LO Getting Arms Stuck in Crib Slots

steelerchic43 · December 2010

So apparently my LO is a mover and a shaker because I lay him down at night with his head pointing North and feet South. When I come to get him in the morning (LO is STTN!!!) his head is pointing South and feet North and his little arm is through a slot of the crib. This happens every night like clockwork.

It might sound strange, but when I was say 12 years old I started to flip over in my sleep as well. Everynight I would go to bed one way and in the morning wake up upside down. Which is fine when you are 12, but I am so afraid that my LO is going to hurt himself, or his arms, getting them stuck in the slots.

"They" say you shouldn't use bumpers in the cribs anymore, and positioning things in the cribs anymore, so what should I do???

mrs.vanderwall · December 2010

breatheable bumpers

Laura_Lee · December 2010

My son does the EXACT same thing.

According to "the experts," the chances of them doing damage to their limbs by getting them stuck in the slats is WAY less than the likelyhood if something happening due to the crib bumper.

My son ALWAYS squeezes himself into a corner of the crib, with his face pressed against the slats, so the last thing I want to imagine is a bumper in there for him to press his face into.

If it's not bothering him, I'd say don't worry about it. I always move my son to a different position when I see he's sleeping like that. You can always buy "breathable" bumpers too - they're mesh, so the child can't suffocate.

snansley · December 2010

Try the breathable bumpers. DS is an acrobat in his sleep (always has been) and those keep him contained.

coryandsuzanne · December 2010

I have this breathable bumper...

https://www.target.com/BreathableBaby-Breathable-Safer-Bumper-White/dp/B0013FGWD0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid5&keywords=breathable bumper&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-2&qid=1291819348&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=BreathableBaby Breathable Safer Bumper -White&node=1038576|1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576|1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0

Works great!

Dreamsicle23 · December 2010

If your kid can move that much a bumper is fine.

Haven1 · December 2010

I had one night where I got up three times because someone got their arm/leg stuck in the slots and started screaming.

Breathable bumpers were purchased the next day.

msm261 · December 2010

I put LO's bumper back in around 12 weeks and he is a stomach sleeper. He was doing the same thing though--spinning around and getting limbs stuck between the slats. He rolls both ways and is getting up on his hands and knees now, so I am not worried.

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