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3rd Trimester
Oh, these sleep positioners
I saw someone post this on facebook, and I also saw this NY Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/health/policy/30fda.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
We were told by our childbirth class teacher not to have anything in the crib, including the angelcare monitor, so we never bought one and never thought anything about it again. I still know LOTS of people use these without problems? I've seen lots of people on here suggest using them. So what is the deal?
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Re: Oh, these sleep positioners
In our birth and baby class, they told us that if our babies had problems with reflux, one of the inclined mats may help. You can always elevate the mattress by sticking a pillow on one end, but it seems like the baby could turn and end up helping itself roll down to the other end. I think the sides might help the baby stay in place.
What's crazy is that they're saying 12 babies died in 13 years from those things. As really sad and tragic as that is, it seems like with those odds they'd come down on a ton of other baby products just because of fluke accidents.
I know a lot of people that do this, or roll a hospital blanket. For a lot of babies with reflux, it seems safer to have them on their side or with an elevated mattress... DD used to choke on her spit up when she was on her back and it scared the crap out of me, so we put books under one side of the crib to elevate her head.
This goes under the mattress. I wonder why they would advise against this?
Who knows? I didn't even know what that was, someone from our class asked about it. It kinda makes me wonder if the teacher misunderstood what she meant. I've searched google and I can't see ANY complaints against this monitor, at least safety wise.
We weren't going to use a bumper, I didn't even get a set. I just bought some plain sheets and made his quilt (which he won't even use for a year, but its whatev) so we don't even have one. If LO gets some reflux I'll probably find something to prop him up, because that has to be miserable for them. I guess, as someone earlier pointed out, you just have to do what is best for your situation, go with your gut and keep an eye on your baby. Sometimes I see negligent parents and I wonder how their kids made it past being a newborn (ie Teen Mom-MTV) but they survived, so I think I'll do okay.