sleeping position

MicheleGazelle · Aug 19, 2008

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Andrea</b></i>
Whenever I think he sounds stuffy I have him sleep in his carseat carrier. I can remember when my daughter without CF was a baby the doctor told us if she got stuffy sounding to let her sleep in the carseat carrier to help with drainage.</end quote></div>

My son wcf slept a LOT in his carseat -- or strapped to my chest, or sitting on my shoulders and drooling in my hair. If I took my husband to work at 5am or so, my son would fall asleep in the car. I would bring the whole carseat up to our apartment, loosen the seatbelts, loosen his snowsuit, stick him in his bedroom and open the bedroom window and close the door so his room got cold enough for him to be comfortable in his snowsuit without the entire apartment freezing. If I took him out of his carseat, he woke back up and would not go back to sleep and then I couldn't get any sleep. He had no diagnosis at that time. I didn't know why he did stuff like that. In the example I gave above, he was about 18 months old. So his love of sleeping upright/inclined went on quite a long time.

MicheleGazelle · Aug 19, 2008

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Andrea</b></i>
Whenever I think he sounds stuffy I have him sleep in his carseat carrier. I can remember when my daughter without CF was a baby the doctor told us if she got stuffy sounding to let her sleep in the carseat carrier to help with drainage.</end quote></div>

My son wcf slept a LOT in his carseat -- or strapped to my chest, or sitting on my shoulders and drooling in my hair. If I took my husband to work at 5am or so, my son would fall asleep in the car. I would bring the whole carseat up to our apartment, loosen the seatbelts, loosen his snowsuit, stick him in his bedroom and open the bedroom window and close the door so his room got cold enough for him to be comfortable in his snowsuit without the entire apartment freezing. If I took him out of his carseat, he woke back up and would not go back to sleep and then I couldn't get any sleep. He had no diagnosis at that time. I didn't know why he did stuff like that. In the example I gave above, he was about 18 months old. So his love of sleeping upright/inclined went on quite a long time.

MicheleGazelle · Aug 19, 2008

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Andrea</b></i>
Whenever I think he sounds stuffy I have him sleep in his carseat carrier. I can remember when my daughter without CF was a baby the doctor told us if she got stuffy sounding to let her sleep in the carseat carrier to help with drainage.</end quote></div>

My son wcf slept a LOT in his carseat -- or strapped to my chest, or sitting on my shoulders and drooling in my hair. If I took my husband to work at 5am or so, my son would fall asleep in the car. I would bring the whole carseat up to our apartment, loosen the seatbelts, loosen his snowsuit, stick him in his bedroom and open the bedroom window and close the door so his room got cold enough for him to be comfortable in his snowsuit without the entire apartment freezing. If I took him out of his carseat, he woke back up and would not go back to sleep and then I couldn't get any sleep. He had no diagnosis at that time. I didn't know why he did stuff like that. In the example I gave above, he was about 18 months old. So his love of sleeping upright/inclined went on quite a long time.

MicheleGazelle · Aug 19, 2008

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Andrea</b></i>
Whenever I think he sounds stuffy I have him sleep in his carseat carrier. I can remember when my daughter without CF was a baby the doctor told us if she got stuffy sounding to let her sleep in the carseat carrier to help with drainage.</end quote>

My son wcf slept a LOT in his carseat -- or strapped to my chest, or sitting on my shoulders and drooling in my hair. If I took my husband to work at 5am or so, my son would fall asleep in the car. I would bring the whole carseat up to our apartment, loosen the seatbelts, loosen his snowsuit, stick him in his bedroom and open the bedroom window and close the door so his room got cold enough for him to be comfortable in his snowsuit without the entire apartment freezing. If I took him out of his carseat, he woke back up and would not go back to sleep and then I couldn't get any sleep. He had no diagnosis at that time. I didn't know why he did stuff like that. In the example I gave above, he was about 18 months old. So his love of sleeping upright/inclined went on quite a long time.

