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AdamsGirl81305
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sleeping on boppy pillow...thoughts?
AdamsGirl81305
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Twin 1 has issues sleeping anywhere but with me. We have been co-sleeping simply as a way to get through the night. I don't like it. I don't sleep well. Today, I had to feed Twin 2, so I put 1 on the couch in the boppy pillow next to me. She fell asleep. After I finished feeding 2, I took 1 upstairs to lay in the PNP. About 5 minutes later she started screaming. So, I brought her back downstairs and set her in the boppy pillow. Seriously, not even 30 seconds later, she was fast asleep. She ended up going almost 6 hours between feedings. We put her down for a nap in her PNP with the boppy pillow this afternoon, with 4.5 hours between feeds. We woke her to give her a bath.
So, I want to put her in the PNP, which is right next to me at the side of the bed, with the boppy to sleep tonight. I am nervous about her sliding, but otherwise not overly concerned about it. I wanted to get thoughts from others though. What do you think?
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Re: sleeping on boppy pillow...thoughts?
Mommas Little Yankee Fan!
Why?
Mommas Little Yankee Fan!
Would you do it at night while you were sleeping? I am trying to get away from the co-sleeping and she will not sleep in the PNP or the crib by herself. She fusses so much that she wakes her sister, then I have 2 screaming babies.
Oh and he also does not sleep there at night. Only during the day for naps while I am watching him.
Sorry I would thing of something new to add after I already clicked 'post.'
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This is one reason. The other is if she slides down, the side of the boppy could suffocate her.
I've let DS sleep in the boppy pillow in his PNP. I surround him with receiving blankets to keep from sliding. Also, DS is still swaddled so he sleeps so peacefully in it.
Edit: Yes, like PP -- this was only for naps when I was awake and alert. At night he's on his back, flat, in his PNP
My feeling was, of COURSE the Boppy label says "DO NOT SLEEP ON BOPPY." They have to cover themselves in case of lawsuits. It can't be that bad...
DD still takes supervised naps on the Boppy, but I don't do it unattended any more because even though I thought I had her supported with blankets and her feed pressed against the side of the couch, she STILL slid down, and this was before she was really squirmy. Luckily I only had my back turned for a moment and she didn't go under the Boppy.
The carseat is a good idea - my friend's daughter would NOT sleep unless with her, and they resorted to the carseat and she slept in it almsot every night for almost two months. The pedi said it was fine and they finally got good rest.
We had a terrible sleeper (still not great), and we did the bouncy chair in the crib for over a month then the Boppy in the crib, laying on his side, for a couple months, and only within the last month or so has he learned to sleep on his side or stomach flat on the crib.
I am also the bad mom that allows him to have a blanket, because he won't sleep without it. I also have bumpers, because I have seen him throw his body into those slats in his sleep.
So honestly its not the PC answer, but it is a real life answer. DS is none worse the wear, and I managed to get sleep in there occasionally.
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I have heard it's not a good idea, but honestly we do it. We were doing it ocassionally at night before this week, but this week the boys got colds and the doctor's office actually told me to either let them sleep in their bouncers, carseats, or boppys. We chose boppys because they fit in the co-sleeper next to us in bed so they have better supervision. I am not looking forward to transitioning them back on their flat backs, but we will as soon as their colds are over.
Also I feel safer having them swaddled in the boppys than I do with them in their carseats. I think their heads are at better angles. I feel like their necks can flop down too easily in their carseats.