safety sleep v’s sleep wedge

Hi ladies

I have seen the safety sleep and sleep wedges in the shops and didnt really pay any attention to them until last week when my obstatrician mentioned getting either one for prevention of SIDS so I was wondering what you would recommend and how other people have found using either one and with the safety sleep would you need more than one for when they had any little accidents in the bassinet or cot?

Thanks ladies

We used the wedge, because my lil man perfered 1 side to sleep on & he got a flat head. The wedge was great for correcting that.

We also have a safety sleep which we have never properly used, tried it once & he hated it!! Wasted all that $. I should really dig it out & try & sell it

We had a saftey Wedge from the first night home, Neosha slept great in it because we could prop her up on her side and she was happy. Also the covers come off and they wash and dry quickly but as Kebakat said they are cheap enough to have two. We kept her in that for a couple of months then pulled out our Safety Sleep and it was terrible!!! Everytime I pulled the valcro it would make the whole KKKKKK noise and she would scream so after a week I gave up. We tried it again at about 6-7 months and it was better but you really do need two of them (I found anyway) so we stopped using it and yeah haven't looked back really lol. Would definately recommend a wedge for the first few months, after that then if you want you can fork out for the saftey sleep but keep in mind some babies just don't like it As proven in this thread lol I thought MY baby was the only one that didn't

I swear by safety sleeps, all of my girls have been in them from the day I brought them home. They were great for peace of mind that baby couldn't slip under the blankets, they kept them in one spot in the cot and stopped them rolling over etc. Maya was in hers from birth to about 12 months, the gremlins were in theirs from birth to about 9 months. Baby's one is already on her cot. Yes it is a PITA only having one when they need to be washed, I bought a bassinette size one for $35 and used that as a back up with the extension piece from the classic one while the classic one was in the wash coz the extension piece doesn't really need washing as it's under the mattress.

We could have done with a sleep wedge for Mercedes as she insisted on sleeping with her head on one side and got a flat spot but we made do with a rolled up blanket. Would have been a complete waste of $$$ for Maya and Sienna as they both back slept and alternated which side they faced.

We have been using a safe-t-sleep on my son for 18 months and we love it because it stops him wriggling around and getting into awkward positions (in addition to knowing that he's safe) . Now that he's older, we've tried to put him down without it and he just won't sleep - too busy sitting up and looking around the room. We're wondering if we'll ever get him out of it?! :-)
admittedly, it's a pain to undo and wash but i always get hubby to do it!

We had a wedge and then later bought the safety sleep, by about 2 months Spencer was strong enough to push the wedge apart so it stopped working. The safety sleep we only stopped using about a month ago and I loved it, from a young age Spencer started pushing with his feet until his head was rammed into the top of his bassinet and then had no idea to get himself out of the situation so we bought it for that and it became a great sleep cue.

I got by just having one as I would wash it first thing in the morning and then if necessary chuck it in the tumble dryer so it was dry for his night sleep (in summer it dried find outside in a couple of hours) and during the day he coped sleeping with out it.

i have used neither and none of my babies have been the worse for it...

We used the wedge when we first came home from hospital and when Leah went into her cot we put the safety sleep on as we had the head raised and she kept slipping down without it.

I have to admit that its still on her bed, most nights she goes straight to sleep with it on and some nights she undoes it and sleeps without, she sleeps the same whether its done up or not but most mornings shes still wrapped up in it and tucked in all her blankets. I am leaving it on until she doesn't want it anymore.