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Infant Bed for Travel
Sleeping with a little one does not cause SIDS and I have never come close to " crushing" him when we sleep- it is amazing that when you sleep with your ...
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- I've been looking into this myself as we have a trip planned in July. My daughter will be 10 months then. She's been sleeping in her own crib in her own room since s...
- MOST kids do fine in a Pack N Play - my son HATED that thing - we didn't have an option (he hated sleeping with us as well - hated sleeping in general actually!!) We t...
- I have twins and when we traveled there was no way I was taking 2 pak n plays b/c the two of them wouldn't sleep in one pak n play. We also didn't want to use the old...
4 Month Old with Head Shaping Issue
Research supports this may be one of the causes of SIDS related deaths. Most pediatricians recommend not sleeping infants on their backs. ...
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- L., It has only been in the last 10 years that the doctors recommended you have your baby sleep on back or side. (this was to prevent S.I.D.S. Sudden Infant Death Syn...
- My baby is almost 5 months old and we have similiar issues with a flat head. We have had mixed responses from 2 different doctors. One doctor made us feel the proble...
- Hi L., Have you tried to lay him to sleep on his side? We had our daughter positioned differetn every night and her head is very fine. We bought one of those posi...
Why Do Some Families Co-sleep?
SIDS has no cause, so I don't see how co-sleeping can increase the chances of it happening. As several have mentioned, it's poor sleeping environments that ...
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- Hi A.: I, like you, have made a conscious decision to make sure my daughter sleeps in her own bed from a very early age. As a result, she won't sleep unless she's by ...
- Hi, We co sleep. Always have - save a short time with our first when we listened to others against what we beleived. I am a HUGE advocate for breasfeeding and that is...
- Hello A.! I am the mother of a 31/2 year old and a 4 month old. When my older son was born, I tried to put him in his crib at night, but he was a terrible sleeper. I ...
Smoking While Pregnant
Smoking MAY cause low birth weight or SIDS or labor complications, developmental issues. Your also not suppose to drink caffiene or eat chocolate or change ...
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- I went to a conference and there was a lady there that was talking about a study they did with pregnant women that smoked and it included putting little cameras in the...
- I agree with you, if you don't have to put your baby at risk - why do it?! A long time ago in high school I remember seeing a video of a baby in the womb while the mo...
- As someone who somked while pregnant I have to say that all the nagging and negitave remarks from family will NOT HELP !!!! She knows that it's bad and she knows the ...
Sleeping with a Pillow
In a lot of the research (particularly done in the Scandanavian Countries) they have found that SIDS related deaths are not a cause necessarily from ...
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- My daughter was born in 1990 and she had tummy troubles, colic and such. I always had to prop her up and back then there wasn't anything I knew of that was appropriat...
- I know eeryone says you shouldn't do it but we started letting our son, Kyle, (now 2-yrs-old) fall asleep on his Boppy pillow during his day naps while we could watch ...
- Though it goes against all of the SIDS advice - my friend started to let her baby sleep with a pillow around the same age - and then I started to have my youngest slee...
14 Week Old Rolling over on Belly at Night???
I think the thing to remember is that nobody REALLY knows what causes SIDS. There seems to be a link with stomach sleeping, but it isn't decisive. ...
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- stop worrying about it. If she can roll over, she can roll back. it is before they can move/crawl/rollover adn get themselves out of a dangerous situation that you p...
- Congrats! lol...the nurse practitioner we love to see instead of the ped. told us she used to do a happy dance in the hall when her kids learned to roll over and slee...
- If she's strong enough to roll over then she's okay if she ends up on her tummy. That means she's strong enough to lift her head too. Still start her out on her back...
Help!!!! Baby Keeps Rolling onto Stomach During Sleep!!
Don't get me wrong, SIDS cases have been cut dramatically since the "back to sleep" program but the facts are if your ..... memory foam pads · cause of sids ...
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- Don't worry about it!!! My daughter slept on her tummy since she was born!!!! Especially now that he can lift his head and roll over he is strong enough to not worry a...
- hi S.! my son started doing the same thing at 5 months. he is almost 6 months now. once they hit the rolling over stage their chance of sids drops dramatically. th...
- Hi S., My boys did the same thing, but each one started a little earlier. I was worried with my first, but when I discussed this with my doctor, she stated that if...
Ideas Appreciated! Need More Uninterrupted Sleep!
Sep 25, 2009 ... I would not worry about SIDS from a stuffed animal- your baby will ... be completely exhausted, that will just cause him to be over tired. ...
Cleaning Used Crib Mattress
The previous posts about used cribs leading to SIDS is correct. ... in mattresses) combined with heat cause toxic fumes that lead to crib death. the fungus ...
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- DO NOT use bleach or other solutions to clean the mattress. These are toxic and can lead to breathing problems. An infant should not inhale toxic fumes. The previou...
- A good vacuuming and sit in the sun for a while should do the trick. Most crib mattresses are plastic/vinyl coated so you dont have to worry about the previous babys ...
- Well i read the previous posts having my son being young I wasn't fortunate enough to have the funds to buy a new crib and matress. He's 8 and well btw. We vacummed...
Crib Bumper Pad
Does the bumper pad cause a saftey risk for the baby? We put a bumper..." ... The SIDS foundation says you should not use a bumper pad and daycares can't ...
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- Hi M., Take it off and buy a breathable bumper pad. I know they are at Babies-r-us and probably widely available. Bumper pads can increase the chance of SIDS due ...
- We did not use a bumper pad at all for my son due to the suffocation risk..however, at about 13 months of age, he continually was getting his limbs jammed/stuck betwee...
- My son is almost 8 months old and we have not used the bumper pad for quite sometime because I have heard that when babies start pulling themselves up they can stand o...
