Pillows and babies

[supergolden88]

Baby boy has a nasty cold with coughing, blocked nose etc so for the past two nights we have been co sleeping in same very large bed. I had him propped up on a pillow and was next to him. He slept fairly well last night - me not so much.

I was wondering whether to use a (mothercare) pillow to temporarily prop him up in his cot for naps today. He doesnt roll over in bed.

What age are pillows considered safe? I seem to recall a swedish friend using one from birth to prevent flat head

[womanofdulwich]

can you put the pilow under the mattress just to lift that end of the cot?

[supergolden88]

cot is propped up anyway at a rather dangerous angle so the pillow stops him sliding down. I sound like an awful mother dont I?

In my desperation with his constant blocked nose I wondered why someone hasn't invented a sort of gro bag that is kind of harnessed to the bed so that they can sleep vertically if need be

pay me no mind I have had less than 5 hours sleep this past week...

[hellosailor]

Supergolden88 have you found snufflebabe (vicks ointment for babies) helps at all with blocked nose? I also noticed the other day in chemist that you can get a plug-in room vapour thingy to relive congestion for babies?

[srisky]

Supergolden, you're not a bad mother and if you are then so am I!

DD used to sleep in the Moses basket with the head end propped up so we tried the same when she moved into the cot. However, she ended up sliding to the bottom, so we lay her on one of our pillows in the cot for a few nights and she was absolutely fine. She now sleeps completely flat without a pillow. I suppose it depends on how old your baby is - DD was about 4months but prob wouldn't recommend it for a very young baby. If in doubt you can always have a chat with FSID (foundation for the studdy of infant deaths)

[Fuschia]

HVe you got. Breastfeedng pillow?How much do they sleep? 3m is about the time they drop the newborn sleep patterns and probably start to

Need helP to get to sleep

They may wll be over tired

As ?a rule of thumb 2 hours awake time is probably enough?

[jennyh]

My daughter has had a cold and i made my own massage oil for her, I put olive oil with a couple of drops of sweet thyme oil and lavender as a decongestant and rubbed it on her chest, I also dotted some of the oil on her shoulders and sleeping bag. Then I put some sweet thyme oil into a mug of boiled water so the steam circulates the room. It seemed to help with the snuffles a bit. I originally went in looking for eucalyptus oil but she wasnt old enough for that.

[Inkmaiden]

What about a humidifier? If the next round of teething/torrents of snot/blocked nose/colds is anything like the last one think I'll be investing in one. Also, a few drops of Karvol on a tissue tucked under the pillowcase or sheet next to bub's head is sometimes quite effective.

[supergolden88]

Because he has had a slightly congested nose from birth more or less I could write a book on ways to help inluding olbas, humidifier, steamy bathroom, saline sprays/drops etc etc

sometimes nothing helps (except breastfeeding) until he gets better

anyway I put the pillow under his fitted sheet and that seemed to work but will remove at bedtime

[Gussy]

supergolden88 Wrote:

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> cot is propped up anyway at a rather dangerous

> angle so the pillow stops him sliding down. I

> sound like an awful mother dont I?

>

> In my desperation with his constant blocked nose I

> wondered why someone hasn't invented a sort of gro

> bag that is kind of harnessed to the bed so that

> they can sleep vertically if need be

>

> pay me no mind I have had less than 5 hours sleep

> this past week...

Hi SG, babyreflux (like this) do some crazy/novel sleep aids. There's also a special wedge thing for the mattress if you're not comfortable with a pillow. Although not sure if you're just paying extra for stuff you can get away with improvising yourself??

I didn't use a pillow with my daughter until she was 18 months, but now she has 2 pillows (and cot raised!) as she gets a lot of colds and suffers with post-nasal drip x