Hello ladies,
I am a 29 year old married mom of 1 sixth month old baby girl. Recently, my baby has really started to become more active, as expected of course, sitting up with no support and rolling over more often. Which is great. The baby has a crib next to our bed, which is slightly smaller than a full size crib. At night, when she is asleep, the first few hours she is just perfectly still on her back. Then around 2-3 am she starts raising up her legs straight up in the air, rolling to her side and putting her feet on the top of the crib. Then she starts rolling around inside her crib with her eyes closed. This is waking me up for about 4 hours off and on each night. I wake up to find her sideways in her crib, reversed, head in the corner, etc. She looks extremely uncomfortable, so I get up to move her. I go back to sleep, only to find she started doing the same thing, over and over. I don't know what to do. I still have a crib bumper in the crib because I am afraid she will hurt herself with all the tossing around she does. I know this should already be removed, I am guilty. I have another crib which is larger in her room but I have not transitioned her there yet because I am waiting for her to stay put a little bit better, otherwise I am going to worry about her throughout the night. Has anyone else experienced this? Could it be something is bothering her? She is not officially teething per the doctor. She seems restless. Is it the heat? I have an extremely light sleep blanket on her so she does not get cold. When I remove the blanket I feel her and she is cool to the touch and seems to toss even more, so I decided to stick to the light sleep blanket during summer. Any suggestions would be so greatful! I am loosing sleep and can't even think about going back to work right now. Thank you!!!
The bigger crib will be safer for such an active sleeper. People move more during deeper sleep so waking her up to adjust her position can disrupt her sleep patterns. Transition to the big crib to give everyopne a good nights rest. If you are very worried about her in the other room, buy a video monitor.
The baby being out of your room will also give you more private time with your hubby:)
Hi Gina,
In my opinion, I would go on and move her to her own room. It's normal that is she active during her sleep like that. We moved our son to his own room when he was 4 months old, as soon as he started sleeping all the way through the nights. We would go check on him periodically and he would be in different positions and all over the place but he was always fine. I really don't think you have anything to worry about. In the long run, she's going to be moving around and making noises while she sleeps and it's waking you up unnecessarily and you are losing valuable sleep when you don't have to be. She might bonk her head a few times during the night while she's moving around but she'll be fine in the long run.
Just think, the crib she is in right now is smaller than her full size crib. She may be outgrowing the crib she's in and will sleep better once she is in a larger space.
Make the move, you'll be thankful! :-) Good luck!
-Char
Hi Gina!
My 7 month old started to move a ton in her crib at about 5 months. Once she became more mobile there was no stopping her. She rarely stays on her back. She mostly tosses around from her belly to her side and moves all over her crib. I find her in the corner as well. I was getting a bit worried so I took my bumper off and it was not good. She would hit her head on the rails and get her arms through the slats. She was constantly waking herself up and crying because she was banging around in the crib. So, I put the bumper back on. I think it is totally normal for them to move around at this age. You may want to pay attention to see if she has gas...a lot of times when they raise their legs to their tummies and tighten their tummies up they are suffering from gas pains.
Hope this helps!
It is clearly time for her to be in her own room and crib (w/o bumpers). Get a monitor if you are still worried. Once you get over it, chances are you'll sleep great and she will too. Some babies are just active sleepers. Ask parents who sleep w/ 2 yr olds! My 6 yr old turns all around in the night and can take up a whole queen bed for herself!
