What's in your crib? - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

Celestine · 11-30-2005, 04:35 PM

I must say I'm very paranoid about SIDS so I was just wondering how everyone did the sleeping arrangements here. DS has a firm mattress, nothing in the crib and we don't have any smoking in the house or car. Right now he sleeps on his back on a light comforter, not much padding to it and a fitted sheet. Usually he goes to bed in fleece jammies. I don't like to turn the heat up too much. It's usually around 17 c. or 63 f. Can he go without any other blankets at that temp? Most of the time I have two light ones on top, just up above his tummy but I've read that's not so good either because he can move them up over his face later on. This sounds like a funny question since I know you are supposed to go on what I'd be comfortable with and add a blanket but I'm always cold! I have to have blankets year round, even summer not to mention usually having 2-3 shirts on in the winter. How can I tell if he's warm enough or does anyone have an idea on the blankets?

Gayle0000 · 11-30-2005, 04:43 PM

We pretty much break the rules on the SIDS recommendations.

In the crib we have:
1 stuffed bunny tucked in a corner
2-3 pacifiers
stack of clean blankets (fleece) folded up & in the corner

For sleeping, she's got her sleeper on (light cotton), she is swaddled in a light cotton flannel receiving blanket, and then we cover her with 1 fleece blanket. We don't tuck in the fleece blanket. Couple nights we did 2 fleece blankies cuz it was really cold. We cover her up to her neck. She is 12 weeks old & not rolling over or around yet, though she does break her arms free by around 4am. I'm sure when she starts moving around more, I'll re-evaluate the situation.

We keep the house at 71 degrees in the winter, but her room is a bit cooler.
Gayle

*ladybird* · 11-30-2005, 05:06 PM

Hey,

I have a 8month old brother and my mum hasnt gone with the rules that are around in this centry. She has gone back the the rules that she was used to0, when she hd me and my sister (aged now 18, 16).
In my brothers cot my mum puts:
- Teddies around the top of the cot and one for him to cuddle.
- About 3/4 blankets on top of him or around him.
- Something hangin of the cot incase he wakes up (a sleepy song toy, whatever u call them lol)
- Has a plug in light what goes into the socket and is not very bright, we turn all the nights off at night except the plug in light.
- Cot is at the end of my mums bed, not to near and not to far.
- Has bottle ready and a nappy incase he wakes up.

Err thats about it i think. He's a good baby and hasnt moaned about it so far so i think he's ok. He does get cold easily though so thats why he has so many blankets. He has a teddy because he is a nightmare to get asleep and that singy thing because of that too.

But the only advice i can really give you is talk to different mums/family members and hear their views. I have lived with my mum since my brother has been born and he was bad when he was young but not he is 8 months hes got better and sleeps all the night. How old is your little one?

lex jude · 11-30-2005, 06:37 PM

My little one is still in his bassinet. I have a fleece pillow, pretty big, on one side of the bassinet. It's tucked into the sides so it gives a bit of an incline. Then I put a fleece blanket over it so it kinda creates the idea of a sheet over it. Then I usually put him in a light sleeper cause alex heats up SO quickly. Then I take a small fleece blanketa dn wrap it arourd his lower body.

2fst · 11-30-2005, 07:49 PM

We have broken so many SIDS rules but I know for a fact DS will breath with his face covered. Some babies hold their breath. DS has a small childs pillow under his head. He is wrapped in a swaddle blanket so that prevents too much moving. Some times I put a blanket over him. If it does get down to 65. What about a sleep sack if you are worried? They are fleece "blankets" that will stay in place all night. You zip the baby in.