my little girl is 8 months old and crawling but when shes in her cot she keeps wriggling about and ends up with blankets on her face in the night i have to keep checking on her! I have always put her at the bottom of the cot but she can now wriggle that much it dont work!
2006-10-24 09:29:40 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Dress her warmer and don't put a blanket in with her. Use warm zippered sleepers or sleep sacks.
2006-10-24 09:32:03 · answer #1 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hi i see ur problem but not to worry as my cousin's little girl of 6 months cant go to sleep unless she has her blanket over her face there is nothing wrong in it if u just keep an eye on her or better yet u could buy a baby monitor that lets u heard her heart beat and if something was wrong then u would no because an alarm sounds all the best
2006-10-24 10:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Cheeky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your home stays warm enough throughout the night then just dont use covers at all. or you can put her in pajamas that are made to fit like blankets so now matter how she moves it will only cover her body. some babies can just sleep in regular pajamas with socks and be just fine during the winter time. if that doesnt work then get her a very thin, light blanket that won't suffocate her and/or get too hot even if she's underneath. it probably isnt a big deal and it may be just a natural way she likes to sleep that will continue throughout her life. some people just like to be completely covered while they sleep no matter what.
2006-10-24 09:37:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My baby keeps doing this too. She is 7 months old. My advice - Do not tuck her in. Leave a thin blanket atop her. Try the blanket on your own face. If you can't breathe well don't use it. The best way to keep babies warm at night are sleeper pajamas and turn the heater on.
2006-10-24 09:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by becbec 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my daughter is 6 months old now and she is the same so i just put her pj's on and take her to bed with her blankie, its fleecy and not thick but it always ends up on her head to keep light out.i check her when i go to bed and if i get up in the night to go to the loo but otherwise i leave her be as she is big enough now to push the blanket off and i have a monitor too listen to her too, obviously any younger than this and i would have done something out it but she can breathe through her blankie and she will soon scream if she gets stuck. and that's what my mum reckons too and she has 4 kids.
if you don't like the sound of that you could try putting the heat up a Lil but if your Lil ' un anything like mine she will want covers on to feel secure so you could get thinner ones in case they end up on her face or get a bigger size on and tuck it right under the bottom of the mattress making it harder to pull up and over her face.
2006-10-24 10:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by only me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a Grow bag. It's like a fleecy sleeping bag with shoulder straps so they can't go under the fabric. My 11 month old used to do the same as your daughter. You can get them from Mother care and they come in different togs for different seasons. Good luck.
Father of two.
2006-10-24 09:40:28 · answer #6 · answered by Jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all, a blanket is a choking hazard for an infant. she should be in a blanket sleeper (super warm jammies that are kinda like a sleeping bag) and should not have a blanket or a pillow.
second of all, why is she on a cot???!!! she should be in a crib!!! she could fall and seriously injure herself!
2006-10-24 09:39:39 · answer #7 · answered by ebaskys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure the blankets are thin. My little girl used to do that too. She would hide her eyes from the light with the blanket.
If she doesn't stop and you are afraid that it threatens her, then don't put any blankets in bed and dress her more warmly if she needed them for warmth.
2006-10-24 09:32:23 · answer #8 · answered by stocks4allseasons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont really think you can stop her, if your using sheets and blankets with air holes it shouldn't be a problem. You could try a baby-grow-bag, they are like sleeping bags but do up at the shoulder so she cant kick it off and get cold, nor can she pull it up over her face.
2006-10-25 04:47:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son did the same thing around that age.
I took the blanket away and just made sure to always put him to bed with long pajama pants, socks and a short or long sleeved shirt - depending on the temperature.
2006-10-24 09:32:57 · answer #10 · answered by PrettyProblem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