Questions about safe t sleep
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Topic: Questions about safe t sleep
Posted By: myfullhouse
Subject: Questions about safe t sleep
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 11:37am
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I have had trouble accessing old posts about safe t sleeps so not sure if the following q's have already been answered.
I am thinking to use the safe t sleep we were given when we had Jack (finally) as Ben is starting to get a flat spot. I have the following q's: * do you safety pin baby to the wrap like the instructions say? * how do you combine the safe t sleep and a swaddle wrap? The instructions say to have an arm out but that seems to defeat the purpose of the swaddle * how have you found using a swaddle and safe t sleep with side sleeping? With the swaddle it seems that Ben would end up sleeping on his arm which doesn't seem comfy. TIA!! ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 12:03pm
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no i never have safety pinned him.
i just wrapped him right up(arms and everything) and then safetsleep as normal.(sortof around the arms. ) i wouldn't do it side on so young personally as they will prob end up on front..? we always had him on his back.. so he had wrap safetsleep dummy and mussie lol:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 12:19pm
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we have used a safety sleep with DS since he went into a cot at 3 weeks cos he shuffles up the cot and gets all kinked and bunddled up the top. he wont sleep with his arms wrapped so they are both out so he can wave them round and munch on his hands. lol. DS also tends to look in one direction no matter where i move his cot, and has developed a flat head on one side, so during the day plunket has us sleeping him on his side. we have 2 towells rolled up, put him on his side so his arm is out in front so he can flip and put the safety sleep around both the towels and the baby. its look hilarious but it keeps him off the flat spot and stops him rolling right over ------------- 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 12:52pm
| When Daniel was that little we used a sleep wedge rather than safety sleep, kept him on his side and he couldn't roll onto his tummy and he wasn't moving around so there was no reason to strap him down |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 1:02pm
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we used it mostly for my piece of mind and for his flat spot..no idea how it fixed it but it did..? weird.. he got way too hot in the sleep wedge and I was paranoid having him on his side.(but this is supposed to work great for flat spots) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 27 August 2009 at 2:21pm
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Wrap so that the arm on the side he sleeps on goes across his chest (kind of how it would be positioned in a sling if it was broken), then he wont be uncomfy. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 28 August 2009 at 5:24pm
Thanks ladies. Mum bought me a wedge yesterday. I was thinking to use the wedge in the bassinette and the safe t sleep in the cot as he will sleep in the cot during the day but think I may just use the wedge. Was only thinking to use the safe t sleep as we were given it as a gift when Jack was born and I have never even taken it out of the packet!!! Feeling a bit guilty about that  ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 August 2009 at 12:57pm
I  our safety sleep, lil miss is still in hers. I don't pin her to it like they say to, but I do pin the velcro closed to stop her undoing it since she figured that out a few months ago. When they were swaddled I just swaddled them as normal and put them in it, the only thing to watch is that if you have the head of the cot elevated, they can slide down and get the safety sleep up over their face if it's not fastened securely enough.
All of mine went straight into them as newborns, except lil miss coz she was a hammock baby till 3 months. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Georgiegirl
Date Posted: 09 September 2009 at 5:03pm
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I really like the idea of a safety sleep... but I was wondering how disruptive the sound of the valcro would be at night if I was trying to dream feed?
Advice anyone? ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/279456"> 
TTC#2 8th round of clomid 100mg 1 failed IUI. Waiting for IVF now. |
Posted By: Georgiegirl
Date Posted: 09 September 2009 at 5:05pm
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I really like the idea of a safety sleep... but I was wondering how disruptive the sound of the valcro would be at night if I was trying to dream feed?
Advice anyone? ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/279456">
TTC#2 8th round of clomid 100mg 1 failed IUI. Waiting for IVF now. |
Posted By: 5th...and final??
Date Posted: 10 September 2009 at 6:27pm
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will depend on bubs personality, and how tired they are. but my boys can stay asleep while the velcro is undone and a nappy changed - or they can wake the instant you open their door. just depends.
neither of my boys have 'dream fed' in their sleep - they have had to be roused a litlle in order to feed, but drift back off to sleep either on the boob, or once tucked back in. ------------- 
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