hehateme
01-08-2010, 11:44 AM
Hi:
My son turned 23 weeks old today. We were swaddling him until 2 weeks ago but felt that he should not need it any more. So we started putting him in a sleep sack. He had trouble sleeping so we changed back to swaddling him but left his arms out. This worked much better for him.
Our son has had a stuffy nose for 3 months. Doctors have told us that he does not have cold. We have a humidifier in the room. We put a few books under his crib mattress to help him. We clean his nose before he goes to bed. When he wakes up to drink his formula(Similac Sensitive) he has a stuffy nose. Could there be something in his formula that is causing a stuffy nose?
If we try to clean his nose during the nigth he wakes up so we avoid doing it.
He goes to bed in his crib around 7:30 and wakes up around mid night. He wakes up again around 4:00 am and he has trouble sleeping again. Stuffy nose is one cause of the problem. The only way he sleeps well after 4:00 am waking is if put him in a swing chair where he can keep his head higher. We have Fisher Price Zen collection Swing. We have take the chair out of the swing and placed it on the floor.
He has also started rolling over from his back to stomach. But he cannot rollback. We were using sleep positioner to keep on on his back but I would like to stop using them. Last night was the first night without a sleep positioner. First I saw him very close the the bumpers. I was concerned about him breathing so I removed the bumper. After that I found him sleeping on his stomach. His face was sideways so he was still breathing. He is still being swaddled with his arms out. I had a lot of trouble sleeping as I was concerned about his safety. I feared that he will rollover to his back and swaddling will prevent him from moving freely.
Tonight we plan to put him in a sleep sack. We will try to pick up breathable bumpers this weekend. His crib has a Colgate Classica I(Very firm) mattress. There is not soft toys and blankets in it. Is there anything else we should do to help him sleep better and safely?
Can we still allow him to sleep in a swing chair for a few hours in the morning?
I am sorry for the long email but I felt that I had to give you the big picture to get appropriate advice.
Thanks
My son turned 23 weeks old today. We were swaddling him until 2 weeks ago but felt that he should not need it any more. So we started putting him in a sleep sack. He had trouble sleeping so we changed back to swaddling him but left his arms out. This worked much better for him.
Our son has had a stuffy nose for 3 months. Doctors have told us that he does not have cold. We have a humidifier in the room. We put a few books under his crib mattress to help him. We clean his nose before he goes to bed. When he wakes up to drink his formula(Similac Sensitive) he has a stuffy nose. Could there be something in his formula that is causing a stuffy nose?
If we try to clean his nose during the nigth he wakes up so we avoid doing it.
He goes to bed in his crib around 7:30 and wakes up around mid night. He wakes up again around 4:00 am and he has trouble sleeping again. Stuffy nose is one cause of the problem. The only way he sleeps well after 4:00 am waking is if put him in a swing chair where he can keep his head higher. We have Fisher Price Zen collection Swing. We have take the chair out of the swing and placed it on the floor.
He has also started rolling over from his back to stomach. But he cannot rollback. We were using sleep positioner to keep on on his back but I would like to stop using them. Last night was the first night without a sleep positioner. First I saw him very close the the bumpers. I was concerned about him breathing so I removed the bumper. After that I found him sleeping on his stomach. His face was sideways so he was still breathing. He is still being swaddled with his arms out. I had a lot of trouble sleeping as I was concerned about his safety. I feared that he will rollover to his back and swaddling will prevent him from moving freely.
Tonight we plan to put him in a sleep sack. We will try to pick up breathable bumpers this weekend. His crib has a Colgate Classica I(Very firm) mattress. There is not soft toys and blankets in it. Is there anything else we should do to help him sleep better and safely?
Can we still allow him to sleep in a swing chair for a few hours in the morning?
I am sorry for the long email but I felt that I had to give you the big picture to get appropriate advice.
Thanks