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Reflux Preemies: Transition from RNP to Crib?

OscarQOscarQ member
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Kevin may be nearing the end of his Rock n Play days.  How long did your LO last in the RNP and how did you handle the transition to the crib (or if you went to something else in the interim what was it?).  Thanks!
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Re: Reflux Preemies: Transition from RNP to Crib?

  • beyogabeyoga member
    You can set your crib mattress to an incline.  That way you lo won't be flat.  Reid is now in a flat crib.  We feed him at 8 pm.  Give him an hour to settle then put him in his crib.
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  • katie4253katie4253 member

    imagebeyoga:
    You can set your crib mattress to an incline.  That way you lo won't be flat.  Reid is now in a flat crib.  We feed him at 8 pm.  Give him an hour to settle then put him in his crib.

    I agree with this.  They told us the way to do it is to roll up towels under the mattress.  You may want to start doing this now while he is still on his body monitor because you won't be able to use your crib apnea monitor if you do the towel trick.  Not sure there would be a way to make the entire crib on an incline safely.  

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  • michelleh0385michelleh0385 member
    Kellan has severe reflux also. We tried inclining the bed but it really didnt help much. We just ended up putting him to sleep on his belly ( I know we shouldn't but I was ok with it because he was sent home on an apnea monitor) and he was a lot better.

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  • devinjonesrndevinjonesrn member

    We use a crib wedge and elevate one side of the crib up on bricks.  We then use a sheet saver and under the sheet saver we tuck a couple rolled up receiving blankets rolled up to make a "U" like they did in the NICU, other wise they'd be at the end of the crib! This works with our Angel Care monitors

    This is the wedge we have:

    https://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=crib+wedge&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=16599607692494366147&sa=X&ei=-K8gTsu1NMXy0gGEorm2Aw&ved=0CE8Q8wIwAQ

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  • elisbuelisbu member

    imagemichelleh0385:
    Kellan has severe reflux also. We tried inclining the bed but it really didnt help much. We just ended up putting him to sleep on his belly ( I know we shouldn't but I was ok with it because he was sent home on an apnea monitor) and he was a lot better.

    This.

    We started by swaddling her and rolling a blanket up like a log and putting it under her right shouldre blade. Something about sleeping on their left side helps with reflux. But now that she is strong enough she sleep on her belly. She sleeps So much longer and our pedi said to just smart about it (take out bumped, blankets, no sleep sacks....etc)

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