Eve now tends to sleep on her side which is very cute, she wriggles around all over the place. I keep worrying about her getting her legs stuck in between the cot bars during the night-time whilst I'm asleep. She loves flipping herself over at the moment - I can never be sure which direction she will be facing inside the cot when I go in to see her.
Even though it's really warm weather I've put her back into a baby sleeping bag, after finding her with her legs stuck on a few occasions. She only wears a nappy inside the sleeping bag with the fan in her room on full blast. The fan is definitely helping, she slept through for 6 hours last night - a revelation - as it's taken a week and a half to get back towards her normal sleeping routine since coming back from holiday.
I'm fairly sure that I won't go down the route of bumpers, however some friends told me about a couple of 'safe' designs that I thought I would look at.
The Wonder Bumper
The Wonder Bumper by American company 'Go Mama Go Designs'
Vertical padding protects the baby. Each vertical pad is zipped on to individual cot rails. The zip design is out of reach of the baby. The padding is 100% polyester with cotton flannel design. Reversible mix and match options, with designs for girls, boys and neutral. You can order a sample from their website (above) to try before you buy a full set. Apparently the average amount of rails on a cot are 38. In the UK on Amazon they offer a 24 pack which is £144 plus shipping.
Please click the link to look at the Wonder Bumper on Amazon UK:
Personally I think these are incredibly expensive. I wouldn't be able to justify spending that amount of money on some polyester padding. I'm also not keen on there being too much man-made fabric around my baby. However, I'm sure that the Wonder Bumper probably does work wonders for lots of parents out there!
Airwrap
Airwrap 2 or 4 sided bumpers
I think that I prefer this idea by Australian brand Airwrap; they are mesh fabric bumpers that can either go on all four sides of the cot or just on cot beds with solid ends.
The velcro attaches on the outside of the cot ensuring that little hands cannot undo them. As the Airwrap is a mesh it allows the air to flow around the cot, making them breathable, and reduces the risk of the baby over-heating. They are designed to squash down if stood on by a baby in the cot, and will then spring back up after the child has moved away.
There are many different varieties and designs, or you could buy simple white. They range from about £15-£40 depending on the type that you require.
Airwrap can be bought in quite a few places online - so I would recommend searching to find a company that is closest to you.
Of course if you prefer to use a normal padded, fabric bumper that is completely your call - the main thing that I've learnt as a new mum is to just go with my instinct and do what I feel is right. Everyone has different opinions - that's what makes the world go round.
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