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Hmm. Our LO started doing this a week ago as she randomly became super mobile in her sleep and we swaddle-weaned. I actually just leave her to figure it out... I thought she was bumping her head but I think she was just startling herself awake? What would happen if you didn't rescue her and spin her back? Have you tried just letting her alone for 10-15 mins to see what happens?

Does she always spin in the same direction? Maybe you can try putting her down closer to one side of the crib so that when she turns, her head isn't against the bars? Her feet might be, but maybe that won't bother her as much!

I would try the nests like Mrs Blue made.

@Bookish: Tricky baby!!!! I have no advice... I can only hope that she'll eventually stop doing it or figure out how to move herself back on her own!

DS has been doing this this past week!!!!! He's 13 weeks old and is always 90 degrees from where I lay him down at. I even tried putting him closer to the rail on the opposite side of where he spins to and his head still touches the opposite rail! He always spins the same direction, and is also swaddled which baffles me even more!

i would try the nests, or (i know this doesn't sound great) just tough it out until she learns to rotate herself out of the uncomfortable position. it will pass!

We had a nest by her head and it helped until she started rolling!

I don't want to be a super-downer but want to share my experience. My LO started off exactly like this, moving in circles around the crib, he would wake up, but for him this moving seemed to be a way to self-sooth and my DH and I would just laugh at the new position he was sleeping in each time we went to check on him. Then he learned to roll, specifically he loved rolling back to belly but HATED rolling belly to back. He continued to move but would get stuck on him belly and CRY until he was moved. He would not tolerate being prohibited from moving with rolled up blankets under the sheet. For a whole month we were going in at least 3 times a night just to roll him over (add in late night feeds and teething and these are some LONG nights). So my advice - tummy time, tummy time, tummy time and hopefully your LO will roll belly to back so she never gets stuck because nighttime moving may be here to say.

@Bookish: Just wanted to add onto what @Ms.Badger: said - our LO also started to roll back to belly and got very upset when she'd get "stuck" on her belly. The first night that happened (a week ago), I kept going in and rolling her back.. the second night we decided to let her learn to sleep on her belly (or flip herself back) so as long as we knew she wasn't hungry, we let her cry for a bit.. and she did fall back asleep! Different than hitting her head on the crib slats of course, but it did take a few days to learn to sleep on her tummy and her sleep has improved vastly since then. You never know!

I'd wait it out! As she becomes more mobile it won't be as much of an issue. Sadie has always moved all over her crib. Hitting herself or getting stuck upset her in the beginning, but now she can adjust. She hits her head on her crib several times a night now, but usually isn't phased. She'll move if she's uncomfortable. Sometimes she will let out a little wail, but she doesn't wake up, so I leave her be.

DD does this too. We were recently at my mum's house and DD slept in the PnP and somehow started the night normally in the PnP (laying lengthwise, at the top end) and by morning, despite being swaddled, had shimmied her way down to the very bottom and turned 90 degrees.

She did it in her crib too when we were still swaddling. So we switched her to the Merlin sleepsuit (LOVE that thing) and put the crib "nest" a la Mrs. Blue back in and now she doesn't wiggle around at all.

ETA: Just saw your update. That nest is magical, isn't it?!