Re: looking for suggestions

[Guest guest]

I have just started using The First Years – Airflow adjustable sleep

positioner. It is hard so the baby can't flatten it and it is shaped

like two cylinders, which are long enough and high enough that it is

difficult for the baby to move. It is adjustable, so you can snug it

right up against baby's body. I have tried all the others on the

market and had no luck; could wiggle herself into her favorite

position. can roll over both ways so I needed something that

restricted the movement in her waist and hips. I put her in it on a

45 deg. angle; this keeps her off her flat spot but keeps her mostly

on her back. I have a friend who lost her daughter to SIDS and

is 3 ½ months old, still too young to sleep on her belly. I will put

in the web page address of the item I purchased. I got mine at Toys

R Us but you can buy on the Internet from Babies R Us for $10.99

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-

/baby/B000058CC4/ref=br_fq_ba_abl_1/002-1796183-5378453

I don't think it will link it for you but you can copy it into the

address field. ( " Control C " to copy and " Control V " to paste)

I like it so much; I am going to try it for her stroller. I know, I

know, I am suppose to carry her, but she is close to 12lbs and I have

two other children. I just don't have enough hands.

Good Luck,

Heidi

( 6, 4, and 3 ½ month-Tort and Plagio)

> I've been having more trouble repositioning Abby since going to CT

3

> weeks ago. Charlotte said that I need to keep her off of her flat

> spot (on the R side of her head) AND off the left side of her face.

> I'd been side sleeping her quite successfully on her left, but was

> told that could flatten her face. SOOOOO....I have to keep her eyes

> facing the ceiling. I got two small bags of sand and put them in

> socks like I was told, and they go on either side of her head like

> bunkers. They're not working...she's still all over the place.

Plus,

> I have the worry of having something like that so close to her face

> while she sleeps.

>

> So I'm coming to all you wise people for some additional advice.

She

> always either ends up sidesleeping (flattening her face) or on her

> back right on her flat spot. UGH. Should I try teaching her to

sleep

> on her belly??? Is there a better way to keep her on her back with

> her head not moving? Charlotte also recommended making sandbags and

> sewing them to Abby's onsie so she can't roll over while she

sleeps.

> I have yet to do that yet, but will probably get started soon.

>

> Do you know of anything else that might work?

> Christy (mom to Abby ~ 4 months and moving around like crazy!)

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Looks like a great product! If someone hasn't added it to the bookmarks section

already I will do it! Thanks for sharing that and hopefully that will a lot

people with repositioning.

Marci (Mom to )

Oklahoma

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your messages. I wish I could remember exactly what

Charlotte had said. Maybe I totally misunderstood her? I know that

since I'd been exclusively sidesleeping Abby, she started to show

hints of getting flat on the new side. Maybe that's why Charlotte

said to keep Abby flat on her back? I was sure that we talked about

the face flattening though, because it brought to mind the thread of

posts here about the face flattening where everyone said it couldn't

happen. Hmmmm. We go back next week to reevaluate, so I'll ask and

let you all know

And, , good point. There's really is no difference between

sidesleeping and bellysleeping, is there? Guess I was just desperate

to try something different. Figure this one out...Abby is still

sleeping in her bassinet in our room. She's really too big, but I'm

not quite ready to move her to her own room yet WELL...last night

I put her to sleep on her back. This a.m. she's on her belly with her

head at the other end of the bassinet. HOW DID SHE DO THAT???

On my way to check out the sleep positioner that was recommended.

Thanks all,

Christy (mom to Abby ~ 4 months and being a total angel today)

[Guest guest]

Hi Christy,

I know that

> since I'd been exclusively sidesleeping Abby, she started to show

> hints of getting flat on the new side.

I personnaly believe that repositioning by putting a baby in only one

other constant new position (especially all night long) puts a baby at

risk of creating another flat spot, since it is how a flat spot in the

back occured in the first place. In my opinion, the best way to

reposition is to vary the position you place your baby in.

I repositioned my son by alternating his sleeping position from side

to side during the night starting while he was 2 months old (using a

side sleep positioner)from the time he was 2 months old, and it did

not cause any flattening of his face. During the day, I would

position him on his back non-flat side, and do lots of tummy time. I

would also let him be on his flat spot for short period of time, while

making sure to relief the pressure with the noggin nest or some foam

(the egg-crate type mattress they sell to put on beds). You can also

use memory foam (http://www.foamorder.com/)to relief the pressure.

Another point I thought I would mention, is the use of the bassinet...

I believe that the bassinet we used for my son from birth to 3 months

old is partly responsible for his plagio since the one we had only had

a 1 inch mattress, so as my son got heavier it was more like he was

sleeping on the wood plank under! I won't be using it for my next

child!! Same goes for his swing (a recent model at that) that hardly

had any foam before the hard plastic. For the times where I had to

use it, it place a foam piece under the cover.

As a suggestion to help you position your daughter, like a mentioned

in an earlier post, you can always sew a rice sock on the back of a

onesie so that she can't roll on her flat spot.

Good luck in your repositioning effort,

Annick

Mom to (repo grad)

[Guest guest]

Great post Annick!!! I totally agree with you on alternating sides- we

started to keep off the right side in the beginning, but then

started alternating a little to keep the other side from getting flat. Good

point with the mattress as well- our playpen had a bassinet and it to has

probably in hindsight not enough foam to help the situation either. Thanks

for your great advice as always!

' Mom

[Guest guest]

Annick,

I had never thought about the bassinet thing before. slept in one for four

months and coincidentally it was when she was about 4 months that I noticed the

significant flattening. Hmm, very interesting. We also used a swing and you're

right - there is not much padding there! Boy will I do things differently the

next time around (if there is a next time around)!

Marci