Training our 6 month old but what do we do when he turns himself sideways? (see pic in thread)

[henry_]

I think he would be more efficient at training but only 1-3 minutes into his windows, he turns himself sideways and headbutts the bars, making it impossible for him to fall asleep.

How are we to go about this without popping in every couple of minutes?

 

[tmarcee]

@henry_ Hahah looks like my daughter. She’ll start off on her back in the middle of the crib and when I next get her, it’s like an amusing guessing game where she ends up. Sometimes I can hear her knock something or another on bars but as long as she’s not screaming, I leave it

 

[marktime]

@henry_ Leave him to it! My 2 year old still sleeps sideways and never seems to have a problem.

 

[ryb9000]

@henry_ Our son slammed the bars so frikin hard sometimes that it woke us in the other room. Checked on him and he was totally fine 9/10 times in the beginning. He still does it from time to time and sleeps right through. And he always ends up in different goofy positions.
Definitely lower the mattress all the way. Good luck.

 

[messenger_of_truth]

@henry_ Kids sleep in the most ridiculous and uncomfortable looking positions. Totally normal. I will say that it looks like you still have the mattress in the infant position. It might be time to lower it down, to eliminate the risk of rolling out.

 

[eternalize]

@henry_ Echoing what everyone else said… baby will figure it out eventually.

But! I find it helpful to put LO down in that position to start and as they roll and turn and settle, I’d say 8 out of 10 times they end up positioned the “correct” way. Worth a try!

 

[makio9]

@henry_ The crib looks kinda small?

 

[henry_]

@makio9 It's actually bigger than standard by a couple inches lol

 

[makio9]

@henry_ Please send measurements my son is in 2t clothes at 12 m and still has tons of room if he lays that way haha!

 

[curlycurl]

@makio9 Big baby club!! 15m in 3T (some 4T shorts!)

 

[doughtz]

@henry_ Mine still sleeps sideways or in a L shape. She’s a bit cuckoo. She figured it out herself.

 

[sportfishingjunkie]

@henry_ You have a giant child.

He’ll learn to stop doing it, no need to intervene

 

[tburns_hm]

@henry_ Mine did that! Eventually she figured out that the two parallel bruises on her forehead are not fun fashion statement and she stopped. She'll occasionally still give it a shot, but it she just cries a bit and then goes to sleep.

 

[seekingredemption]

@henry_ Just let him headbutt the bars. He'll get it figured out

 

[grace4nan]

@henry_ Just let him to do it. He'll stop eventually. Eventually he'll stop turning to butt the bars at all.

 

[henry_]

@grace4nan k. Thank you!

 

[mrs_rc]

@henry_ Is that a regular size crib or like a mini crib?

 

[henry_]

@mrs_rc Regular lol yeah he's a big boy

 

[marcoamorales]

@henry_ Def time to lower the crib mattress, he is so big!!!

 

[7curly11]

@henry_ I…are you sure? Standard cribs are 28 inches wide and he looks wayyy wider than the crib