Crib Bumpers And Sids Prevention Posted: 06-16-07 19:50pm
The reason for the bumpers being bad is
for any age not just when they are moving
aroud. Crib bumpers were actually designed
for when they move around and wack their
head, so it wouldnt make sense to take
them out then. They are only for
decoration as newborns, and they are now
officially linked to sids> most reputable
baby stores will not sell them. Or they
will sell them but tell you not to use
them at night.
At any age, they say that it doesnt allow
airflow through the crib, especially when
they are newborn, because they dont move,
look it up. They are not recomended if you
wanna prevend sids>
i know they dont look as pretty...But i'm
not gonna risk it. I just wanted to share
my info with you. I cringe when I see
bumpers.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...Take
the info as you wish!!!!
This info is from many sources but here is
one! American Sudden Death Institute:
2.. Place infants to sleep in a baby bed
with a firm mattress. There should be
nothing in the bed but the baby - no
covering, no pillows, no bumper pads and
no toys. Soft mattresses and heavy
covering are associated with the risk for
SIDS.
Here is their website. [link removed]
No bumpers is #2 on the list!! Careful
everyone!
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ladylee70
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Re: Here Is What I Have Heard About Bumpers... Posted: 06-16-07 19:57pm
babyAndy
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The reason for the bumpers
being bad is for any age not just when
they are moving aroud. Crib bumpers were
actually designed for when they move
around and wack their head, so it wouldnt
make sense to take them out then. They are
only for decoration as newborns, and they
are now officially linked to sids> most
reputable baby stores will not sell them.
Or they will sell them but tell you not to
use them at night.
At any age, they say that it doesnt allow
airflow through the crib, especially when
they are newborn, because they dont move,
look it up. They are not recomended if you
wanna prevend sids>
i know they dont look as pretty...But i'm
not gonna risk it. I just wanted to share
my info with you. I cringe when I see
bumpers.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...Take
the info as you wish!!!!
This info is from many sources but here is
one! American Sudden Death Institute:
2.. Place infants to sleep in a baby bed
with a firm mattress. There should be
nothing in the bed but the baby - no
covering, no pillows, no bumper pads and
no toys. Soft mattresses and heavy
covering are associated with the risk for
SIDS.
Here is their website. http://www.sids.org/nprevent.ht
m
No bumpers is #2 on the list!! Careful
everyone!
I have heard about that. I used bumpers
with my first child but often wondered
about that. I don't think I am going to
use them this time around.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 06-16-07 19:59pm
Thanks for putting that up, i had been
wondering because i heard different things
about bumpers in cribs. I personally
don't think they look all that great
anyway so i'm not worried about using
them. I just have a question for the
ladies. we didn't get a bassinet and we
are putting the crib in our bedroom for
now. the reason for this is that we have
a really tiny house and we are renovating
right now so we can't get the baby's room
ready in time. we didn't want to get a
bassinette and a crib because money is
tight right now. so the crib will be
close to the bed in the bedroom for the
first little while. i know it's important
to have a firm mattress and no toys or
anything in the crib, i'm just concerned
about having a newborn in a crib at all.
seems ok to me, i'm just checking. i know
my mom slept in the bed with me when i was
a newborn and had me in a swing hammock
when i was close to newborn and i survived
it (she was a bit of a hippy lol). i
won't sleep with the baby in my bed but i
think thecrib should be fine.......right?
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babyAndy
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Posted: 06-16-07 20:05pm
Some of the SIDS websites I have read
suggest they go in a crib, airflow is
slighlty restircted in a bassinet too.
They also suggest it isnt good for babies
to sleep for long periods of time in mommy
and daddy's bed, because of the blankets
and pillows etc.
I think the crib beside yoru bed is
perfect.
As a newborn it is just easier for them to
be closer to u, there is no other real
reason why they cant even be in their own
room in their own crib.
So I think the way to go is get a co
sleeper, bring the crib in your room, or
leave it in their room and just get up and
get them. I am sure it is easier for the
baby to fall asleep knowing you are in the
room though.
