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Terrified of crib. Me, that is!

punkrockabyepunkrockabye member
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I probably just need to be slapped. LO is in her crib [in our bedroom] for the first time. She sleeps perfectly in the RnP if she's swaddled. So I laid her down in the crib, finally, swaddled. We've put her in it before but I recoiled in horror as she was able to tip over onto her side, and since she only sleeps swaddled, I'm terrified that she will end up rolling onto her stomach and suffocating.

So I'm laying here, wide awake, dim lamp on, staring at her. For the past 40 minutes. I am just so scared of this. So please, tell me stories of your child not dying in his or her crib!

Or, rather, was anyone else horribly scared of this? I know laying swaddled in the RnP is less safe than the crib. But I guess it's a mental thing.

Granted, she's starting to stir now. This may not last long tonight anyway. But still. Millions of babies sleep in cribs every night and yet here I am wondering how in the world. haha.
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Re: Terrified of crib. Me, that is!

  • rpt06rpt06 member
    I have a thing that LO lays in the middle of which prevents them from rolling.  When I put DD in her crib I used it for a little while until I felt more comfortable.  I'll do the same for DS when I put him in his crib in a couple of weeks.  I'm sure they really won't go anywhere but it's just for peace of mind I guess.
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  • alrighthamiltonalrighthamilton member
    Count me as terrified too. We retired the RnP because of her attempting to sit up in it and her recent development of rolling completely over from her back to stomach. As soon as I lay her down she immediately goes to her side and usually onto her stomach. Swaddling seems to help her roll better. So I quit swaddling her. She isn't sleeping as well, but I don't know if that's because she prefers the RnP, being swaddled, or a combination of both. It's getting better. I still have her in the Pack n Play in our room. Honestly, I don't forsee moving to her crib in her room until at least six months, due to my paranoia.
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  • jessalynn521jessalynn521 member

    When Aiden was in the NICU they had this thing that looked like two rolls held together with a piece of fabric that they had him laying in. Granted he was on his stomach in it, but I am sure you could use something similar and have her on her back swaddled that way. they just lay down under the arm area where the trunk of the body is. I found something similar online:

    https://www.dinodirect.com/sleep-positioner-pillow-print.html?cur=USD&affid=3846&gclid=CO-A3tT087ICFcxcMgodknoAJg

    dunno if it is clicky or not. 

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  • punkrockabyepunkrockabye member
    I would LOVE to get a sleep positioner because it would solve my problem perfectly. But now "they" regard them as a SIDS risk and they're not recommended anymore. Of course all my concerns are brushed off by family members, who are all much older; they like to hammer home the fact that their babies slept on their stomachs, they didn't use car seat, started rice cereal by 2 weeks and always let newborns "try" solid foods... it's like from one side, I'm being told that nothing is safe no matter what because my baby WILL find a way to hurt herself, and the other side is asking me why I'd unswaddle her to put her in her car seat before heading out. It has all resulted in many moments of me just stating at the baby while she sleeps to make sure she's still alive, but at the same time, feeling horrible about being insane.
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