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Offline harmit2

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SIDS and Naps
« on: July 21, 2011, 20:25:19 pm »
Hi

This might be a sensitive subject but i'm curious....

We are all trying to get our lo's to sleep in their cots at nap times and for a reasonable amount of time (2hrs)....So where do we stand with SIDS on this theory???

You're meant to have lo sleep in your room until 6 months to reduce the risk, however is putting them down for naps in a room of their own not the same thing as putting them down for bed time in there too?

It's just a thought...
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Re: SIDS and Naps
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 20:39:49 pm »
I think its to do with the length of time they are asleep so a nap is probably less of a risk than night sleep.  I think it depends on your own comfort levels. 

I had DD1 nap in the living room until she was 4.5/5 months (when I found BW) but I was very nervous and anxious first time round.  That being said DD2 napped nearby until she was 4 months too.

{{{{hugs}}}}  You have to weigh up the risks and decide for yourself what you are comfortable with.   I always remember my dad saying we all spend so much time trying to get these LOs to sleep and then the all the time they are sleeping we are checking they are ok. x
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Re: SIDS and Naps
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 20:47:20 pm »
Quote from: harmit2 on July 21, 2011, 14:25:19 pm
You're meant to have lo sleep in your room until 6 months to reduce the risk, however is putting them down for naps in a room of their own not the same thing as putting them down for bed time in there too?
Does that mean that you are spending their entire nap time in their room, too? :)  Because that's the reasoning behind having them sleep in the parents' room.  Playing devil's advocate here...

I understand what you're saying about "meant to" do that.  The American Academy of Pediatrics does suggest LO sleeping in the parents' room (they don't specify an age limit, though) (see: http://www.healthychildcare.org/pdf/SIDSparentsafesleep.pdf). 

However, I think that if LO's crib is free from clutter (until they're old enough), well ventilated, air circulation is good, and LO is sleeping on their back, then those things are much more important than where they actually sleep.  For us, we had a monitor, but DS was in the room next to ours.  He was a noisy, noisy sleeper...as is my DH ::)  It was better--yet still extremely safe!!--for us all to be in our own rooms.

I agree with Shiv that YOU have to make the choice for your family/child.  If you feel more comfortable with LO in the room with you, then you should do that.  Everyone will have to adjust, but no one can fault you for studying the research and making your own parenting choice.  *hugs*

Really, with BW, it'a more an issue of not letting LO co-sleep.
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Re: SIDS and Naps
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 20:51:41 pm »

Quote from: ~Sara~ on July 21, 2011, 20:47:20 pm
Does that mean that you are spending their entire nap time in their room, too?
Actually at antenatal class here both with M and R, when they did the SID class they did say you should (well they recommended) that you have your LO nap in the same room as you when they are little.  
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Re: SIDS and Naps
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 20:57:15 pm »
Quote from: Shiv52 on July 21, 2011, 14:51:41 pm
Quote from: ~Sara~ on Today at 03:47:20 PM
Does that mean that you are spending their entire nap time in their room, too?
Actually at antenatal class here both with M and R, when they did the SID class they did say you should (well they recommended) that you have your LO nap in the same room as you when they are little.
Interesting...I hadn't seen that in what I've read/heard.  See you learn something new everyday.  :)

And, yes, I'd edited my silly brain fart right before you posted :P
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 21:00:42 pm »
They are very very cautious about SIDs here.  Over so I think.  because after my antenatal class with Maeve I was scared stupid about it.  I think they really overdid it and still do.   Same this time round too but it was because there had been a cot death in my neighbourhood a month before R was born so it was very fresh in all the staffs minds. 

But you absolutely have to do what is right for you and your family.  Guidelines are just that. 
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 21:10:24 pm »
Hmm I was just wondering :)

I'm cernainly not an over protective mother and am practising all sorts of BW techniques so that my daughter can grow up independant and love being around other people not just mummy. So far so good.

I don't over dress her for bed time anyway, i'd rather she was cool than too warm (SIDS). She's always cool in the morning, but laughing and smiling so i guess she likes being cool.

As it happens, i do spend most of her nap time in her room with her...lol :d just so i can train her- although i hope not to do that soon!!! I have a baby monitor and use it - it's fine.

If it's to do with the length of time they are asleep that's where the difference is, i couldn't see the reasoning behind it as it was like saying keep them with you until 6 months, yet put them in their own room for naps....it all makes you think doesn't it! :)

She's doing great at night time so we're going to take her travel cot bed down out of our room tonight as she doesn't need it anymore. x
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