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SIDS Question..sleep positioners

LaurenT626LaurenT626
in Babies: 0 - 3 Months

Hi all..Im new here..I ust had my baby girl 3 weeks ago and was on the 3rd trimester board.

 My question:

 Are sleep positioners said to increase or decrease the SIDS risk? I know they said no pillows in the crib but is a positioner considered a pillow? SHe sleeps on a memory foam wedge with the 2 side positioners. Link to it below. Just curious to see how many use this or something similiar for their babies.

 https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2267019

Thanks!

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Re: SIDS Question..sleep positioners

  • vanillacouragevanillacourage member
    Yes, sleep positioners are not recommended.  Only thing in a crib should be a mattress, a snug fitted sheet and a blanket swaddled tightly around the baby or a SwaddleMe/equivalent.
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  • tmbuchmanntmbuchmann
    We use a regualar sleep positioner, not the wedge.  I think technically your not supposed to have anything in the crib, but DS has his sleep positioner and blanket in there.  Now that he is rolling I will probably take everything out, including the sleep positioner.
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  • CougBride07CougBride07

    Nothing in the crib at all. Just a sheet. This is from consumer reports.

    Making a crib safe for a new baby is essential. In stores, you'll see cribs outfitted with plush bumpers, fluffy blankets, and toys. You'll also see sleep positioners made out of foam, which are supposed to help babies sleep on their backs. But pediatricians, child safety experts, and Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, all caution against putting anything cushioned in a crib because soft materials could close off the child's air passages, causing suffocation. Consumer Reports believes that parents are being given the wrong message by store displays.

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) advises parents and caregivers to remove all "pillow-like soft products" from cribs, while the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advises that "soft objects, such as pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, stuffed toys, and other gas-trapping objects should be kept out of an infant's sleeping environment." More specifically, the AAP advises that "Although various devices have been developed to maintain sleep position or to reduce the risk of rebreathing, such devices are not recommended, because none have been tested sufficiently to show efficacy or safety."

    While the cause of infant death can be difficult to determine, our reporters found documentation of at least one death attributed by a New York City medical examiner to be caused by asphyxia by obstruction of nose and mouth by a foam positioning device. "Our advice is to keep the crib bare," says R. David Pittle, Consumers Union's former senior vice president for technical policy. "The only thing that should be in a crib is a sheet, a mattress, a child, and a blanket."

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  • SweetJennaSweetJenna member
    Congrats on your new baby!  I have heard there is a SIDS risk, but I used one with my baby and never had a problem.  He was a preemie and he never moved down enough for his face to be anywhere near the sides.  Even if he had, the positioner I had was vented/mesh.
     
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  • TSanchezzzzTSanchezzzz

    There has been no research that says that they are unsafe, but there also has been no research that says that they are safe, therefore, the AAP does not recommend them because of the possibility that a baby could suffocate from anything extra put into the crib.

    My SIL's all used them and were shocked when I didn't register for one. Honestly, I didn't really see the point.

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  • uhlerjuhlerj

    I know people who used them and loved them. However, they are not recommended, because they can suffocate baby. Elevate the crib. Or, if you want your baby elevated more, our DD slept in her bouncy seat for the first 3 months of her life. She transitioned well from it.

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  • MommyMeSoon2BMommyMeSoon2B
    I never used one. I don't think you have to worry until she can start moving around because at this age they just lay there anyways. Once she starts movin around and all that you might want to take it out.
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  • g.byasg.byas
    We use just the sides of the positioner that velcro and we put them down by her legs to make her feel secure. They have no way of working their way up to her face. She wont sleep without them and I feel safe w/ them. You could try that
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