Infants: Sleeping safely
Throughout the whole day, infants spend most of their time sleeping. They can sleep for up to 16 hours or more in a day, spending up to 3 to 4 hours sleeping during each rest period. Hence considering the huge amount of time infants sleep, it is important to identify the safety issues when babies go to bed.
First and foremost, co-sleeping with your baby is not safe. Especially adults who are heavy sleepers, they might inadvertently crush or suffocate the baby when they toss and turn carelessly. Not to mention, babies who co-sleep, usually sleep on their parents’ bed, there are heavy quilts and blankets that may accidently 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 risks of parents accidently crushing their babies. Furthermore, usually in cribs, there won’t be any heavy quilts and blankets that may 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, too has also been discouraged by many as they fear that the blanket may carelessly cover the baby’s head, however some parents are worried 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. Hence, your baby will not be covered by the blanket so easily and it will be safer for your baby when he sleeps at night.
Another way of sleeping safely is to always let your baby sleep on her back. Infants sleeping on their tummy may have risks of choking when your baby carelessly places his face down onto the mattress. Infants are too weak 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 infants sleep better on their tummy because their heart is close to something which makes them feel safe and at ease. Nonetheless, it is still not advisable to let your child sleep on her tummy until, maybe when she has the ability to be able to roll over in bed by herself.
When your baby is sleeping, try to dress your baby in light sleep clothing to avoid your baby from feeling too warm. Your baby’s sleeping area should be kept at room temperature so that your baby will feel neither too cold nor warm. If the room is too warm, get a fan to gently cool the area down so that your baby will sleep more comfortably.
Look closely at all these factors and examine your baby’s sleeping area cautiously. Let your baby sleep safely and pleasantly and you will be able to sleep well without worries too!