Rolling over = not sleeping = screaming?

**Ezz** · June 13th, 2008, 09:28 PM

DS has been rolling over for a couple of months now, but has always slept on his back (because I wrap him really tightly!). The last few days, he's been trying to roll over despite the wrap, then screaming because he is frustrated that he can't get over. If I don't wrap him, he rolls over, screams & won't sleep. If I wrap him loosely so his arms break free, he rolls over, screams & won't sleep. If I wrap him tightly so he can't roll over, he screams.

Help!!

Tresillian says that he is going to get cranky & frustrated & I just need to let him do it because it's "developmental" - he needs to learn to sleep in the cot while moving around. I'm not a big co-sleeping fan (DS doesn't sleep properly & neither do I). I'm guessing we need to ditch the wrap & help him to get used to sleeping without it. I would really love some suggestions about what others have done. Tresillian nurse said that "all" babies go through this stage.

**Lolli** · June 13th, 2008, 09:38 PM

Jump right into my nightmare, the water is warm

I know exactly how you feel. We stopped wrapping not too long ago and went through this. I got one of those anti roll cushion doovie thingers and he eventually figured out that bed is not the place for rolling- now he just goes up on his side and throws one arm across his eyes (very dramatically!) to go to sleep. It took a couple of weeks though.
But these days he just screams because he can't get to the things he wants to explore- he's trying really hard to crawl and it frustrates him when he can't reach things.
Sorry I'm not more help. in short, I think your ds will figure it out and stop rolling himself eventually- but then he may just do what mine did and start screaming about something else

**aussienic** · June 13th, 2008, 10:13 PM

I had the opposite.. Olivia would roll onto her back and wake up yelling

They get it in the end and just go back to sleep.. Well except for Olivia.. She just starts singing

I hope he starts sleeping soon..

**sunshine_sieben** · June 13th, 2008, 10:52 PM

Ahhhh, if I didn't know how frustrating it can be I would say it is actually quit funny.
I waited "too long" to transfer DD to the cot. By then she could stand, so she would just get straight back up again and scream. The only way I could get her to sleep in her cot was by putting her to sleep in my arms or in my bed first and then transferring her once she was asleep. But if she woke up, I had to do the same thing again.
She started fighting the wrap at about 3 or 4 weeks. She always wanted to get her arms out and if she couldn't do it, she got frustrated and started crying.

I'm not much help, but I think you should let him roll if that's what he wants. In my eyes, wrapping is meant to give security and coziness, not be a straight jacket to force them to sleep. if it doesn't feel good to him anymore, it's time to find something else. He will eventually get used to rolling and not do it when he wants to sleep. But you mgith be in for a few rough days.

Hope it all goes well.
Sasa

**Ezz** · June 15th, 2008, 11:55 AM

Well, we just put him in a gro-bag (no wrap) for all of his day sleeps yesterday. Took quite a bit of settling, but he did eventually sleep for each sleep (although he couldn't put himself into a second sleep cycle - so never did more than 40 mins & sometimes only 20). But, last night we ended up wrapping him, because he was screaming unconsolabley. It's so hard - I hate hearing him cry & I want him to go to sleep calmly - but if we stay in there patting him, he screams as soon as we stop (not his usual quiet grizzle, but a full-on scream

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**sunshine_sieben** · June 15th, 2008, 11:48 PM

I think you're doing the right thing by letting him "tell you" when he wants to wrapped and when not. It will take a while of getting used to not being wrapped.
Are there any other ways of making him feel "cosy" in his bed? Like what LoriRae suggested? Or maybe just a rolled up towel next to him?
Sasa

**Ezz** · June 18th, 2008, 09:49 PM

We've actually just gone back to the wrapping. DS has been happier the last few days & seems to be settling really well again - go figure! He's not trying to roll over in the cot any more & last night he even slept 8 hours! I don't know what was going on for him - but he seems to be over it now! I think we will leave the wrap issue for a while - wait until we are all ready!