• Do
not give your baby a pillow, and ensure
that his head is not covered by the duvet
or the sheets. Either of these could
smother him.
• Avoid sleeping on a waterbed or any
bed that does not have a firm mattress.
• Use bedding which fits tightly to the
mattress.
• Ensure the bed head and bed sides are
close against the wall and the mattress
close to the bed frame so that there is no
risk of your baby rolling over and
becoming trapped.
• Put your baby to sleep on his back.
The Foundation for the Study of Infant
Death (FSID), which funds much of the
research into cot death, actually
recommends that your baby sleep next to
you, rather than with you, for the first
six months of life. That way he can sleep
under his own bedding, but within sight
and sound of you. To facilitate this, you
can use a bed-side bed. This is a cot
which can be adapted to fit snugly against
your own bed with one side removed so that
you are near your baby, but in separate
beds. Or you could simply place your
baby's cot right next to your bed.
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cln1812
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Posted: 01-30-08 11:47am
We cosleep a bit too, I swore I never
would before I had the baby, but it works
so much better. Tessa usually falls
asleep around 10 in bed with me (I
breastfeed and pretty much nurse her to
sleep), then DH moves her to her crib.
Usually she stays in her crib until she
wakes around 3 AM, then she's changed, I
nurse her in bed and we let her stay with
us until the alarm goes off in the
morning. I think co-sleeping is generally
frowned upon nowadays, but I'm sure
parents have been doing this since the
human race began, and at least it is
keeping me sane. One night, Tessa was
moving around a bit in her crib, not
awake, but stirring around midnight and DH
brought her to bed with us and she slept
the entire night through. It was
wonderful!
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 01-30-08 16:21pm
Yes we had to remove the pillowtop from
our bed so baby wouldn't get smothered by
it. We had her sleep in these little
wedges or positioiners, whatever you call
them. Sometimes they slept between us and
sometimes on the outside, but the wedges
kept them from falling out of the bed. I
just had to get used to sleeping with the
covers lower under my arms instead of over
my shoulder.
