I am wondering if at this age I am still supposed to have a crib bumper in the crib. My daughter's legs have recently been getting stuck and it causes her to wake and scream (obviously!). I took it out because I thought she either could use it to climb (its pretty plush and thick) or put her face too close to it.
Is there something I should be using instead or put the bumper back in? I saw a product in One Step Ahead that is the breatheable crib bumper.
Thanks in advance for suggestions!!
I also have the breathable bumpers sold in One Step Ahead, and really like them. They are impossible to use as a climbing aid, if any weight is put on them they just shimmy down the crib rails.
Put her in a sleep sack. Halo makes great ones that you can get at Babies R Us for about $15-20. They are often on sale and the come in cotton jerset for the summer and fleece for the winter. It's also a great way to signal that it's time to go to bed when you put on this "PJ".
The bumper may just make it easier and scarier to get her legs stuck. My first daughter never had that problem, but one of my twin sons would do it every night, guaranteed. We started having him sleep in the pack 'n play instead, and my second daughter has almost NEVER slept in the crib because she started doing it so early and now just uses the pack 'n play in place of the crib. It's kind of sad because the crib is cuter for room decor, but the pack 'n play is safer. Sorry, I don't have any better suggestions than that! Good luck!
All 3 of my daughters did this! I just kept a bottle of lotion by the bed to lube their legs to slide them out. The stage passed quickly with all of them.
My son started doing that around that age too. He would somehow get his arms and legs trapped in the rails and stuck between the crib and the wall. He still managed to do it even with the bumper pads. It scared me and I felt so bad for him cause he would get really hurt. One thing I did was I put him to sleep in his playpen for a few months since it just had the mesh walls that he couldn't get trapped in. And then somewhere around 18-20 months I just switched him to a toddler bed and he did fine.
My daughter did the same thing. I started putting her in a sleep sack at night so she couldn't do that and it seems to have worked fine. Good luck!
Maybe you could switch her to a pack n' play. She can't hurt herself in there. Neither of my kids had a traditional crib--they both used a co-sleeper, which is basically a pack n' play that attached to the side of our bed when they were infants. As they got older, I put the mattress at the bottom and moved the bed to the opposite side of the room. From there, to a toddler bed. My son is 22 months and is still in his co-sleeper. If you don't already have a pack n' play, you can get them used all over the place for pretty cheap. It might be a good alternative for you!
I have the breathable crib bumper and have used it with both my kids (I got it when the first kid started getting limbs stuck between the rails). It works great ... I highly recommend it.
New studies show crib rails are dangerous even for infants! They can get their head caught in them, climb on them and so on. You should NOT put them back on. If she is moving around a lot there isn't a lot you can do other then maybe consider a toddler bed and a bed rail on the bed. She is young still and I know my daughter did the same thing. Bumpers are dangerous though. I would think about maybe trying a toddler bed even this young, baby gate her room, put a bed rail on her bed. I put my daughter in a toddler bed at 20 mos and she did wonderful! Checking one step ahead or leaps and bounds though is a great idea as they have cool gadgets for things like this.
WOW! I am having the exact problem I also have a 13 month old who wakes up screaming because her leg is caught in the sides of the crib, I took her crib bumper out because it was a pain in the butt to change her sheets with it and I was thinking she was old enough not to have it in there, climbing is an issue but as far as the face being on it I know my daughter is can and will move herself if she can't breath and cry if she cant move, but I'm realizing after today that pain in the butt or not the bumper is still neccessary and probably so until she is big enough to sleep in a "big girl bed" =), and if your having big problems with her clibing out then maybe try tucking it in between the crib and mattress so it is only protecting the area where she gets stuck. hope this works for you!
sounds like she needs more room. maybe a toddler bed or even a twin mattress on the floor.
don't worry about her face being to close to it. At 13 months she will move if it is.
The only issue with having it is if she can use it to climb out of the crib. Not all kids do. If she is a climber, just pull more of the bumper below the mattress line so there is enough above to keep her from getting her leg stuck, but not enough to use as a step.
Good luck.
