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Q: Crib Bumpers And Sids Prevention

asked by: babyAndy on June 16th, 2007

Experienced User

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

replied on June 16th, 2007

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Re: Here Is What I Have Heard About Bumpers...

babyAndy wrote:

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.htm
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.

kaerbear

replied on June 16th, 2007

Most Diplomatic Poster

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?

babyAndy

replied on June 16th, 2007

Experienced User

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.

Bridget

replied on June 16th, 2007

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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.

kaerbear

replied on June 16th, 2007

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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).

Idony

replied on June 16th, 2007

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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~

Mommy35

replied on June 16th, 2007

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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.

babyAndy

replied on June 16th, 2007

Experienced User

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.

babyAndy

replied on June 16th, 2007

Experienced User

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.

ladylee70

replied on June 16th, 2007

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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.

Dannzibelle

replied on June 17th, 2007

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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

ladylee70

replied on June 17th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

Dannzibelle wrote:

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.

Dannzibelle

replied on June 17th, 2007

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ladylee70 wrote:

Dannzibelle wrote:

Thank you! I just wanted to know for my own piece of mind really because that's what i've been led to believe

tinkinpink84

replied on June 18th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

, 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.

Dannzibelle

replied on June 18th, 2007

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tinkinpink84 wrote:

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

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