MicheleGazelle · Aug 19, 2008

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Andrea</b></i>
<br />Whenever I think he sounds stuffy I have him sleep in his carseat carrier. I can remember when my daughter without CF was a baby the doctor told us if she got stuffy sounding to let her sleep in the carseat carrier to help with drainage.</end quote>
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<br />My son wcf slept a LOT in his carseat -- or strapped to my chest, or sitting on my shoulders and drooling in my hair. If I took my husband to work at 5am or so, my son would fall asleep in the car. I would bring the whole carseat up to our apartment, loosen the seatbelts, loosen his snowsuit, stick him in his bedroom and open the bedroom window and close the door so his room got cold enough for him to be comfortable in his snowsuit without the entire apartment freezing. If I took him out of his carseat, he woke back up and would not go back to sleep and then I couldn't get any sleep. He had no diagnosis at that time. I didn't know why he did stuff like that. In the example I gave above, he was about 18 months old. So his love of sleeping upright/inclined went on quite a long time.

Ratatosk · Aug 19, 2008

We raised the head of DS' crib mattress by one notch. In the hospital they really had him at an incline and then would have to roll up blankets at the bottom to keep him from sliding. We weren't so extreme. I also got an item from Target to keep him from flipping over -- didn't have the incline like this one, just the tubes.

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Ratatosk · Aug 19, 2008

We raised the head of DS' crib mattress by one notch. In the hospital they really had him at an incline and then would have to roll up blankets at the bottom to keep him from sliding. We weren't so extreme. I also got an item from Target to keep him from flipping over -- didn't have the incline like this one, just the tubes.

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Ratatosk · Aug 19, 2008

We raised the head of DS' crib mattress by one notch. In the hospital they really had him at an incline and then would have to roll up blankets at the bottom to keep him from sliding. We weren't so extreme. I also got an item from Target to keep him from flipping over -- didn't have the incline like this one, just the tubes.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.target.com/Boppy-Sleep-Positioner-Sage/dp/B0010SEVIS/qid=1219153431/ref=br_1_6/601-7042179-2889747?ie=UTF8&node=14083411&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1">http://www.target.com/Boppy-Sl...rombrowse=1&rh=&page=1</a>

Ratatosk · Aug 19, 2008

We raised the head of DS' crib mattress by one notch. In the hospital they really had him at an incline and then would have to roll up blankets at the bottom to keep him from sliding. We weren't so extreme. I also got an item from Target to keep him from flipping over -- didn't have the incline like this one, just the tubes.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.target.com/Boppy-Sleep-Positioner-Sage/dp/B0010SEVIS/qid=1219153431/ref=br_1_6/601-7042179-2889747?ie=UTF8&node=14083411&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1">http://www.target.com/Boppy-Sl...rombrowse=1&rh=&page=1</a>

Ratatosk · Aug 19, 2008

We raised the head of DS' crib mattress by one notch. In the hospital they really had him at an incline and then would have to roll up blankets at the bottom to keep him from sliding. We weren't so extreme. I also got an item from Target to keep him from flipping over -- didn't have the incline like this one, just the tubes.
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sdelorenzo · Aug 19, 2008

Congratulations on the new addition to your family! I am sure if your son is able to sleep inclined than that should work. Dr. Orenstein's cf book says as you mentioned sleeping on their back is not the best option due to reflux. My children slept on their stomachs, even though for the average child it is not recommended.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf

sdelorenzo · Aug 19, 2008

Congratulations on the new addition to your family! I am sure if your son is able to sleep inclined than that should work. Dr. Orenstein's cf book says as you mentioned sleeping on their back is not the best option due to reflux. My children slept on their stomachs, even though for the average child it is not recommended.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf

sdelorenzo · Aug 19, 2008

Congratulations on the new addition to your family! I am sure if your son is able to sleep inclined than that should work. Dr. Orenstein's cf book says as you mentioned sleeping on their back is not the best option due to reflux. My children slept on their stomachs, even though for the average child it is not recommended.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf

sdelorenzo · Aug 19, 2008

Congratulations on the new addition to your family! I am sure if your son is able to sleep inclined than that should work. Dr. Orenstein's cf book says as you mentioned sleeping on their back is not the best option due to reflux. My children slept on their stomachs, even though for the average child it is not recommended.
Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf

sdelorenzo · Aug 19, 2008

Congratulations on the new addition to your family! I am sure if your son is able to sleep inclined than that should work. Dr. Orenstein's cf book says as you mentioned sleeping on their back is not the best option due to reflux. My children slept on their stomachs, even though for the average child it is not recommended.
<br />Sharon, mom of Sophia, 7 and Jack, 5 both with cf

PlumPerfect · Aug 19, 2008