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Post by ballerinamomma on Jan 17, 2013 15:20:48 GMT -6
OOB- ill have to check out that Orajel! Thanks!
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Post by momof3anddog on Jan 17, 2013 20:03:11 GMT -6
Crib wedges - not recommended when babies can move around at all; Involuntarily or on purpose as they can get wedged between the wedge and have suffication issues; If it is reflux, it is like heartburn and made worse by laying flat; Talk to your pediatrician about what you can use that is safe; Honestly, I have had heard horrible things about "accidents" that happened with crib wedges when babies were too big or not able to really control their movements and moved self into position between wedgd and couldn't get out of it. As some of it is done while sleeping, slowly sufficate to death in their sleep when getting wedged betwen wedge and side of crib, blanket, etc; What my ped recommended was rolling up a towel and putting it below the crib mattress on one end; To make the one end higher; Again, you gotta have a safe crib to do this; If you are using a pack'n'play, this probably wouldn't work as the bottom board would be a problem with it not laying flat as they fold up often; So I'd only try this in a crib that it is possible for; Cribs have been redesigned due to SIDS deaths since I had a new crib in 2009 so don't know what bottom board is like in now-a-day cribs; Other thing -- You mentioned she had RSV; Very serious for many, many infants - sometimes fatal; Luckily you are not that; Sometimes secondary bacterial infections happen from getting and going through RSV; Does she have an ear infection or a respiratory secondary infection that makes it difficult for her to lay flat and not struggle with breathing or pain like in a ear infection? A doctor can tell you that by X-Raying Lungs her to see if secondary bronchitis or pnemonia, or checking her ears to see if lots of fluid behind them causing pain, or an ear infection that results in same thing; Also 7 months with teething, can just disrupt sleep period; It hurts -- worse so at night, when you have that dull, aching throb from a tooth coming in and sharp pain when it actually breaks through the gumline; But the child can probably can ignore it during the day when have other stimulus happening and awake to pay attention to; Not so much at night when sleeping, and the pain builds and builds and disrupts your sleep. It could be a little bit of some of the above or all of the above; But I would not minimize her RSV -- at her age she is still considered the far edges of newborn and an infant; All children respond differently to RSV; The older you are usually the better you respond; However, add in some other stressors, like teething, or a secondary bacterial infection and you are one miserable little girl with no way to express it except by disrupted sleep and irritation and crying. I hope that helps.
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Post by ballerinamomma on Jan 17, 2013 20:43:32 GMT -6
Wow momof3 thank you!! That is a lot to consider!!!
After talking to DH, we decided to continue co sleeping until she is completely better. I truly think her sleeping problems are from her teething. We are just going to continue to be patient and love on her! Once she is completely better we will reevaluate!
Thank you all so so much!!!
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Post by jlschlangen on Jan 17, 2013 20:46:44 GMT -6
For a wedge for my kids' cribs I folded blankets into halves and put 1 under the upper part of the mattress. I didn't buy anything fancy for under it.
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Post by sarahisis on Jan 17, 2013 22:13:57 GMT -6
The wedge we have goes from one side of the crib to the other...touching the rails and it goes under the sheet so its as if its just part of the mattress, just raised... no wherefor a baby to wedge themselves.
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