Can anyone help a UK mum?
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Topic: Can anyone help a UK mum?
Posted By: cherryred77
Subject: Can anyone help a UK mum?
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:49pm
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Hi I'm from the UK and was just after some help from some NZ mums..I saw an article about mattress wrapping on the net ( putting a special wrap over the babies mattress before the sheets etc) and in the article they claim that the reason cot death has dropped so dramatically in NZ is because so many mums have wrapped their baby's mattress.
Of course I thought great I'll get one for my baby,but when I have looked on any NZ websites there is no mention of mums doing this,just following the same rules as we do here e.g avoid smoking round baby, put baby on back etc etc.... So can anyone tell me is this common practise in NZ or someone exagerating their product ...Thanks for your time x |
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:59pm
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I think the mattress wrapping they're referring to is the http://www.kiwibaby.com/afawcs0122523/CATID=2/SUBID=27/ID=96/SID=1037818530/productdetails.html - Dr Sprotts mattress cover .
We have one for our boy, it does sound quite noisy (crinkly) but I feel better with it on   I think you'll find quite a lot of mums on here use it, but then it's not everyone. I figure it can't do any harm anyway and it makes me feel better   ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 7:46am
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I never followed this. Ours was a brand new mattress and we aired it for months before Daniel was born so I didn't feel the need to wrap it.
Plus I wouldn't want to sleep on some plastic cover so I didn't expect my bubba to. And it seemed to contradict the whole "natural fibre only" thing when it came to bedding. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 7:49am
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My Dh saw this and said cot death rates dropped dramatically but they cant even spell NZ in that advert for it:( we couldnt find anywhere to buy them though..i think if it helps paranoid Mum's like me its worth it though as Kebakat said it contradicts everything we have been told before. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 8:51am
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I never had one either.. we aired Kylahs mattress for months too. I bought it when i was like 17 weeks lol. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:14am
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I did neither brought his bassnette mattress and cot matresses shortly before we used them im pretty sure we brought the cot the day he moved into it. -------------   
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:26am
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I've read a pamphlet published by them and it so pissed me off.
'Using our mattress cover will definitely prevent SIDS' and so on. They also did comparisons between 'single mums' and mums with more than 1 child 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:49am
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I never wrapped my mattress but did buy a sound and motion monitor so that I knew if anything happened. -------------  
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Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:02am
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I think that the statement that using that cover will definitely prevent SIDS is flawed. I dont think that there is enough evidence to prove that it is the only contributing factor to the low SIDS rate in NZ.
For us, we used one on the bassinett mattress as it was second hand but opted not to use it on the cot mattress as it was brand new. I didnt like it at all as it was crinkly and seemed uncomfortable. Like Peanut said, we too use a sound and movement monitor which is the best thing we bought. Otherwise, I dont think that we would sleep at all! ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:22am
| We used it but we put towels stuffed into pillowcases and cotton thermal blankets on top, then basket sheet to hold it all together. Cause it was cold (is just plastic) and noisy. We would have been better to buy mattress and a angelcare sound and movement monitor I think |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:24am
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We used one for Ella when she was a newborn in her bassinett but don't bother for her cot. I was worried too that it would be uncomfortable to sleep on, but once I had woollen mattress proctector over the top, plus a sheet you couldn't really feel it. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:51am
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Im using one, makes me feel better about him sleeping in the cot.
I think its personal choice. They help stop the baby breathing in the mattress gases and dust. ------------- |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 12:27pm
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I never used one on the cot or bassinette ... but like Sheza said, its a personal choice. ------------- 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: Maya
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 1:32pm
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I think the Baby Factory sell them.
I've never used one, I have no opinion either way but I used an apnoea monitor with the gremlins and will again with this bub so it seemed overkill to wrap the mattress as well. -------------  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: LittleBug
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:08pm
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In our reproduction and development papers at uni, they say that the SIDS rate in NZ dropped dramatically once they started the campaign to get babies sleeping on their back. I would suggest that THAT is the main reason for the low SIDS rate. My med student friend says that most older Drs feel awful because they used to recommend babies sleep on their tummies, but now they know that they are responsible for losing thousands of little lives because they gave the wrong advice :S How awful would that feel.
I've never used one, but it's a personal choice. We had a new mattress though, so it had never been shared with another baby or anything (don't know if that matters). ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:14pm
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The new mattress thing is a biggie too, all my girls have had new mattresses. ------------- 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: scarecrowfarm
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:18pm
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I wrapped my baby's mattress for a few months once she went into a cot. Prior to that it was a brand new bassinette mattress and already had a protective layer on it.
I found she didn't sleep that well on it so I removed it when she was around 8 months old and had a noticeable improvement in her sleep. If wrapping in plastic you need to make sure you use the right underblankets and everything needs to be natural fibres. ------------- Robyn www.scarecrowfarm.co.nz |
Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:40pm
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I got one for our 2nd hand bassinet mattress. Personally I felt a bit ripped off as it's just plastic with holes in one side for the mattress to breathe. It was cold so had to put a blanket on top/under the sheet. And it can't have been comfortable to sleep on. We don't have one on the cot mattress as it was brand new.
I think there are a lot of products out there that make mothers feel like they are "bad" if they don't have that particular product. Personal choice, I reckon. If it will make you feel better, get one. But I agree, it is contradictive to the natural fibres thing. ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 2:52pm
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We didn't get one because like Stacey said I didn't want Rowan sleeping on plastic - especially in summer. We got a second hand cot and second hand mattress - although the person before us had used the Dr Sprott cover so it was like new.
But we did have a sound and movement monitor which I would recommend in an instant to anyone. Ours is a tommee tippee one but basically the same as an Angelcare. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 5:13pm
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We cant afford the angelcare moniter things at the moment:( , so the mattress cover makes me feel a bit more at ease.
We have blankets and things over the plastic so its still comfy for him, though it is a bit crinkly sounding lol The mattress is brand new though ------------- |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:00pm
Ditto to all of the above Wow so turns out way less ohbaby mamas have the cover than I thought! ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Sheza wrote:Posted By: cherryred77
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 4:53am
| Thanks everyone who replied will have a chat with husband before I decide anything but maybe I'll look into the monitor thing as well...In the UK the wraps are totally unheard of so was interesting to know they are actually used by some ppl in NZ and its not just one big scam. Tsk you never know what to do for the best??????????????????? x |
Posted By: justme
Date Posted: 19 May 2008 at 12:05pm
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We bought one for our little man. In fact i was so convinced we had to have it that I went out & got it regardless of the fact that dh was questioning it from the start. All I can say is I personally did have peace of mind when Ethan slept on it but we have taken it off his bed when he was about 5mths old because it was causing almost a sweat effect & often I'd get him out of bed smelling damp at the back of his head.. this went on for a while then i realised it was probably the darn plastic wrap around the mattress..so off it went.. I'm not sure what it was supposed to do be honest but it certainly did contradict everything we had been told to date about only ever using natural fibres to sleep baby on etc.. Others swear by it but I have noticed a marked improvement in ethans sleep since we took it off & there isn't that manky smell anymore either ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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