Scared of Sids

research it. You should always have she sleep in just footy pj's with nothing else in her crib.
Honestly everyone with children is or was scared of sids because its unknow exactly what causes it. Research prevention methods, educating yourself is the best thing that you can do.

I was also paranoid of sids. I swear I've checked on Kaylee every hour since she was born, up until 4 months or so ago & even still, she's a year old now & I still get up as least once to check on her in the middle of the night. Like Vanessa said, research everything, get yourself educated on all the risks & never ever put anything else in the crib with the baby. Not even a blanket. A pair of warm pj's is all she'll need!

To check if she's too hot or too cold just feel her tummy. I'm guessing the weather is a lot warmer where you are, but here it gets really cold.. so I've bought a super thick sleepsuit for Jenny & she has a blanket over her. When she was newborn she had a normal sleepsuit but had 2 or 3 blankets over her. She was tiny so she couldn't regulate her body temperature for a while.

Try not to worry about it.. as long as you make sure her crib is set up properly, there are no toys etc in her crib with her & you check on her every once in a while, she'll be fine.

Everyone worries about this. Even when i was really bad with my PPD i still checked on Mika every few minutes when she was sleeping. Some research shoes that giving a baby a dummy at night can cut the risk, i can't remember why this is but i know that's what they say, i personally don't give Mika a dummy. I always make sure her feet are touching the bottom of her crib, and that the blanket she has over her is tucked in so that if she moved around it couldn't move and go over her head etc. My health visitor told me that one of the easiest ways to check a babies temperature withour disturbing them is to touch their nose

I think every good parent is afraid of SIDS to some extent. Warm footed pj's should do the trick to make sure she's warm enough. I have also heard that swaddling lowers the risk too.

I think they have mattress pads that have alarms that sound if the baby stops moving. I'm not sure of how they work.

The fact that there is no real reason why it happens was the most scary thing to me.

Your baby generally feels the way you feel. If your hot and your wearing only a t-shirt to bed. then the baby only needs a onesy. If your cold and your covering up...cover the baby up. Sids ..... I thought, didn't have to do with being hot or cold but with remembering to breathe. the best thing to do is keep the baby in a bassinet in your room till you feel comfortable. Or put them in a room with another child. There they will here the rythmatic breathing of an older person and will breath along with them. I did this with all my children.

when babys are first born their hands, feet and faces are generally cold, this is because their bodies are working hard, pumping blood to their core organs that their faces hands and feet dont get enough circulation of blood. so for the first 6 weeks to check Kristen's temperature slip two fingers down her chest or in between her shoulder blades, you will know by touch whethr she is too hot or too cold but as i said dont rely on her hands, feet and faces for 6 weeks. i personally think, not smoking in your pregnancy, not letting anyone smoke around you, or kristen whe shes here, get a room thermometer, the right temp is 18c followed by a sheet and a layer of two blankets, or if its above or below add or take a layer off. you can also cut the risk by keeping a good circulation of fresh air in the room, and by having a half bumper for her cot, not one that goes all the way round...
research advises parents to have the baby in the room with them for the first 6 months...

anyway hope i helped, i was also very scared of sids, still am. but there are things to prevent it and remember its rare. keep your chin up

When Oni was first born, I SWEAR I had her thermometer constantly in her pitts!!!

She never liked blankets...but ALWAYS slept on her belly. Even in the hospital.

It's normal to worry! We ALLL do! lol!!

Sarah

lol i STILL dont get good sleep because every night i wake up atleast 3 times to check and make sure the kids are still breathing lol. ROb gets so annoyed.. i'll ask him to check when he gets up to pee or something, and hes like, *oh my GOD, SANDRA! They're FINE!*

With SIDS... theres nothing much u can do. Its not really anything u can control. Hence the *Sudden* part.

With me, i did like MemeWells2 said.. i dressed them according to how i felt. I get cold easily just like the kids. And the second that they started being able to roll over, i took out the crib bumper. Only had the baby and *sometimes* if completely necessary a thin receiving blanket.

so ive been reserching it alot
i am terrified but i know it will probably all be ok

ive got two really good sleep positioners for her. and alot of footed gowns and sleepwers for her since it will be winter she will just sleep in one of those and then im going to swadel her in a recieving blanket too

so whats the deal with crib bumpers? are they ok or no?

Thats perfectly normal to worry!!! Amelia slept on my chest for the first few months of her life. When we started letting her sleep in her room, I was up through the whole night checking on her. About 2 months ago I bought the BEST thing ever made for worrying mothers!! One of those camera baby monitors!! I LOVE it! Everytime she makes a noise I wake up and look at the screen to see whats shes doing. Usually shes just turning over lol. INVEST IN ONE!!!! YOU WONT REGRET IT!!!


Crib bumpers are great when the baby starts rolling over. In my opion anyways. Because amelia hits her head constantly on the bars! Everymorning!!

That depends on who you talk about them to. I had crib bumpers in my daughter's crib until she could wiggle around. But some people prefer to have nothing at all in the crib - no toys, no stuffed animals, etc.

Do what YOU feel comfortable with. Do your research and make your choices. You are the mom

I HAD the bumpers in the crib until she started scooting around and rolling over.

They have a higher chance of scooting themselves up to it and suffocating.

The wood in cribs is very light, so the sound of them bumping their heads SOUNDS worse than it really is! loL!

They have MESH bumpers though. That are breathable incase they DO snuggle up to it. But can still save their heads!! loL!

Oni had a pillow in her crib when she turned like 6 months...maybe a little younger. It started as a way for her not to vomit her food! lol!!

Sarah
Sarah