In another post where the bumper topic
started, someone mentioned that there is
SO much linked to sids now, and ifyou
actually take a look at that website there
are only 7 Major things attributed to it.
If you eliminate illegal drugs etc and
smoking, 2 are gone. Assuming most ofyou
wont smoke around your baby and dont to
crack.
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Bridget
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Posted: 06-16-07 20:20pm
i've read a lot on sids (because i got
extremely paranoid when my son would only
sleep on his belly), and i'm of the
opinion that the cause of sids is a brain
disorder.
it's pretty obvious not to put fluffy
bedding and stuffed animals in with a
baby, but if they died because of those
things it would be suffocation, not sids.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 06-16-07 20:20pm
thanks. i'm gonna go read that website
right now in case it gets removed (they
always remove links when i post them).
i'm sure there must be more about sids in
my baby books but i haven't gotten to the
baby books yet, i'm still on the pregnancy
ones lol.
i just read on the other post about the
mesh bumper pads, i'll have to check into
that. i think whether it's suffocation or
sids it's just as important to do what you
can to prevent it. i guess the bumper
isn't an issue until baby starts to move
around.
I totally will be checking the baby all
the time too! I do it with my fiancee
now, if he isn't snoring, i check to make
sure he is still breathing lol!
seriously, i worry about myself being a
mom, i'm gonna be way paranoid about
everything. i'm hoping i will cool out as
the baby gets older so i don't end up
giving my kid a complex (and myself an
ulcer lol).
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Posted: 06-16-07 20:36pm
bridget thats my opinion too
babyandy, what i ment about the many
factors is people are so paranoid i hear
all the time people coming up with new
things that *may* cause sids, they are not
documented but they are said and spread
around and they scare people
personally i use a bassinet and i cosleep
a lot, im very careful not to let my
blanket get near her, if you saw what i do
at night you would laugh im sure, its so
much easier for me and the only way ill
really get sleep even if its not a deep
sleep (when im sleeping with her there is
no way i can get into a deep sleep)
kearbear cribs are just fine, bassinets
are just more for conveniance and space
~alicia~
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Mommy35
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Posted: 06-16-07 21:01pm
My ped says no crib bumpers because if the
baby happens to move into it he/she may
not be able to get his face free and then
he'll suffocate. I have never heard of it
being from lack of air flow, but .I guess
it makes sense.
Sids scares me to death, and what scares
me more is that they change how babies
should sleep. When my daughter was a baby
they said, "Never never never lay her on
her back to sleep. Only put her to bed on
her belly" and she was premature. Now
it's the opposite. I sleep very lightly,
and wake many many times a night to look
at .Jaylon, check his breathing, etc. I
actually think he would sleep through
every night if .I didn't wake him up with
my "checking".
I have .Jaylon next to my bed in a
bassinet. I borrowed it from a family
friend, it's the one .I slept in when .I
was a baby.
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babyAndy
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Posted: 06-16-07 21:05pm
Unfortunately there is No valid research
or documentation behind brain disorders
and SIDS. Infact its the exact opposite,
babies who have died from this have had
normal brain CT's. THat is what makes it
the mystery it is. The brain information
has been proven to be opinion only with
nothing backing it.
Some babies are more pre disposed, but
nothing credible has proven that there is
a brain defect involved, it happens to the
healthiest babies.
People can believe whatever they like, I
am just sharing valid and credible
information to everyone which I have
found.
My husband is a Dr who works in pediatrics
and I am a nurse, I do believe that we
have the best information at our
fingertips being in the healthcare field
and both in pediatrics.
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babyAndy
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Posted: 06-16-07 21:09pm
I just want to make sure people are aware
out there, that its not a case of your
baby has it or doesnt it. It can happen to
babies of all kinds and races. It is a
HUGE misconception that its a disease or
malfuntion in the brain. Having this
belief is what can cause SIDS because
people who believe that dont do anything
to prevent it.
There will always be new things coming
out about what can prevent it, like all
the stuff that comes out about what causes
cancer, but you do have to take the
information and modify it best to your
lifestyle and abilities.
