Safe T Sleep
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Topic: Safe T Sleep
Posted By: lilfatty
Subject: Safe T Sleep
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 11:09am
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Hi more experienced parents out there .... Im a little confused ... Ive heard that a baby should be all swaddled up to help them sleep better, but how does this work in conjunction with the Safe T Sleep? Is it a case of one or the other ...?? ------------- 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: Kellz
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 11:54am
| We wrapped Isla until she was 10 months old, and started using safety sleep as well when she moved into cot at 3 months old. Now we just use the safety sleep. Its great! I dont have 'real' ones tho,...Mum made ours! |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 12:07pm
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You always seem to come to my rescue Kellz Did you swaddle her, then strap her into the safety strap? ------------- 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: yummymummy
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 12:24pm
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I don't think all babies like being swaddled up - Gina hated it. If you are using both, you would have to swaddle her up first and then use the safety strap on top. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 12:49pm
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We used to just swaddle James in the bassinet then used both when he went in to the cot we would swaddle him first the wrap the safety sleep around him no we don't do either he doesn't move around at all which I thought he would must of got used to just sleeping in the one spot. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 1:20pm
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Rhyley liked be wrapped but my other son hated it and would always pull his hands out - funny thing is Josh is still like it hes all over the place and his sheets never stay in one place. LOL
Youcan wrap them then put them in the saftey sleep - i only started using the safe-t-sleep when Rhyley went into a cot so he was a little older and didn't like to be wrapped tightly anymore. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 1:26pm
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Do you not use the safety sleep in the bassinette as a newborn doesnt really move? Just curious as I see they make them in bassinette size. ------------- 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: kebakat
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 1:52pm
| We are wrapping Daniel still and don't bother with a safety sleep. It's actually annoying because when you undo it it scares him every time, he hates the sound of the huge velcro undoing. I don't know if we will even bother using it or not when he gets a bit older |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 1:57pm
| We started using safety sleep when Isla went into cot, as she was going into her own room, and it was comfort for us, knowing she wasnt going to move under the blankets etc. |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 30 August 2007 at 2:46pm
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You ask great questions lilfatty! Just the things that I need to know too!!! We are planning on wrapping bubs when he arrives, and I have been told that when they are in the bassinet that wrapping on its own is fine. We have got a safety sleep which we will use as well as wrapping as soon as we move him into the cot. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 9:58am
Excellent point Kellz and one I hadn't thought of. I hadn't really thought I'd get one of these but I'm changing my mind as I type  -------------    
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Kellz wrote:Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 10:34am
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Our antenatal lady made a good poin - she said that if you wrap and then put bassinette blankets quite tight over them you get the same result. Then you look at the safety sleep for in the cot... (though I guess the same idea with the wrapping and blankets would work, if they liked being wrapped...
This is what we are planning on trying ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 10:51am
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Ahh yes well after reading the posts, I thought I would just use the safety sleep once bubs is in a cot. Here is hoping she likes to be swaddled up ------------- 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: mum2paris
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 2:00pm
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The other thing you can, and should do for safe sleep is make the bed up at the foot of the cot or basinette, so that baby's feet are at the foot of the bed. that way, yes they can move up and might get a bit cold, but they won't be able to move any further down under the covers. (have just had education session with the latest safe sleep recommendations). And yep, newborns move an amazing amount, some might stay still during sleep but others just move around sooo much even when wrapped, you go over and they've wriggled so much they're outta their wrap, have their hands out and have pushed themselves up with their feet and have their gowns down off their shoulders in a matter of minutes! lol they are cheeky
Our oldest loved being wrapped and loved the safety sleep , our next hated being restricted, she slept far better when we didn't use a wrap or the safety sleep, we didn't know to make the bed at the foot of the bed when ihad them, but we did short-sheet the bed so that the sheets stopped her from going down any further, and where i folded them over at the top, i put a safety pin at the edge either side that pinned it to the blankets so that it couldn't be pulled down. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 2:08pm
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All three of mine have been in safety sleeps, I love them and I'd put them on my Must Have list coz my girls slept heaps better with them. But then all of mine liked being wrapped so that probably helped. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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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: caliandjack
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 2:29pm
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If you stick them in one of those sleeping bag things, do you need to use blankets as well? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 31 August 2007 at 3:10pm
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Hannah loved being wrapped - wouldnt sleep otherwise. When she was in the bassinette, she was just wrapped then tightly tucked in sheets. When she moved to the cot I wrapped and then put safety sleep on, as she would wake up if she got her arms out. Stopped wrapping her at about 9 months, but it was a gradual process of into a sleeping bag with her arms inside (kinda like being wrapped but arms couldnt fly around) and a safety sleep, then arms in sleeves of sack with a safety sleep. Only took the safety sleep off the cot a few months ago (around 20 months). They are great if you go away and have to sleep them in a bed and they are familiar so she always slept anywhere.
But then every baby is different I suppose... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |