My son is five months old now. He can roll from belly to back well, and has started rolling back to belly. He is very strong with great head control. Is it safe to remove the positioner from his crib yet? If not, what's a good guide/time line?
2007-05-05 18:59:42 · 16 answers · asked by whitetigerlover 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
yes he doesnt need it now.
2007-05-12 10:49:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your son can roll over, you need to remove the positioner. At this point its a safety hazard. Babies at that age don't know to move their head if they are breathing against the positioner pads, and inhaling the carbon dioxide they just emitted. This is a SIDS threat, or so thought, by the pediatric community.
2007-05-12 17:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by Heather T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, in fact, he will probably sleep better without the sleep positioner. Once he can roll easily, he can get into whatever position is most comfortable for him.
2007-05-12 05:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by Amy27 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I work at a daycare and have been to numerous trainings. Whenever they can roll over, is when it is okay to get rid of the sleep positioner.
2007-05-12 09:15:55 · answer #4 · answered by Kingston's Mommy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i removed the positioner as soon as he could roll both directions he is doing very well 6months old now and walking forward in his walker backwards first but just yesterday all day forward he even sleeps on his side and tummy aslong as he is comftorable he is fine u may need to watch him the first few nights to make sure he is turning his head when he turns in his sleep they will do it almost automatically but jus make sure a few times and just let him do it him way cause thats what u need to do jus let him learn and discover new positions of sleeping cause the more comftorable he is laying down asleep the longer u get to sleep at night
2007-05-05 19:05:20 · answer #5 · answered by winegeartr 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My baby is now 7months old & she has been sleeping on her tummy since she was 3 weeks old. She wouldn't sleep on her back for more then a half an hour - unless she was in her carseat. When I talked to my Dr. he said if she's comfortable then let her be. For our own well being we purchased an Angel baby monitor that has a sensor that goes under the matress & detects every movement & breath. If she stops moving or breathing for longer then 15 seconds an alarm goes off. We haven't had any problems but just the extra re-assurance that we get from the monitor heps us sleep better at night.
2007-05-09 16:16:35 · answer #6 · answered by girl_goalie4 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sleep positioners are not recommended by the aap in the first place. i would get rid of it b/c @ 5 months your son needs to practice rolling more and becoming more active.
2007-05-12 16:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by tiyona17 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gee I sure hope Colleen felt better after that tirade...
Good luck with your son, yes, you can take away the positioner since he's rolling, just like the other answers~
2007-05-05 19:16:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think you are fine to remove it from the baby's crib. If he has good head/neck control and is able to maneuver himself into another position safely, there should be no hesitations.
2007-05-12 05:42:12 · answer #9 · answered by manners 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, as long as he can lift his head and can roll you are safe. Still keep pillows and quilts out of the crib...but he should be ok now.
2007-05-05 19:58:23 · answer #10 · answered by Patricia G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter has been sleeping on a sleep positioner for the first 4 month of her life. At 4month she started kicking and screaming as soon as she realized that she was in one. I took it off and let her sleep the way she wanted. She would usually sleep on her side until one day I found her asleep on her stomach face down. She really freaked me out, but that God she was OK. I told our ped that she is trying to sleep on her stomach and she said not to let her. During her practice she had a suffocation case. A 5 month old boy, co-sleeping with his parents, turned face down and suffocated. She explained that there is a chance that in deep sleep the baby will not feel that there is not enough air until it is too late. She told us to place her on her back and keep her there until she was 12 month. We have been fighting for a few weeks after that and she started to sleep on her back again. Now at 6month she started trying to sleep on her stomach again, and this time I let her. I have been paying a close attention to her when she sleeps and as soon as she turns on her stomach I would peek to see where her head was. If she was face down I would turn it to the side, she eventually learned to do that herself. It still worries me that she sleeps on her stomach and I try to put her down on her back, but if she wants to turn to her stomach I let her do it.
If you are worried about SIDS there really is not that great of chance of a baby passing away from SIDS on there stomach as there is on their backs. You might have heard that since the back to sleep campaign started SIDS cases have been reduced by almost 50%, what they forget to mention is that at around the same time they took off suffocation as SIDS classification. Before if a baby suffocated the cause of death would be SIDS. By removing suffocation SIDS cases dropped by 50%.
It is your choice whether or not you want your baby to sleep freely, but if he still sleeps in his positioner without complaining, let him sleep for as long as he can stand it.
P.S. actually Colleen O is right. The scientific/medical community is not sure what causes SIDS so they throw any theory and suggestion that they think could be linked to it thinking that it is better to be safe than sorry. I think that they are right to offer every possibility, but as the result the parents are overwhelmed and don’t know exactly what to do to stop worrying about SIDS.
2007-05-05 21:16:40 · answer #11 · answered by Natalia D 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