Infants: Sleeping safely
30th October 2009 by Babies No CommentsInfants spend most of their time sleeping. They can sleep for more than 16 hours in a day, sleeping for about 3 hours during each rest period. Hence considering the huge amount of time infants sleep, it is important to find out some safety issues regarding baby’s sleep.
Firstly, co-sleeping with your baby is very dangerous. For parents who are heavy sleepers, they might accidently crush or suffocate the baby when they toss and turn carelessly. In addition, babies who co-sleep, usually sleep on their parents’ bed, there are heavy quilts and blankets that may carelessly cover their face and cause the babies to suffocate too.
Looking at all these dangers of co-sleeping, try to let your child sleep in a baby nursery bedding. Sleeping in a crib will have no dangers of parents crushing their babies. Furthermore, there won’t be any heavy quilts and blankets that might cause the baby to choke while sleeping. Therefore, parents are encouraged to get a baby nursery bedding for your little one to sleep in as it is safer than co-sleeping with the baby’s parents.
The use of blankets has also been dissuade by many as they fear that the blanket may carelessly cover the baby’s head, however some parents are afraid that their baby may catch a cold at night. In fact, there is a safe way of using a blanket that can avoid such incidents from happening during the baby’s rest. Just ensure that when your child is in the baby nursery bedding, his feet touches the end of the crib and the blanket shouldn’t be higher than his chest. In this way, it will not be easy for your baby to be covered by the blanket and there will be less risk of him sleeping at night with the blanket.
Another way of sleeping safely is to always let your baby sleep on her back. Babies sleeping on their front may have risks of choking when your baby faces down on the mattress. Infants are too feeble to roll around or shift themselves out of a dangerous position. Therefore letting your child sleep on her back in the baby nursery bedding will be the safest option.
Some babies sleep better on their tummy because their heart feels close to something which makes them feel secure and at ease while sleeping. However, it is still not advisable to let your baby sleep on her front untill, possibly when she has the strength to be able to toss and turn around in bed by herself.
When your baby goes to bed, try to let your baby wear light sleep clothing to prevent your baby from “overheating”,. Your baby’s sleeping area should be kept at a comfortable temperature so that your baby will feel neither too cold nor warm. If the room is too warm, use a fan to lightly cool the area so that your baby will feel comfortable when sleeping.
Look closely at all these points and examine your baby’s sleeping area carefully. Let your precious one sleep safely and comfortably and you will be able to sleep well without worries too!
