DD wants her face up against something when she sleeps

lolob45

DD is still in her RNP and I had hoped to transition her to a porta crib in our room this weekend but after watching her sleep at the end of last week and this weekend I got too nervous. She has learned to flip from front to back and back to front and now will only sleep on her side with her face up against something. Currently she is sleeping in the RNP like this and twice last night her Snuza went off because she was almost completely face down. She is also swaddled so how she is doing this is beyond me. After last night I am going to try the porta crib tonight but I'm worried she won't sleep because she won't be able to put her face on something and since she is swaddled in afraid if she rolls over she won't be able to move her face to breathe.

I am worried that removing the swaddle and doing the crib all at once is going to have bad results. Last week she STN all but 1 night.

Any tips and success stories? Should I try no swaddle but keep her in the RNP? Move to crib and keep swaddled?

Lastly, I do have an extra contoured changing pad - should I put that in the portacrib (with the fitted sheet on top) for her to put her face up against?

I don't know what's the lesser of evils when it comes to this transition.

Pics below are from her naps so she isn't swaddled but we can't get more than 1-2hrs without the swaddle. With swaddle we usually get 5-8hrs straight.

steph191

Yea my LO is the same way! She doesn't sleep on her side ( I don't know if she's figured that out yet) but does turn her head so that it's smushed up like your LOs is. I don't have her swaddled either, but I have no idea why she likes it. I constantly check on her because it makes me nervous.

muffyvonmuff

Maybe put a stuffed animal next to her so she has something to nuzzle?

sleepy33

I would transition her to the crib ASAP. Obviously if the Snuza is going off, it's not safe for her to sleep in it. Be prepared for a night or two where you may have to get up every hour and put her back down, but eventually she'll give in.

Jalee85

Stuffed animal is a suffocation hazard. Maybe try no swaddled in R&P then once they are used to that you can transition to the crib.

sleepy33

Wait, I'm confused, or maybe I'm having reading comprehension fail. You recognize you need to move her out of the RNP b/c her face being pressed up against the side is a suffocation hazard. Yet you want to put something in her crib for her to put her face up against (which is a suffocation hazard)? The putting her face up against things is the dangerous part.

*blue*flower*

I would transition her to the port a crib ASAP!  I definitely would not put something in there for her to snuggle her face into because that is a suffocation hazard.  It is going to be rough getting up with her during the transition, but it won't last forever and safety would be way more important to me than a 8 hour stretch of sleep.  Seeing her face burried in the pillow and side like that would scare me!  There is so much uproar about crib bumpers, but I am wondering how the RNP is a safe solution (we don't have one so I am not sure exactly what its set up is, but it seems even less safe as a place for a baby to sleep than a crib with a  bumper if baby is able to bury their face into a head pillow and fabric side.) 

PixiesDust

Maybe it's not so much that she wants her face smooshed against something, but does want to lay on her side and her face being smooshed is just a consequence of being on her side and crammed into the rock and play.  That being said, if she can roll she should no longer be swaddled.  Like PP said, i would move her ASAP.

hartsl01

I would transition to the crib yesterday and stop the swaddling. I've always understood it that once baby can roll over, it is not safe to swaddle. And I agree with pp's it is not safe to put anything in the crib with her as most everything possess a suffocation risk. The next few nights might suck but I think lo will be more comfortable in a crib since she'll have more room.

Foofie&thebean

Agree with pp get LO into the crib ASAP! Rolling from back to belly in a bare crib is much safer then in a RNP. It may take some work but LO being safe is most important.

calibr8te

I am having a mild melt down thinking about this! Definitely give up the swaddle and be resigned to the fact that you will have less sleep for a few days until she transitions to a new sleeping arrangement. 

lolob45

Thanks guys. I know my last comment was confusing but I've read about ppl putting folded towels under the sheet to somewhat mimic the RNP. I thought it might help her with the transition.

My DH tried again tonight to finish building the porta crib and something is going on and we can't get one part to latch so I'm putting her in the RNP tonight with one arm out of the swaddle. Snuza is on.
I'm not ready to have her out of our room and in her crib. Her crib is too wide to carry through the door of our room.

And to add to this I'm nearly certain she is teething....

CatieG

DS will either cover his face with his dragon lovey or pull a muslin blanket up next to his face to fall asleep.

Disclaimer: The blanket is tucked in at the foot of the bed so he can't cover his face, no worries.

ETA: As soon as he starts moving around the crib the blanket is coming out. So far he just lays there.

emmylou78

I don't have a pillow in the rnp. Can you take it out? Without that, I don't think the Rnp by itself would be a suffocation hazard. In the 2nd pic of her just up against it, she still has room to breathe. And regarding crib, I would def not swaddle her if she can wiggle that far into a face down position.
Maybe unswaddle first in the RNP without the pillow, then transition to crib, with nothing it in!

lolob45

Heather6789 said:

I don't have a pillow in the rnp. Can you take it out? Without that, I don't think the Rnp by itself would be a suffocation hazard. In the 2nd pic of her just up against it, she still has room to breathe. And regarding crib, I would def not swaddle her if she can wiggle that far into a face down position.
Maybe unswaddle first in the RNP without the pillow, then transition to crib, with nothing it in!

I can't take the pillow out ....which I don't understand

lolob45

Well that's that just found mold in the RNP while I was trying to take the pillow part off. Looks like DD will sleep in the mamaroo tonight unless DH can finish the porta crib.

Now I have no idea what ill put her in when I shower, etc. The RNP was my lifesaver. What do you put your LO in?

Inn2

The crib. Turn on the mobile, set up my iPad monitor and take the fastest shower I can.

ETA: How did your RnP get mold?

Jalee85

I put her in her bouncer and bring in the bathroom with me. She loves the sound of water running.

lolob45

Inn2 said:

The crib. Turn on the mobile, set up my iPad monitor and take the fastest shower I can.



ETA: How did your RnP get mold?

Absolutely no idea. I googled it and it turns out there was a recall in January due to mold. I didn't know bc it was a hand me down so I never registered it.

Inn2

Ughs! That bites. Hope you find something that works for you soon!

blondolphn

My crib was too big to fit through a door frame. I took a side off to get it through. Her crib is near my bed. It wasn't that bad to do.

Heather91011

My LO does this in her swing, PNP attachment and car seat. It scares me to death. I took the attachment off the PNP last night and tried to get her to sleep without it and she said NOPENOPENOPE mama. She wiggled and rolled herself all the way from the middle to the side and pressed her face against it. I finally pulled her into the bed with my and let her sleep on my chest. This is the only way she will sleep without her face against something. I have an awesome baby who likes to STTN however I'm pretty sure I haven't slept more than 15 minutes at a top since she started doing this. I am too scared.

psychdoc12

Heather91011 said:

My LO does this in her swing, PNP attachment and car seat. It scares me to death. I took the attachment off the PNP last night and tried to get her to sleep without it and she said NOPENOPENOPE mama. She wiggled and rolled herself all the way from the middle to the side and pressed her face against it. I finally pulled her into the bed with my and let her sleep on my chest. This is the only way she will sleep without her face against something. I have an awesome baby who likes to STTN however I'm pretty sure I haven't slept more than 15 minutes at a top since she started doing this. I am too scared.

If it's that bad, why not get a snuza or angel care monitor?

LittleBabyG2013

We took apart her crib to put it in our room. It didn't that long to put it back together