rolling, rolling, rolling... no sleep

yah for rolling... or not...
Eli spends the majority of his day nap/sleep time rolling onto his tummy in his cot...followed by the worst uncontrolable crying & shuffling in circles around his cot & won't stop unless I roll him back over (which by the way he can do himself) to which he finds his thumb & goes to sleep for a few minutes until he wakes again & rolls etc etc. I think he can't settle on his front because he can't get his thumb in his mouth. I have reverted to giving him his dummy while screaming away & he'll often instantly drop his head & go to sleep - again for maybe 10 minutes until he lifts his head again & dummy drops out & he screams.Usually he uses his thumb to re-settle.... I have used a foam wedge thing to stop him (which works) but feel like this is limiting his development by stopping him move.

Any suggestions, do they just get better at finding their thumbs or anything to suck on while on their tummy's?

The thing is he can roll over to his back but I think he's not sure what he wants, when he's on his back he goes straight to his front again unless he's exhausted enough to sleep on his back.... crying bubs, better go & 'sort' him out again. poor thing.

Unfortunately not coordinated to put his dummy in yet. Funny, DH hates me being on the comp but just asked me now to post this exact question on here which I promptly replied that I have... off to save himm AGAIN... I hope this phase finishes soon!! It's driving my potty

Wedge seemed to work the one time I tried it.... here he is.. even looks like he's had enough of it all too!!! Trying to sleep like that.


was only awake for 1/2hr at his latest feed, will have a good night sleep at least... well I hope.

Edited by Twinboys2b

Aw so cute Yvette!! Don't have much I can add sorry, but do let me know if you find something that works tho, cuz it wouldn't surprise me if I need to know in the near future, lol...!

Edited by kmarie

Well, last night we used a wedge from the start. At 6am when I went to give Jacob his dummy he had krept right to the top of his cot but still on his back. Then 1/2hr later he was screaming & on his front so I put him striaght back into his wedge which seemed to work. I think I'll do that for a week & then hopefully he will follow in Caden's 'steps' & learn the rest.


Edited by Twinboys2b

I thought about putting a cot bumper up (have one which I bought a while back) but I read you're not meant to until after they are 1. Hmmm.... not sure now, as that would help alot in him not getting his feet & arms caught int he bars all the time.

We have used a cot bumper with caden from the moment he was in his cot at 2 months old, and we have had no problems, we also used a duvet for him and again no probs.
They say you" shouldnt use this" and "you shouldnt use that", but the cot bumper keeps the draft out of the cot and also stops him from getting stuck in the bars. Cadens bumper is tied on with double knots and there is no way he can undo them.

Yeah the whole thing about not using a cot bumper in terms of suffocation is totally valid, however you'll always find for and against on anything to do with babies. We would be getting no sleep right now if it wasn't for the cot bumper as she was waking every couple of hours with her legs through the bars or her head hitting the sides.

Like I mentioned, I would have never used it with Alyssa at this age because she was a lot smaller and less physically capable than Kayla is. And like a lot of people say, you do relax a bit on certain things when you get to baby #2, so I made my decision based on what I'm comfortable with.

Good luck with the sleep

Edited by pepsi

Thought I would do an update - yay - Eli is now succesfully sleeping on his front with no screaming. He is very good at working his way out of his wedge (either rolls over it or kreeps up out of it) & I was just about to buy a safe T sleep but he's managed to find his thumb & go to sleep hapily on his front. Thanks for your advice, feels like forever but 2 weeks isn't that bad to settle again. Lets see how Jacob goes once he learns to roll - at least I'll know what to do.