Valley Girl
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I am really confused with the whole 'safe sleep' issue.
I had always thought co sleeping was safe, as long as you followed the huidelines about pillows, duvets, alcohol etc etc. Now my health visitor tells me that this is a no-no in guidance from SIDS. And on This Morning last week they had a woman who's daughter had died in her sleep while sharing a bed, and the coroner said he had "seen too much of this" and would press for no co-sleeping.
I read in an article that you must only put on a couple of layers of blankets, a folded blanket counting as two layers, when your baby is asleep. But then I read in a book that you should make sure if your baby wakes at night that it is not due to them feeling cold, so try putting on more blankets. I have tried him in a sleeping bag, but he woke so many times that night, with his little hands like ice blocks! I've tried a thin fleecy bed time baby grow on top of vest and ordinary baby gro and that was ok, but I still felt he needed one layer of cotton blanket and his hands were frozen. So I have tried putting on a little pair of thin mitts and they seem to work, but do I then not need the blanket? Or should I try the gro bag again with the mitts?
I really do not know what to do to be 'safe!' My instincts tell me to keep him warm but not hot, and I check inside the back of his baby gro at the neck to make sure he is not clammy or hot. But if I do it according to guidelines he wakes because he is cold.
AAGH!!!!
I had always thought co sleeping was safe, as long as you followed the huidelines about pillows, duvets, alcohol etc etc. Now my health visitor tells me that this is a no-no in guidance from SIDS. And on This Morning last week they had a woman who's daughter had died in her sleep while sharing a bed, and the coroner said he had "seen too much of this" and would press for no co-sleeping.
I read in an article that you must only put on a couple of layers of blankets, a folded blanket counting as two layers, when your baby is asleep. But then I read in a book that you should make sure if your baby wakes at night that it is not due to them feeling cold, so try putting on more blankets. I have tried him in a sleeping bag, but he woke so many times that night, with his little hands like ice blocks! I've tried a thin fleecy bed time baby grow on top of vest and ordinary baby gro and that was ok, but I still felt he needed one layer of cotton blanket and his hands were frozen. So I have tried putting on a little pair of thin mitts and they seem to work, but do I then not need the blanket? Or should I try the gro bag again with the mitts?
I really do not know what to do to be 'safe!' My instincts tell me to keep him warm but not hot, and I check inside the back of his baby gro at the neck to make sure he is not clammy or hot. But if I do it according to guidelines he wakes because he is cold.
AAGH!!!!
I'm no expert and I would NEVER purposefully put my son in danger, but to say by sleeping with him I am, I find ridiculous, I am sorry. Obviously just use your common sense, don't drink or take drugs and sleep with your baby, if you don't feel confident don't sleep with your baby. Wherever your LO sleeps is where you feel its best for them, and thats right for you and your family.