Some people are lucky and wil do
everything against what is suggested and
their babies will be fine, just like some
people will smoke their entire lives and
not get lung cancer. While others will do
everything to prevent sids, but may still
be affected by it, just like someone could
avoid smoke their whole life and get lung
cancer. Sometimes its out of our hands,
but more so then now, there are things we
can do.
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Posted: 06-16-07 21:10pm
kaerbear
wrote:
I totally will be checking the baby all
the time too! I do it with my fiancee
now, if he isn't snoring, i check to make
sure he is still breathing lol!
seriously, i worry about myself being a
mom, i'm gonna be way paranoid about
everything. i'm hoping i will cool out as
the baby gets older so i don't end up
giving my kid a complex (and myself an
ulcer lol).
I have an alert monitor that beeps if the
baby doesn't make a sound after 20
seconds. I never heard it beep but it did
turn on whenever the baby had even the
slightest of sounds. So, I became an
insomniac - pretty much developed a sleep
disorder because I was constantly on the
alert. That is probably pretty common with
most new moms!! We almost have to be on
the alert.
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Posted: 06-17-07 09:40am
From what i thought no one actually know
what actually causes sids there are just
alot of theory's and no hardline proof
that one sertain thing cause it. Correct
me if i'm wrong that's just what i thought
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Posted: 06-17-07 10:12am
Dannzibelle
wrote:
From what i thought no one
actually know what actually causes sids
there are just alot of theory's and no
hardline proof that one sertain thing
cause it. Correct me if i'm wrong that's
just what i
thought
That's my understanding as well. I have
read athat SIDS has a higher prevalence in
premature babies. A theory being that a
part in their brain that tells them to
breathe is underdeveloped. I don't even
know if this could actually be proven by
MRI scans. I don't know enough of this
research at all but in theory, it makes
sense when it comes to premature babies.
Perhaps there are different causes?? I
guess the only thing we can do is be
vigilent.
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Posted: 06-17-07 14:22pm
ladylee70
wrote:
Dannzibelle
wrote:
From what i thought no one
actually know what actually causes sids
there are just alot of theory's and no
hardline proof that one sertain thing
cause it. Correct me if i'm wrong that's
just what i
thought
That's my understanding as well. I have
read athat SIDS has a higher prevalence in
premature babies. A theory being that a
part in their brain that tells them to
breathe is underdeveloped. I don't even
know if this could actually be proven by
MRI scans. I don't know enough of this
research at all but in theory, it makes
sense when it comes to premature babies.
Perhaps there are different causes?? I
guess the only thing we can do is be
vigilent.
Thank you! I just wanted to know for my
own piece of mind really because that's
what i've been led to believe
, i had crib bumpers with joseph before i
knew about all that, this time around im
not doing it, they werent very tight on
the crib anways so it made me nervous, i
used to cosleep with joseph and
occasionally with jordynne. but when they
are in my bed i take all the pillows and
blankets off the bed so there is nothing
left on the bed at all, it seemed that
joseph used to sleep alot longer on my bed
then in his crib. i always heard growing
up if they lay on there back to sleep they
could spit up and choke on it. And on the
front they can put there face in the
matress and suffocate. seems like a no win
situation.
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Posted: 06-18-07 06:32am
tinkinpink84
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, i had crib bumpers with
joseph before i knew about all that, this
time around im not doing it, they werent
very tight on the crib anways so it made
me nervous, i used to cosleep with joseph
and occasionally with jordynne. but when
they are in my bed i take all the pillows
and blankets off the bed so there is
nothing left on the bed at all, it seemed
that joseph used to sleep alot longer on
my bed then in his crib. i always heard
growing up if they lay on there back to
sleep they could spit up and choke on it.
And on the front they can put there face
in the matress and suffocate. seems like a
no win
situation.
Exactly, it is a no win situation. When it
comes to babies thing change all the time,
when me and my sister were born my mum was
told to tightly cover us with sheets and
lay us on our fronts and then when my
sister had her first baby she was told to
loosly cover him and have him on his back
