Newborn sleeping in/on boppy - how bad is that?
I'm a second time mom.......and I am confessing that I am having my DS sleep in the boppy pillow at night. He just seems to do so well in there, I'm hesitant to try him flat on his back in my co-sleeper :-(. I just saw on the tag that it says to never let your baby fall asleep on it (I should know this being a 2nd time mom but I must have forgotten).
Someone knock some sense into me and tell me that sleep is NOT that important. I just am not sure that I can handle too many more sleepless nights with a 2 year old waking up at 6am ready to play.
Edited to add:
Thanks all - I just did some more research and I'm going to roll a
towel under one side of the co-sleeper and do that tonight to avoid
using the boppy. He seems to like being elevated a bit and has reflux
so I was trying to avoid him choking (he seems to choke a lot on his
spit up). I had no idea what a hazard it was until I just did the
research - thanks!
Re: Newborn sleeping in/on boppy - how bad is that?
That is really unsafe.
It is a suffocation risk... a huge one. Infants (especially while sleeping) can slide down and it will restrict their airway.
I want to say that a nestie knew a baby (IRL) that this happened to.
It (sleep) isn't worth your baby suffocating. IMO.
DS has fallen asleep in his boppy before.
Usually its during the day when we have him sitting in it near us.
One night though he was extremely fussy and DH took him, put him in it and luckily fell asleep - DH didn't dare move him out of it!
babies have died that way.
have you tried swaddling? that was a lifesaver for us.
they can suffocate because they slump down and it cuts off their air supply.
If you are worried about them laying flat then get a mattress wedge. Totally unsafe.
wait, maybe I misread- anytime DS has slept in the boppy its always w/us sitting right there....
if your DC is sleeping in it while you're sleeping, you should def try the co-sleeper.