[blparent] {Spam?} babies sleeping.

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

My daughter is eight now.  I was told to place her on her back in an empty 
crib.  No pillow, no soft toys.  When she was small, I was instructed to use 
a swaddling blanket or a wearable blanket, which was also called a sleep 
sacque, to keep her warm.  The sleep sacque was basically a set of warm 
pajamas, except that instead of tight legs, the bottom half of the pajamas 
were open so the baby could kick her feet, sort of like she was in a 
sleeping bag.  She liked the sleep sacque better than the footed pajamas 
because it was summer when she was tiny, and the pajamas were too close and 
hot for her.  The hospital nurses told me statistics bore out the fact that 
the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had dropped very 
significantly since babies were placed on their backs to sleep with no 
pillows, blankets, and other soft items in their cribs that they could 
smother on.  But the decrease in maternal smoking had also contributed to 
the decline in the loss of lives to SIDS.

Jo Elizabeth

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Wendy Meuse via BlParent
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 12:17 PM
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Cc: Wendy Meuse
Subject: [blparent] {Spam?} babies sleeping.

Hi guys.  Ok I am curious and I was wondering if some of you would share 
your thoughts.  Years ago, when my daughter was born, she
is forty now, I was told both by my mom and by the nurses in the hospital to 
either have my baby sleep on her side or on her tummy.
They said to have those bumper pads in the crib so that my baby would not 
hurt herself.  No pillow of course.  Now they are saying
that the baby is safer on her back.  No blankets or toys.  How do you keep 
baby warm enough?  I can see no pillow or toys that they
could smother on.  What are the thoughts ladies and gents?  I haven't had to 
deal with babies for quite a while so I am curious.  My
daughter wrapped her kids up and put them on their sides when they were 
little.
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