For a friend - Baby's leg getting caught in crib bars?

Need your help for a friend. She has a daughter who is 7 months old. She
now goes from laying down to sitting up. At naptime and bedtime she sits up,
scoots over to the bars, and gets her leg caught. They took out the bumper
pads cos she was using those to stand on. My friend and her husband have to
go in 2 or 3 times to get her leg out of the bars.

I don't remember my kids doing this at 7 months. I do remember them doing
it when they were older and it was time to move them out of the crib anyway.

Any tricks you all know?

Thanks,
Sophie
#4 due 7/18/04

"Sophie" wrote in message
...
Need your help for a friend. She has a daughter who is 7 months old.
She
now goes from laying down to sitting up. At naptime and bedtime she sits
up,
scoots over to the bars, and gets her leg caught. They took out the
bumper
pads cos she was using those to stand on. My friend and her husband have
to
go in 2 or 3 times to get her leg out of the bars.

I don't remember my kids doing this at 7 months. I do remember them doing
it when they were older and it was time to move them out of the crib
anyway.

Any tricks you all know?

Thanks,
Sophie
#4 due 7/18/04




Katie used to do that. I never found anything to keep her from doing it,
and once ended up calling 911 because I couldn't get her leg unlodged. I
just put her in a regular bed as soon as I possibly could. I think she was
just under a year old.

Denise

Katie used to do that. I never found anything to keep her from doing it,
and once ended up calling 911 because I couldn't get her leg unlodged.

Well that one I know - Pam Cooking Spray. Patrick used to get his leg stuck
in the slats in the back of a rocking chair.

I
just put her in a regular bed as soon as I possibly could. I think she
was
just under a year old.

Denise

Oh my friend babies her daughter way too much to even *consider* a bed yet.

Thanks

Sophie wrote:
Any tricks you all know?

How about swaddling the baby's legs before putting her to bed? Or, if she
can find one in her baby's size, putting her to bed in a sleep sack?
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"Sophie" wrote in message
...
Need your help for a friend. She has a daughter who is 7 months old.
She
now goes from laying down to sitting up. At naptime and bedtime she sits
up,
scoots over to the bars, and gets her leg caught. They took out the
bumper
pads cos she was using those to stand on. My friend and her husband have
to
go in 2 or 3 times to get her leg out of the bars.

I don't remember my kids doing this at 7 months. I do remember them doing
it when they were older and it was time to move them out of the crib
anyway.

Any tricks you all know?

Try a breathable mesh bumper. They look too flimsy to stand on.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...51848?v=glance

"toypup" wrote in message
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"Sophie" wrote in message
...
Need your help for a friend. She has a daughter who is 7 months old.
She
now goes from laying down to sitting up. At naptime and bedtime she sits
up,
scoots over to the bars, and gets her leg caught. They took out the
bumper
pads cos she was using those to stand on. My friend and her husband
have
to
go in 2 or 3 times to get her leg out of the bars.

I don't remember my kids doing this at 7 months. I do remember them
doing
it when they were older and it was time to move them out of the crib
anyway.

Any tricks you all know?

Try a breathable mesh bumper. They look too flimsy to stand on.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...51848?v=glance

Another alternative is the crib shield.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=baby&n=542328

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Circe wrote:

Sophie wrote:
Any tricks you all know?

How about swaddling the baby's legs before putting her to bed? Or, if she
can find one in her baby's size, putting her to bed in a sleep sack?

A sleepsack is a great idea, and works very well with our daughter (17
months). There's definitely a size available for a 7 month old.

In article r.org,
Becca Butterwick wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Circe wrote:

Sophie wrote:
Any tricks you all know?

How about swaddling the baby's legs before putting her to bed? Or, if she
can find one in her baby's size, putting her to bed in a sleep sack?

A sleepsack is a great idea, and works very well with our daughter (17
months). There's definitely a size available for a 7 month old.

Really? Where do you find them? I never found a size larger than
0-6 mos.

--Robyn (whose kids are too old for this to matter, just curious...
mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01)

Thanks for the replies so far, I've sent them all along in an e-mail to my
friend.

Sophie

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(Robyn Kozierok) wrote:

In article r.org,
Becca Butterwick wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Circe wrote:

Sophie wrote:
Any tricks you all know?

How about swaddling the baby's legs before putting her to bed? Or, if she
can find one in her baby's size, putting her to bed in a sleep sack?

A sleepsack is a great idea, and works very well with our daughter (17
months). There's definitely a size available for a 7 month old.

Really? Where do you find them? I never found a size larger than
0-6 mos.

I had them many eons ago, and I got them in a layette that I bought at
Sears. In any case, you can make one by getting a nightgown (one that
opens down the front) and sewing up the bottom or putting a zipper in
the bottom. Mine were flannel for winter, and had a tuck around the
bottom so that I could let the length out a couple of inches.

As long as it was just a leg getting caught I wouldn't worry too much
about it. If the child didn't wake up and cry, I'd leave them like
that. Eventually they will be able to get out of their fix by
themselves, or not get into it in the first place.


grandma Rosalie