Sideways in his crib?

Question

I just went in to get my son because he woke up from his nap and he was totally sideways at the very top in his crib with his head pushing against the bars. He's been doing this quite alot in the past week, and I'm worried that he's going to hurt himself. Has anyone else had this problem? If so, what did you do? I should say he's almost 8 months, and he is 30" so he's too long to be sideways in his crib!

Answer 1

it`s normal for a baby to turn sideways,he`s trying to learn how to crawl

Answer 2

Don't worry, he's fine. My son did that at his age, and at 18 months is STILL doing it. Don't get a bumper pad, those increase the risk of sids, and they can climb on them and fall out of the crib. Once your child is mobile, and yours obviously is, they're supposed to be taken out. If he's comfortable like that, just leave him lie. It won't hurt him any. Oh yeah, and if it's a new crib you don't have to worry about his head going through the bars, they're too close together. If it's an old crib get out the measuring tape and measure between the slots, They should be under two inches apart.

Answer 3

Don't worry. He is learning. All babies (well okay, not all - but many) sleep in this position at some point in their development, all of mine did. One, in fact when he stopped sleeping sideways, kept bumping his head on the end of the crib as though he wanted to crawl through it. A bumper pad protected his head and also kept all of their feet from getting caught in the rails while sideways.

Answer 4

My 9 month old grandaughter does the same thing. They don't want you to use bumpers in the cribs anymore, but they still say its OK for their head to be up against the wooden bars. I guess if it really hurt them they would wake up and move.

Answer 5

My daughter did that all the time even once we moved her into a toddler bed. I would wake up in the morning to find her with her legs hanging over the side rail on one side and her head pushed up against the opposite side rail. When she was an infant and did it I would rotate her and slide her back into the middle of the crib. But as she got older and I knew her softspot was closing I left her alone. As they say, "let sleeping bbabies lie".

Answer 6

my baby does that too. its because they are learning to wiggle around and move. theres nothing you can do really, just make sure you have a bumper pad on the crib so he cant hurt is head. my baby is 9 months and shes long too, about 28 inches, so i know how you feel.

Answer 7

i have a 6mth old daughter that is 27.5 inches and she started doing that at about 4 1/2 mths and that was when i put the bumpers up in her crib...he is past the stage for SIDs so u dont have anything to worry about and as long as there up it will clear your mind of him doing any harm to himself...good luck with your little one.

Answer 8

if he dose this and stays alsleep he must be comfortable my 14 month old does the same thing i think they like to be squashed up or something as for the head against the bars i put bumpers all around the cot so no matter where they lay its always soft on there head

Answer 9

Do you have a bumper tied onto the crib?

I always had a bumper pad tied to the sides of the crib and so it didn't matter how my kids slept because the bumper protects their heads and stops them from getting their arms and legs stuck in between the slates.

Answer 10

My son is 9 months and is doing this as we speak. Its because of their teething pain, they wriggle around a lot in their sleep. If it gets really bad give him a little Tylenol before he goes to bed. Some people would suggest bumper pads, but I think those are more dangerous because they can use them to climb out of their crib if they wake up quietly before you notice.

Answer 11

I think every baby does this and therefore should be okay. My daughter is 14months and does it too. I have bumper pads in the crib to prevent her from hurting herself.