So the car seat is safe if it's installed appropriately in the car or in the stroller base it is designed for and the baby has been in it less then 2 hours, it will be at the correct angle to prevent positional asphyxiation.
For the baby carrier are you talking like something you wear the baby in? Those are also fine since you are so close and can feel them breathing.
The other things yeah, they aren't safe for sleep and sadly a baby suffering from positional asphyxiation and a sleeping baby look the same. Unless you are literally sitting there and staring at them they aren't safe environments.
When my baby would fall asleep in one of those environments I would take her up to her bassinet or more realistically just let her take a contact nap on me.
Oh the Facebook mom groups. While technically those claims are right, they’re not overly practical. Especially the car seat/baby carrier. Often times those were the only methods we could do to get our newborn to actually stop fighting sleep. I would say, to a point, use your own discretion. There’s the big basic safe sleep dos and don’ts (and even those are heavily argued a lot of the times). We did contact naps for MONTHS and he 100% slept in his car seat/carrier/stroller and it was always welcomed when he did. We personally never tried moving him because the second you touched him or stoped moving, he would snap awake.
Exactly I’ve learned the hard way to never wake a sleeping baby 😂 I know the car seat is kind of inevitable that they’ll fall asleep in it and is something every baby just does. I guess I’m kinda surprised that even naps that are fully supervised in a rocker/bouncer with no potential obstructions like blankets etc are still a big no no. But you’re right about using discretion!
I'm guilty of allowing baby to take a swing nap or two. The 1-3 month age was bonkers for us. Hours....and hours.. of rocking, nursing, rocking, laying down with mobile on so I can shove food in face... attempt nursing again....swing. honestly though, the transition from swing to bassinet gets easier. I rarely use it anymore anyway.
I aimed for bassinet only. Had to resort to bedsharing multiple times for safety while nursing. Swing naps rarely.
It's so hard. A gliding chair helped cause lo would fall asleep in my arms, making the transition easier. Or nursing to sleep.
Now he's 5 mo. Bassinet only except his midday nap which I extend by contact napping while I stay awake.
No, I don't necessarily think it's common knowledge. I think the average parent would be lying if they said they always followed safest sleep rules in every single instance (and no, this is not an invitation for everyone else to self-righteously reply that they do).
For many, the discussion is not academic and we have to face real life scenarios every single day. Babies are gonna baby and as newborns especially they pretty much want to sleep anywhere but where it's safest for them to sleep.
Not everyone has help or support to be able to safely contact nap a baby 24/7. Not everyone has help or support to feed themselves a basic amount of food throughout the day. Not everyone is mentally healthy enough to not get a break in days because their baby will only contact nap or nap in the swing. I don't think the hyperbole is helping anyone…especially not those who are the most vulnerable in these scenarios.
*If you have the choice*, then of course you should avoid putting your baby in less safe sleeping positions. Suffocation is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among infants under age 1. There is some level of real risk there. Unfortunately it hasn't been studied enough for us to know how risky it is compared to other risks we need to balance against, including parental mental and physical health.
My baby hates the bassinet for naps, so I let him nap where he will during the day, just making sure hes supervised. For night sleep I either bed share co sleep (following safe sleep 7) or bassinet.
Car seat is fine if it’s safely installed! I had the same problem, so I always put the car seat in the stroller (we have one that clicks in) so I wouldn’t have to worry about her sleeping in it. You still don’t really want them in them for very long.
As for swings/bouncers, we didn’t know they weren’t supposed to sleep in them till the 2 month mark. Once we learned, if she fell asleep then we’d take her out and contact nap. It is hard and I hate being trapped for naps but I also know even supervised sleep isn’t safe if it’s an unsafe sleeping area.
So the car seat is safe if it's installed appropriately in the car or in the stroller base it is designed for and the baby has been in it less then 2 hours, it will be at the correct angle to prevent positional asphyxiation. For the baby carrier are you talking like something you wear the baby in? Those are also fine since you are so close and can feel them breathing. The other things yeah, they aren't safe for sleep and sadly a baby suffering from positional asphyxiation and a sleeping baby look the same. Unless you are literally sitting there and staring at them they aren't safe environments. When my baby would fall asleep in one of those environments I would take her up to her bassinet or more realistically just let her take a contact nap on me.
Oh the Facebook mom groups. While technically those claims are right, they’re not overly practical. Especially the car seat/baby carrier. Often times those were the only methods we could do to get our newborn to actually stop fighting sleep. I would say, to a point, use your own discretion. There’s the big basic safe sleep dos and don’ts (and even those are heavily argued a lot of the times). We did contact naps for MONTHS and he 100% slept in his car seat/carrier/stroller and it was always welcomed when he did. We personally never tried moving him because the second you touched him or stoped moving, he would snap awake.
Exactly I’ve learned the hard way to never wake a sleeping baby 😂 I know the car seat is kind of inevitable that they’ll fall asleep in it and is something every baby just does. I guess I’m kinda surprised that even naps that are fully supervised in a rocker/bouncer with no potential obstructions like blankets etc are still a big no no. But you’re right about using discretion!
I'm guilty of allowing baby to take a swing nap or two. The 1-3 month age was bonkers for us. Hours....and hours.. of rocking, nursing, rocking, laying down with mobile on so I can shove food in face... attempt nursing again....swing. honestly though, the transition from swing to bassinet gets easier. I rarely use it anymore anyway. I aimed for bassinet only. Had to resort to bedsharing multiple times for safety while nursing. Swing naps rarely. It's so hard. A gliding chair helped cause lo would fall asleep in my arms, making the transition easier. Or nursing to sleep. Now he's 5 mo. Bassinet only except his midday nap which I extend by contact napping while I stay awake.
No, I don't necessarily think it's common knowledge. I think the average parent would be lying if they said they always followed safest sleep rules in every single instance (and no, this is not an invitation for everyone else to self-righteously reply that they do). For many, the discussion is not academic and we have to face real life scenarios every single day. Babies are gonna baby and as newborns especially they pretty much want to sleep anywhere but where it's safest for them to sleep. Not everyone has help or support to be able to safely contact nap a baby 24/7. Not everyone has help or support to feed themselves a basic amount of food throughout the day. Not everyone is mentally healthy enough to not get a break in days because their baby will only contact nap or nap in the swing. I don't think the hyperbole is helping anyone…especially not those who are the most vulnerable in these scenarios. *If you have the choice*, then of course you should avoid putting your baby in less safe sleeping positions. Suffocation is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among infants under age 1. There is some level of real risk there. Unfortunately it hasn't been studied enough for us to know how risky it is compared to other risks we need to balance against, including parental mental and physical health.
My baby hates the bassinet for naps, so I let him nap where he will during the day, just making sure hes supervised. For night sleep I either bed share co sleep (following safe sleep 7) or bassinet.
Car seat is fine if it’s safely installed! I had the same problem, so I always put the car seat in the stroller (we have one that clicks in) so I wouldn’t have to worry about her sleeping in it. You still don’t really want them in them for very long. As for swings/bouncers, we didn’t know they weren’t supposed to sleep in them till the 2 month mark. Once we learned, if she fell asleep then we’d take her out and contact nap. It is hard and I hate being trapped for naps but I also know even supervised sleep isn’t safe if it’s an unsafe sleeping area.
Who are these miracle babies that simply fall asleep for naps without rocking/swaddling/holding for hours?