https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 08:17:01 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355367 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:07:57 +0000 matador84 355367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO dozed off a lot as a newborn during feedings also. Try skin to skin, massaging the neck (always seemed to wake him up), washcloth to face...good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355341 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:34:59 +0000 Mrs. Pen 355341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to hear i the R&amp;P worked, that's what I was going to suggest too.</p> <p>They also make pillow wedges you can put in the crib and you could try that.</p> <p>good luck honey!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355322 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:13:52 +0000 littlek 355322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you try the rock n play? How did it go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355308 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:00:33 +0000 brownie 355308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was diagnosed with reflux at 8 days old. He spent the first 4 months sleeping in his swing or carseat. Ultimately, he had an intolerance to milk and soy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355297 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:48:58 +0000 bpcmarj 355297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another suggestion for the rock n play! Good luck. Also, as far as sleeping while nursing, I have heard that you can try skin to skin to keep the baby awake and then run a wet cloth on his back to keep him awake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355290 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:27:53 +0000 SugarplumsMom 355290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used this for awhile. It's like a Boppy but without the hole so there's nothing to fall into.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Leachco-Podster-Sling-Style-Infant-Lounger/dp/B003HIXOTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1350991625&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=leachco+podster" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Leachco-Podster-Sling-Style-Infant-Lounger/dp/B003HIXOTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1350991625&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=leachco+podster</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355289 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:22:39 +0000 loveisstrange 355289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: The boppy is fine when they are awake. It becomes a suffocation hazard when they are asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355288 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:20:58 +0000 Honeybee 355288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS slept in his bouncy chair quite a bit as a newborn. That or an infant car seat might alsi work to keep him somewhat elevated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355045 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:33:50 +0000 pastemoo 355045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The boppy is not safe for sleeping (says so on the tag)--but can you use a towel or wedge under your mattress to prop it up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355030 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:21:27 +0000 rachiecakes 355030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: you can put the head supports that snap into the carseat in the swing, too... as long as it has a 5 point harness :)</p> <p>Try the RnP at night, I didn't want one at first but DS loved it and slept in it for 4 months, hehe... when he got bigger we used it as a seat and fed him in it.<br /> The boppy is risky if they sink down and roll into it, suffocation hazard - but as long as you're awake, perfectly fine for supervised naps </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355027 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:20:25 +0000 Mrs. Bee 355027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: i still use my boppy every day, and olive is 12 1/2 months old! No need to burn it -- it's one of my favorite pieces of baby gear! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355021 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:19:25 +0000 LAGS 355021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: I agree with the RnP if you have one! It has a nice incline. </p> <p>We let LO nap in a boppy when she was that little (attended), she loved it. It was a nice way to have her nap on the couch with us or where ever we were so we didn't have to hold her. I guess the idea for overnight sleep would be you're not awake to monitor them while they're in it. They could some how move and slip out or turn sideways into the pillow? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355015 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:18:13 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 355015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HeatherlovesKenny: @Mrs. Bee: yikes...I shudder at the thought. I'm going to burn the Boppy!!! :) joking...but, thank you for the visuals; I won't be using it for full nights anymore </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355014 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:17:26 +0000 Andrea 355014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the rock n play, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355005 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:14:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 355005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: they can use it supervised in the daytime, but they could get their faces pressed up against the boppy and suffocate if using it unsupervised. it's why they recommend nothing in the crib before the age of 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355003 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:14:04 +0000 HLK208 355003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: to me, the boppy could be a possible suffocation hazard or he could slip out and potentially hurt himself--that's just my opinion though. I think it's fine while you both are awake to have him in it if you are close to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-355000 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:13:20 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 355000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: you're sooo sweet:) but, I live in MI :) &amp; we have one; we looove it!</p> <p>@HeatherlovesKenny: only thing about our swing is that LO isn't quite big enough for it yet....not enough head support:/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354998 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:11:08 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 354998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: My pediatrician just shrugged when I mentioned the sleep gagging and said "Very unlikely to cause a problem"....so I think maybe it is a myth? I have the R&amp;P...I think i'll try that tonight.</p> <p>As far as the Boppy not being safe...why is that? Are we not supposed to ever sit them in it? Sometimes we do while he awake and play with his little feet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354994 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:10:23 +0000 creativemomma15 354994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with the nap nanny or rock n play! I have friends who swear by these for their LOs with reflux! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354992 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:09:23 +0000 HLK208 354992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about a swing so he is more up right but strapped in? It would make me nervous to leave him in the boppy incase he falls. I'm sorry he has such bad reflux :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354991 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:08:58 +0000 rachiecakes 354991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: jinx ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354990 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:08:36 +0000 rachiecakes 354990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rock N Play sleeper, girl - great for reflux babies because it cradles them at an angle and the sides are breathable mesh.<br /> You don't live in MA, do you? I'd give you one, we have three. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354989 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:08:25 +0000 Mrs. Bee 354989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i've heard that it is a myth babies can choke on their own vomit. that is why people used to put babies to sleep on their tummies. </p> <p>the boppy is not safe for sleep. i don't have any experience with reflux, but there are some products like the nap nanny that i think other parents have used so babies can sleep on an incline.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J35D0Q" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004J35D0Q</a></p> <p>or even the rock and play allows your baby to sleep on an incline:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Newborn-Rock-Sleeper-Yellow/dp/B002M77N22/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1350958094&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=rock+n+play" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Newborn-Rock-Sleeper-Yellow/dp/B002M77N22/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1350958094&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=rock+n+play</a></p> <p>i think those are much safer options?</p> <p>i know it must be tough as a new mama dealing with all this. hopefully other moms with babies that had reflux can chime in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-please-would-you-let-lo-sleep-on-the-boppy-in-this-situation#post-354984 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:04:11 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 354984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son (1 week old) has had problems eating enough ever since he was born. He dozes off mid-feeding and sleeps through feedings too. To combat this: we've found ways to wake him up every 2-3h and we're trying all kinds of ways to keep him awake during feedings (bottles are OK, but breast puts him right to sleep).<br /> What makes things 10X worse is that he has acid reflux (according to ped). He spits up much of what he ate.<br /> The issue that scares me pants off is his spitting up at night while he's asleep. I have caught it a couple of times where he'll be asleep and he will start making a gaggy face and then throw up his milk and stay asleep. I quickly wake him up. But, I am so scared he will gag in his sleep.<br /> I started letting him sleep propper up in his boppy last night. What do you think of this? Do you have any other suggestions?</p> <p>side info:<br /> all he drinks is breastmilk (sometimes through bottle)<br /> he takes acid reflux medicine<br /> we burp him religiously, he uses anti-colic bottles, and we feed him at an incline so he's never eating on his back. </p>