"Safest sleeping position on your back"
"Sleep peacefully on your side"
"The same posture is afraid of flat head"
Opinions vary, and they don't know what to do.
It doesn't matter, this article tells you the most comprehensive approach, and it is also what I have always used.
First of all, the practice is "sleeping on your back at night, sleeping on your side during the day (in the case of full care) alternates between left and right, practicing lying on your stomach when you are awake, and not practicing looking up too much"
(The last one to play the rough mark is super important, this is a giant pit)
Safe sleeping position
Sleeping on your back is the safest position! It can effectively reduce the probability of SIDS occurrence.
For newborns, sleeping on their backs and lying flat must be the safest position. If the baby's milk spill is more severe or afraid of the head shape sleeping flat, you can let the baby tilt his head, but remember to rotate left and right, do not always have one direction.
The premise of sleeping on your back is also not to fix your baby's head!
But it's right to sleep on your back all the time?
We need to know that newborns need a lot of sleep, sleep on their backs is indeed no side sleep and lie down to sleep peacefully, in the baby's 1-2 months old, lying on the stomach can also better relieve intestinal colic and flatulence. (Small month-old jumping reflex, swaddling can be well alleviated)
The high incidence of SIDS is 2-4 months old, and breast milk and pacifiers can reduce the probability of occurrence, combined with these two points, have you vaguely found any correlation?
High soothing amount makes it easier for the baby to fall asleep, and getting enough sleep to avoid excessive fatigue is beneficial to the baby's health.
So if the baby sleeps well, there is no problem in sleeping on his back all the time. But if the baby's sleep is very bad, sleep is seriously lacking, if changing the position can make the baby sleep better, in the case of 100% to ensure the safety of the baby, then you can no longer blindly sleep on your back.
And if the baby will turn over, try not to try to fix the baby's sleeping position, which may be a more dangerous thing, may limit the space for movement or get stuck. And this is not realistic, because it is impossible to stay awake all night and stare at the baby's sleeping position.
Be sure to sleep on your back at night with no one!
How to sleep on your side safely
Staring at the whole time!
Staring at the whole time!
In the case of full care during the day, the baby can practice sleeping on the side or on the stomach.
What does it mean to be fully cared for, the adult is awake and can always pay attention to the child's condition. Right! Not to sleep next to you, of course, not the eyes must always stare at, you can play with the mobile phone on the side, you can pay attention to the baby's situation at any time.
Both of my children alternately take turns sleeping on their sides during the day.
Baby flatulence or intestinal colic is obvious, you can try to prevent flatulence lying pillow (the big white goose evaluation is good), but this should pay more attention to the baby's condition. When using similar items, such as a rocking chair, pay attention to your baby's condition and avoid falling off it.
There is also avoiding bedding, what quilt pillow comforter these are not to be, empty! Sleeping on the side and lying on the stomach will sleep more peacefully because it restricts the baby's activities to a certain extent, but also limits the ability to move and avoid danger.
There are more important ones
Speaking of sleeping posture, everyone will definitely pay attention to what happens after falling asleep.
In fact, what is more important than what you are doing when you are sober!
When awake, let the child lie on his side and play on his stomach, which can make the baby accustomed to various positions and reduce the impact of sleeping on his back on the head shape.
After the baby will turn over, if there is only one position all the time, there may be a situation where he is not used to turning over and then waking up.
Therefore, when awake during the day, it is more important to guide the baby to get used to various postures.
Don't practice looking up! Don't over-practice your head! Don't practice looking up when you're lying on your stomach! Don't put your hands on your baby's chest and practice looking up as soon as you turn over!
Too many people say that they want to practice raising their heads for the baby, but the baby itself will naturally look up when the muscles are strong enough, sooner or later, just like walking. (At most, it is a developmental indicator, if you have not been able to look up, you have to see a doctor)
Of course, this is not too wrong, but occasional practice is good, do not turn over to force the baby to raise his head, if the baby is turned over very peacefully lying down, let him lie down and play.
As long as you turn over, let the baby keep his hands on the chest to support the posture to look up, it is easy to become a reflex, the baby as long as the turn over will look up.
This is really, really a headache, as long as there is no solution, it is to stay up, stay up until the baby is used to it or can turn it back on his own. (Don't try to fix your baby's sleeping position, it will only be more dangerous) At most, you can only guide your baby to lie on his side or on his stomach when he is awake.
Really the most exaggerated thing I've ever seen is to turn over and keep looking up, and then burying my head in the bed and not turning my head head down, and then finally crying.
Getting used to the lying position can avoid the situation where the baby will turn over and wake up and cannot continue to sleep.
Joe's dad's broken thoughts
Safety comes first, but it is also necessary to consider the baby's situation.
The Pediatric Association recommends that the baby stay on his back until the age of one year, but in fact, after 4-6 months, the baby can turn over freely, in fact, it is not realistic to control the sleeping position.
Dabao would turn over after about 6 months of sleep, and at that time he would have turned back on his own, but the first child was also very nervous, and often got up at night to see his condition.
The second treasure is 4 months just will turn over to sleep must turn over to sleep, as soon as you put on the bed immediately turn over, give him a flat must be turned over immediately, otherwise it is crying and waking up.
All we can do is try to give the baby a safe environment and guide the baby to familiarize himself with various situations.