agree, totally depends on the kid. Of my two, one slept through the night right away, and the other was older than a year before she did it consistently.
tuna55 said:a lot of the SIDS stuff is just removing anything possible but really there are tons of SIDS cases where nothing in the crib and the kid was still on their back.
We used crib bumpers. YMMV. Our kids were out of cribs by 12-14 mos BTW.
Yes, that’s what they were called! I couldn’t remember- that was nine years ago.
Sleep sacks FTW. For some reason I glossed over that when reading your initial post. They work great and keep the kiddo warm while being crib safe.
@jmabarone: amazingly enough not all kids are the same with sleep habits. My first slept like a rock from about 4 months on. My second is kicking our butts. All the same tricks aren't working and she's just a much lighter sleeper overall. We're following guidelines and working on it but she's not responding like the first. Never think you have all the answers that's for sure.
dculberson said:Sleep sacks FTW. For some reason I glossed over that when reading your initial post. They work great and keep the kiddo warm while being crib safe.
@jmabarone: amazingly enough not all kids are the same with sleep habits. My first slept like a rock from about 4 months on. My second is kicking our butts. All the same tricks aren't working and she's just a much lighter sleeper overall. We're following guidelines and working on it but she's not responding like the first. Never think you have all the answers that's for sure.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to call anyone out...except maybe my sisters. My bad!
In reply to jmabarone :
Oh that's all right. I might have been a little sensitive from being kept awake from 4am to 6am. She slept better last night so the world seems friendlier today.
In reply to dculberson :
I'm right in that boat with you, man. Our little man went from sleeping through the night to 4 to 6 times a night waking up crying like his diapers were on fire. This morning started at 5AM. Meanwhile, the happy little three-nager has morphed into a non-listening brat who now spends 3 to 5 time outs per day in her room. Last night I broke a baby gate from slamming it too hard in frustration. :-(
I understand now why some guys start working 10, 12, 14 hours a day. A E36 M3show circus is what I've been coming home to lately. And now Mrs VCH is having the E36 M3 kicked out of her by some nasty bug.
Kids can be real shiny happy people, sometimes.
Sleep sacks for the win. Still have my 20month old in one. Those and overnight diapers (my son has shocking bladder capacity)
It also helps you not need to keep the house insainly warm in the winter.
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