RE: sick baby sleeping question

January 3, 2005

try putting something under the head of the legs of the crib. Like some

books or something to elevate the whole crib up just a little. kind of like a

slight decline towards the feet. Think of the hospital cribs...if you have ever

seen one, the whole mattress is tiltable. Just a suggestion if you are not

comfortable with the pillow, also they sell mattress wedges, but putting

something under the legs of the crib is a whole lot cheaper..as long as it is in

a

sturdy way.

HTH

Freeman

January 3, 2005

oh, duh you tried that already, sorry. Maybe try putting something under the

legs of the crib to raise it and then something under the mattress towards

his feet to elevate them slightly to prevent the sliding. Sounds dumb, but at

the hospital, we often have to raise the feet with the head to prevent sliding

down. \_/ Kind of puts the pressure on the back though. sorry, I didn't read

your post well enough.

Hope he feels better soon.

Freeman

January 3, 2005

oh, duh you tried that already, sorry. Maybe try putting something under the

legs of the crib to raise it and then something under the mattress towards

his feet to elevate them slightly to prevent the sliding. Sounds dumb, but at

the hospital, we often have to raise the feet with the head to prevent sliding

down. \_/ Kind of puts the pressure on the back though. sorry, I didn't read

your post well enough.

Hope he feels better soon.

Freeman

January 3, 2005

Similason Earache Relief is good.for the pain and you can get it OTC at

almost any drugstore.

January 3, 2005

I would be nervous about the pillow. Have you tried rolling up a towel and

putting it under the mattress. That might give him the incline that he needs.

I have read that they should not get a pillow until they are in a toddler bed.

I would guess that it has to do with the sides of the crib.

gets double earinfections and we keep him in our bed on the pillow

for the 1st 2 nights. After that he is usually good to go on his own routine.

good luck,

dm

Gerace cgerace@...> wrote:

Christian has a double ear infection and the croup (we spent 6 hours in the

ER last night because they couldn't bring his 104.5 temperature down until

2:00 a.m.). The only way I can get him to sleep more than 15 minutes at a

time (because of his sickness) is by raising him slightly. I tried to put

something under the crib mattress but his whole body slides down. He is now

sleeping in his crib with a pillow and I am a little scared that this may be

a bad idea. He is 11 months old now and is able to stand up, crawl, etc..

Should I take the pillow out or do you think its okay to leave him on it?

Mommy to (12-17-98) and

Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB 23/7

January 3, 2005

Can I ask what you give your kids for their ear infections? Drops?

and if so, what kind? Thanks

& Grace

> Christian has a double ear infection and the croup (we spent 6

hours in the

> ER last night because they couldn't bring his 104.5 temperature

down until

> 2:00 a.m.). The only way I can get him to sleep more than 15

minutes at a

> time (because of his sickness) is by raising him slightly. I tried

to put

> something under the crib mattress but his whole body slides down.

He is now

> sleeping in his crib with a pillow and I am a little scared that

this may be

> a bad idea. He is 11 months old now and is able to stand up,

crawl, etc..

> Should I take the pillow out or do you think its okay to leave him

on it?

>

> Mommy to (12-17-98) and

>

> Christian (1-30-04) LCF - DBB 23/7

>

January 3, 2005

I don't know if this will work for you or not because of his size/age. When

Breanna was little, still in the casts, only 1 month old she had phnemonia. The

only way she could sleep was if she was sitting up a bit. Otherwise she

couldn't breathe. I let her sleep in a carrier. You know, the carriers that

are also car seats. She was very comfortable in it and slept very well. That

you can really sit them up in by propping up the back of it a bit with

something. No worries about them rolling over, not being able to breathe, etc.

Him being 11 months he may be way too big for one though. Otherwise, what about

a regular car seat? Just tip it back so he's not sitting straight up but still

at an incline? Just at least until he doesn't need to be propped up at all.

Hopefully this helps!

Good Luck,