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Uncomfortable crib mattress?

babylala07babylala07 member
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My 6 month old has serious night sleep issues. He's up every other hour or so, sometimes to eat and sometimes to be rocked for 45 mins. He will fall asleep quickly in my or DH's arms but, bam!, he's wide awake as soon as he hits his crib mattress. But if I lay him on our bed or in a swing he stays asleep. He must just hate his hard as a rock Pottery Barn mattress. Has anyone tried a foam mattress pad to try and make it more comfortable? Any other ideas? Oh, and he's not about to go to sleep if put into the crib awake or drowsy, I know that's the goal, but at this point I just want him to sleep to I can sleep without bouts of crying. TIA!!
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Re: Uncomfortable crib mattress?

  • MNgirl326MNgirl326 member

    It is possible that it is too hard.  You can get mattress pads at Target for about 12 bucks and give it try.  We have a mattress pad and it does make it a little softer, but not that much

    However, it is possible that he just doesn't like his crib yet and isn't used to it.   When you put him down, is he on his back? Have your tried his side or stomach.  My LO sleeps much better on his stomach. 

    Also, when he fusses, do you go and get him right away? Or do you wait a few minutes? 

    Does he nap in the crib?   Does he get to spend time awake in his crib just getting used to it? 

    The crib can be a big scary place when you are used to the close comfort of dad's arms or the swing.  

     

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  • babylala07babylala07 member

    I have a mattress pad but there isn't much to it. I'm thinking about a 2in thick foam pad that goes on top of mattress (but under pad and sheet). He's been in his crib 2 months and has never slept great in it.

     I put him in on his back and lately he's been rolling to his slide and sleeping that way but he often stays on his back. Unless he flips to his stomach and then yells because he can't fall back asleep.

    He naps *sometimes* in his crib b/c I'll put him down drowsy and sometimes he'll go to sleep and other times not and I'm put him in his swing to nap. He doesn't hang out in his crib at all to play, he really just doesn't like being in it but we're trying because there isn't anywhere else for him to sleep. In our bed is not an option. I'm probably being inconsistent but I'm so dang tired I just want him to sleep and not fight me on it.

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  • rmaximrmaxim

    This sounds pretty much like my son. The crib mattress is hard as a board and he usually wakes up the second I put him down on it. Sometimes I'm able to get him to take naps on it by putting him down drowsy on his side. But normally he wakes right up when I put him down. I fought with him for 2 hours a night for several nights and have basically given up for the time being. He sleeps in our bed (which has a pretty soft mattress) and has no problem sleeping by himself there. However now that he's crawling it's not safe for him to be in our bed alone so I'd really like to get him into the crib. Our crib mattress has a "hard" and "harder" side - I flipped it over to the less hard side last week and maybe sometime soon I'll try getting him to sleep there again.

    Honestly I think a lot of the SIDS paranoia leads to these really uncomfortable sleeping conditions. If the baby is old and strong enough to sit up and crawl on is own I think he can keep from smothering himself!

    Jude Wayne - Born 4/23/10 Violet Patricia - Born 12/5/12 Breastfeeding, baby-wearing work-at-home mom of 2 living in Rockville, MD
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