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greeneyes33
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How Did You Put Your Baby to Sleep?
Posted: 02-12-07 13:31pm
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I know that the #1 way to reduce .S.I.D.S
is to put baby on his back, but I just
don't know if I can do it. I am so
scared that he will vomit in his sleep and
choke ... I am most likely going to
put the baby on his side, I think it is
much safer
opinions pls!!!
Doctors & nurses will only tell me
"back to sleep"! And won't give me
any personal opinions. Thanks
edited to add: it won't let me add the
poll option "stomach" if thats how you put
your baby to sleep. Sorry I dont know
what to do! Lol
Last edited by greeneyes33 on 02-12-07 13:34pm; edited 1 time in total
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Nataliachick7
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:33pm
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I dont see anything wrong with the side.
Personally I would wait with tummy
sleeping until the baby is about 5 months,
that is my opinion. Once my son was old
enough to roll over he started sleeping on
his tummy by himself and I couldnt stop
him, but when they are really young and
cant even lift their heads then I would be
nervous about tummy sleeping.
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Emma2
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:33pm
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My son is an avid spit up"er" and he
sleeps on his back and never
chokes...Sometimes I put him on his side
to avoid the flat head thing from
happening...
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greeneyes33
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:34pm
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| emma2
wrote: | | my son is an avid spit
up"er" and he sleeps on his back and never
chokes...Sometimes I put him on his side
to avoid the flat head thing from
happening... |
whats flat head?
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:37pm
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I added stomach for you.
Trey always slept in his bouncer or swing
untill almost 4 months 
But usually I put him down on his back.
Sometimes side, never tummy unless he was
napping on me.
Now he sleeps with his a$$ in the air or
completely sprawled out. It's so cute.
It's also why I never bring him to bed
with me, the kid takes up too much room.
Lmao
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:38pm
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Alyvia slept on her back but always had
her head turned to one side. We've
coslept since she was about 6 weeks (i
think - my memory is horrible) and she's
slept on her side every day since. She
sleeps tummy-to-tummy with me. We've had
no problems.
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Emma2
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:42pm
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| greeneyes33
wrote: | | emma2
wrote: | | my son is an avid spit
up"er" and he sleeps on his back and never
chokes...Sometimes I put him on his side
to avoid the flat head thing from
happening... |
whats flat
head? |
exactly what it is getting a flat head !
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greeneyes33
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:51pm
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| emma2
wrote: | | greeneyes33
wrote: | | emma2
wrote: | | my son is an avid spit
up"er" and he sleeps on his back and never
chokes...Sometimes I put him on his side
to avoid the flat head thing from
happening... |
whats flat
head? |
exactly what it is getting a flat head
! |
lol that seriously can happen from
sleeping on their back? Thats funny, ive
never heard of it
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greeneyes33
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:52pm
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Im still really nervous about the whole
back to sleep thing, especially if he has
eaten and is going to bed right after
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 02-12-07 13:54pm
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A baby's skull is kind of soft when
they're born. That's why some babies have
cone-shaped heads after a vaginal
delivery. If they spend a lot of time on
their backs, the back of their head will
become flat. I'm not positive, but I
don't think it is permanent.
Does that make sense?
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Emma2
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:03pm
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| greeneyes33
wrote: | | emma2
wrote: | | greeneyes33
wrote: | | emma2
wrote: | | my son is an avid spit
up"er" and he sleeps on his back and never
chokes...Sometimes I put him on his side
to avoid the flat head thing from
happening... |
whats flat
head? |
exactly what it is getting a flat head
! |
lol that seriously can happen from
sleeping on their back? Thats funny,
ive never heard of
it |
thats the first thing they tell you in
regards to babies and sleep.. They need
to rotate their position quite
often....And yes, laura it is a permanent
thing ...
