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sleep positioner?
I registered for one that looks like a wedge with the little arm holders, but I'm just wondering if this is really necessary. If you swaddle them, then you can't use the positioner. Although the product claims it reduces the risk of SIDS, I thought there was supposed to be nothing else in the crib while they're sleeping???
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Re: sleep positioner?
I tried to swaddle but Nico liked to have one hand next to his face while he slept. We would sawddle with one arm out but he would end up getting out of it, so we stopped. We then started to use the sleep positioner but it was flat (without the wedge). We used it until he was able to roll both ways. It gave me piece of mind while he slept. When we removed the positioner, he became a tummy sleeper.
when our pedi told us that dd might be developing a little flat on the back of her head, i just rolled up a receiving blanket and propped her against it. works just as well
abby HATED being swaddled. she broked free and fussed all day and never sttn while she was bound. Sarah, on the other hand, will not sleep at all if she can move her arms around. It's all trial and error
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as for thigns in the crib... while they're not yet rolling over and moving, it's a moot point. as long as it's not anywhere near their mouth/nose, it isn't a problem. when they start rolling and scooching (abby, before she rolled, would make her away around the crib. we have no idea how that happened) then you can remove the sleep positioner and anything else that's in the crib.
Thx! Good to know! It's so cute how they develop little personalities and habits from early on.
One more question, how about the crib bumpers? I wasn't going to use one period, but I've heard that it's okay after 6 months, especially, since they're moving so much that they may hit their head on the sides of the crib or get their arms stuck in the slats.
I swaddled both of mine and would rotate putting them on each side and on their back so they would not get a flat head. When they were on their sides, I would roll up a receiving blanket and put it behind their back to keep them propped up.
I had a positioner with Nicky when he was a newborn, but my pedi told me not to use it so I returned it. I don't remember the reason why though....
We used a sleep positioner with an angled wedge for Cedric. Later I found out that kids have died b/c they slid down and got stuck, especially if swaddled or too young to move out of the way of the side wedge. It's the same 'rebreathing' problem that has occurred with bumpers. Even if a kid is mobile, he may not notice that he is slowly suffocating and may not move out of the way of the bumper that is causing less and less oxygen to reach his lungs. Consumer Reports is where I saw the video about the wedge positioners.
Obviously we did not use the sleep positioner or the bumpers for Graciela (I threw it out). I bought "breathable bumpers" for her, though, b/c she had a tendency to stick her leg through the slats of the crib and was unable to get it back out. I "tested" the breathability and held it up to my face and breathed for a minute. Silly, I guess, but it made me feel better.
Tania
Yes! I read in one of the Amazon reviews that the baby would slide down and, thus, defeated the purpose of the positioner. I guess every baby is different, but once I read things like that it makes me not want to try one at all.
in the hospital we were told not to use it. But they also tell you alot of things not to do and when you get home some of those things work better for you. Like for example my baby doesnt sleep on her back she sleeps on her tummy i was so scared since the hospital said its bad but thats how she sleeps, she wont sleep on her back and on her side she turns herself to sleep on her tummy.
Also, in one of the classes i went to they say if SIDS happens in more cases of boys that for some weird reason girls that are breastfed its not common. Which i dont see the difference.
it's funny, but at baptist, they had the baby proped on a recieiving blanket as if it were a positioner.
we used bumpers since day one. still do, actually. abby moved around so much, the one time i took them off the crib, she knocked her head so hard against the wood side, she sobbed for about 2 hours and couldn't get back to bed.
as for the whole thing about the air being unable to circulate in the crib when bumpers are in place... i had a bassinet in our room for 2 months that had high sides made completely out of fabric. i'm pretty sure that would inhibit the circulation much more than bumpers ina crib.