At the beach with my family for a few days and i put pillows covered with a blanket in my sons pack and play tonight but now im so scared it might not be safe for him i cant fall asleep. Will he be okay? (Will be 2 next month)
Thanks for all the advice, to answer a few questions i didnt take the pillows(3 of them lining the bottom of the pack and play) for 2 reasons: 1) when my son is woken up in the middle of the night it takes 2 hours to put him back down, and 2) the padding in the pack and play is much harder then his crib mattress so the pillows give it more of a similar feel. He did great with the pillows and never once rolled to his stomach like i was worried he would. The pillows are for padding at the bottom of the pack and play, hes never really had to sleep in one before and the pillows were the only thing that made it soft enough for him to fall asleep without screaming
Maybe you couldn't fall asleep because you didn't have any pillows. Take one out of the pack and play and get some sleep.
It's not clear to me why you need a bunch of pillows in a Pack & Play to begin with. Are you saying you put them on the bottom and covered them with a blanket to create a deep, soft mattress? Why would that be necessary? Isn't the original bottom pad in the Pack & Play? Did you perhaps get a hand-me-down without all the parts? A blanket or beach towel would have done the trick - after all, toddlers fall asleep in carseats and strollers, and on the family room floor, with far less padding.
Does your child have physical issues that prevent him from being mobile and rolling over?
What concerns me more is a huge level of anxiety that prevented you from simply taking the items of concern out of the Pack & Play, and instead you decided the most vigilant form of child care was to go on the internet, search out a parenting site, and wait for responses from other parents. If you're concerned about safety for your child when he is 2, and presumably 4, 8, 12 and 17, you have to develop strategies that will enable you to manage your fears, prioritize risks, and find the most efficient ways to obtain answers. For the rest of this vacation, take out the pillows, put a blanket (at most) at the bottom of the Pack & Play, and get some sleep. When you get home, call your pediatrician and ask for referrals to local parenting classes to teach you techniques for preventing injuries and for dealing with those that occur. Take a children's first aid and CPR course - I did and it was great. Ask the doctor or the head librarian for suggestions on excellent parenting books that help you learn what to expect at various ages. If you are still anxious, talk to your own physician about help in managing that. Anxiety is a real condition and it requires help to control it - but it can be done.
sigh.
unless a toddler has some sort of physical issue that would prevent him from moving if he faceplants into a pillow it's not a problem.
what is a problem is anxiety so severe that it stops you from sleeping.
if pillows in a playpen cause this sort of reaction, why not...um.....take them out?
khairete
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He's 2 years not 2 months. You're fine.
Does he sleep with a pillow at home?
If he does, why are you worried now?
If he doesn't, why are you giving him pillows now and how many pillows does a 2 yr old need?
Except that he's in a pack and play instead of his own bed, what he has to sleep with should be pretty close to what ever he sleeps with at home.
You're going to be one cranky mama if you can't figure out how you're going to get any sleep.
I would say fine. I'm thinking you've already gone through the night (reading this in the morning) but by 2 they can roll over and all that. It's really just when they can't move much (infants) and press up against something to prevent breathing.
By two, if he moves around and the pillows were to shift, he can sit up.
We did not use pillows to line our pack and play if that helps. Our kids just slept on them as is, and found them perfectly comfortable. Toddlers really aren't that fussy.
If it helps you sleep (if you're going to worry) I'd go that route :)
welcome to mamapedia, Alli
Does your son have any health issues? If he doesn't? Calm down.
SIDS usually affects INFANTS - newborn to 6 months old.
If you are freaking out about this? You need to take a step back and calm down. Why do you feel it's not safe for him? I don't get this. I really don't.
BREATHE.
