anyone elevate the crib mattress for reflux?

mfgale09

just wondering if/how you elevate the crib mattress for reflux?  right now the boys just sleep in bouncy chairs... but i was wondering if there is an easy safe way to elevate the mattress ourself. i looked at a medical supply store for a crib wedge and sling but it was expensive npand the sling wasn't even a good size.  i hate reflux! they never seem comfortable after eating

mamabear7

I had a thick memory foam pillow that I put under the head of DD's mattress.  It worked while she was young, but as she started moving it became pointless.  FWIW, her reflux resolved itself by 3-4 months. 

mmoravec

Per Dr's suggestion I just rolled up some towels and put it under one end of the mattresses.

eyelovemascara

Yep, we used rolled up towels under one end of the mattress. They slid down flat by the time they woke up in the morning, but I think it helped them to fall asleep being on an incline.

cleeksock

I put a couple coffee table books under one end of the mattress.  This is what I always did when my older daughter was congested too.  It works!

UsedToBeGoldie

we had plywood boards under their mattresses in the crib - to make the angelcare monitors work better.... so we'd just roll up a towel and put it under the mattress on one end-  it helped a lot - Gibby couldn't stand to lay flat. 

once they started rolling around a lot we had to take it out b/c sometimes they'd end up laying opposite which certainly doesn't help

LSchott

Reflux is the worst! I feel your pain.. both my boys have it too It does seem to get better around 5 months though. I just bought the wedges from babies r us - I think the brand is DEX. They come in a blue and green box and were stocked over by the Boppys. I think they were about $16 each. you just put it under the mattress pad. The only thing is - once you stop swaddling them they tend to roll off it pretty quick. I ended up taking mine out when they were 3.5 - 4 months. Hope that helps! Also I kept them in their infant seats for 20-30 minutes after a night feeding and then moved them back into their crib.

GeauxTigers82

I had those wedge things that go on top of the mattress, but under the mattress pad and sheet. They didn't really work that well though, because they kept rolling down sideways, off the thing.

Eriksgal

GeauxTigers82:

I had those wedge things that go on top of the mattress, but under the mattress pad and sheet. They didn't really work that well though, because they kept rolling down sideways, off the thing.

 

This.  Didn't work for us either so they just sleep flat and don't seem to have an issue with it.

thiswillbe

Ours had terrible reflux through their first year. We tried various elevating tactics, but they would always slide down. I say skip all that and go directly to Rock N Plays. They were the best solution for our kiddos. They slept in RnPs until 6 months (DS) and 8 months (DD).

ColleenS629

Our pedi told us to just put rolled up towels under the mattresses so that's what we did. It's not as much of an incline as the bouncers/ swings/ RnP but it's something. They scoot all over the crib, though, so they don't always stay on the incline.

manatee21

I had wiggly babies, so they never stayed head-side-up when we elevated the crib.  My reflux baby was eventually put on prevacid and put on special formula.  You can try rolling up a towel at one end.  The nurse also told us to hold the baby upright for an hour after every feeding.  I just laughed at her.  GL!

KarlsSweetie05

Used Rock and Play and it was a lifesaver.  Highly recommend for reflux issues.

erinruns

We dropped one end of the crib.  When my girls reflux was really one end was dropped all the way down, and we used a danny sling to keep them in place.  As they grew out of it, we brought the end of the crib up a notch, and then finally to flat.