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greeneyes33
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:06pm
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| emma2
wrote: | | greeneyes33
wrote: | | emma2
wrote: | | greeneyes33
wrote: | | emma2
wrote: | | my son is an avid spit
up"er" and he sleeps on his back and never
chokes...Sometimes I put him on his side
to avoid the flat head thing from
happening... |
whats flat
head? |
exactly what it is getting a flat head
! |
lol that seriously can happen from
sleeping on their back? Thats funny,
ive never heard of
it |
how is that funny? What kind of drs and
nurses have you been seeing? Thats the
first thing they tell you in regards to
babies and sleep.. They need to rotate
their position quite often....And yes,
laura it is a permanent thing
... |
obviously not great ones!
Even tho my doc is the lead obstetrician
in the hospital!
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:15pm
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Oh wow.
Ok, well .Oni slept on her stomach for the
1st 5 months.
She never slept on her back.
She slept on her side for the 1st week,
and after that it was a no go.
Her Dr. Said it was fine as long as
nothing was obsticting her air ways.
Oni's pediatrician is on .Louisiana board
of .Pediatrics and is a Dr. Whom
discovers/researches new ailments and
treatments.
Every Dr. Has a different opinion. As
does every mother.
When I was a baby it was "baby face down"
so they didn't choke on their vomit. So I
mean, which ever way your baby sleeps the
best, do it.
Sarah
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:15pm
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Yes, i'm sure I look like a b*tch for
asking a question. I'm sure many people
wonder the same thing. You should just
shut the f#ck up. How's that for being a
b*tch?
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greeneyes33
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:19pm
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| babymajic0506
wrote: | oh wow.
Ok, well .Oni slept on her stomach for the
1st 5 months.
She never slept on her back.
She slept on her side for the 1st week,
and after that it was a no go.
Her Dr. Said it was fine as long as
nothing was obsticting her air ways.
Oni's pediatrician is on .Louisiana board
of .Pediatrics and is a Dr. Whom
discovers/researches new ailments and
treatments.
Every Dr. Has a different opinion. As
does every mother.
When I was a baby it was "baby face down"
so they didn't choke on their vomit. So
I mean, which ever way your baby sleeps
the best, do it.
Sarah |
your dr said what was fine? The tummy or
side?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:25pm
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I haven't seen you in a while, .Sam.
How's .Ethan doing? And did you ever
decide on a name for his little brother?
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foxy
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:25pm
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.Tre, .Keya as well as every other baby in
my family has slept on their stomach from
birth...... I agree with .Sarah, as long
as there is nothing was obstructing the
airways I see nothing wrong with it....
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:25pm
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Finn naps on his belly but sleeps on his
back for the night.
I was paranoid for a bit but then I read
an article that made a lot of sense to me.
It said that the reason it *seems* the
back-to-sleep campaign decreased the sids
deaths by 50% is actually because back in
the day they didn't do autopsies on all
infant deaths. A baby would die by say
suffocation but they wouldn't do an
autopsy, they'd just call it sids.
And I don't know if it's completely proven
yet, but they're saying that babies that
die from sids have a brain abnormality.
So I let my baby sleep on his belly for
naps and I check on him a million times.
He moves around a lot and turns his head
from side to side and there's nothing in
the crib with him, so i'm not too
concerned. At night he's on his back,
he's thrown up (not spit up, but actually
vomited) while sleeping that way and he's
never choked on it. This is what works
for us.
In the end, it's up to you and what you
feel comfortable with.
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:26pm
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| ayamiyaki
wrote: | | i haven't seen you in a
while, .Sam. How's .Ethan doing? And
did you ever decide on a name for his
little
brother? |
yeah I don't post very often anymore.
Ethan is handful so I don't normally have
much time to use the computer. He is 9
months old today! We think his brothers
name is going to be caleb daniel. How's
aly doing?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 02-12-07 14:28pm
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Caleb .Daniel is a really nice name!
Caleb goes well with .Ethan too.
Aly's doing great, thanks for asking.
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