Do these 3 Things to Make Sure your Baby is Safe at Night
November 16th, 2011With all the research about SIDS and safe sleep, there are so many things to do or not do in making sure your baby is safe at night while he/she sleeps.
Without getting into the debate about co-sleeping and breastfeeding or not breastfeeding, there are a few MUSTs that I’ve found that everyone should do regardless of your parenting style.
I’ll never forget the 2 times my first child woke up screaming when she was under 3 months old and I’ll always be forever grateful since at that time, there weren’t any great video baby monitors out there.
The 1st time was because I over bundled her and she was too warm. When I went into her room because she was screaming, it was such a terrible and scary sight because she was so sweaty and wet. I felt so terrible. Nowadays, thankfully, we have baby monitors out there that show parents the temperature of the baby’s room, without having to go in there and check. The Angelcare AC401 Deluxe Sound and Movement Monitor, and Angelcare AC1100 Video and Movement Monitor, all show the temperature of your baby’s room on the parent unit that comes with each of those baby monitors so you never go through what I went through with my tiny oldest.
The second time she cried was because she had spit up in her sleep. Since then, all of my babies have had reflux, and I’ve since learned that reflux is tied to SIDS. What I would have done back then if I’d known more about reflux being tied to colic and sleep apnea being linked to SIDS is purchased a video monitor so I can see when the baby spits up at night. I’ve since “learned my lesson” and in researching the finest baby video monitors out there, I find again that the Angelcare AC1100 does a superior job in providing a precision, live streaming video feed along with the temperature display and all of the other important safety features that parents need to monitor their babies.
We live and learn through raising each of our children but some lessons are better off being learned through other parent’s mistakes 
The last MUST I wanted to share with you is some information that I learned also from talking to other parents and researching much health and safety information. Did you know that if the chemicals in your baby’s mattresses mix with urine, that the combination of the two is potentially fatal? I had never known that and what’s more – I believe that is one of the reasons sleeping on the stomach is ill-advised. The fumes from mattress chemicals are not always noticeable, in fact I find they really aren’t noticeable, but they are there, and knowing this is the first step to prevention.
A good movement and sensor video monitor is the first step to knowing if there is a problem with your baby’s breathing or sleeping, even resulting from the subtle combination of the urine + mattress chemicals, that I’ve mentioned above. That’s another reason why the Angelcare is the brand I personally recommend for baby monitors, as it is the brand that carries the most reliable form of motion detection (using a sensor pad that goes under the baby’s mattress triggering an alarm if no breathing is detected for 20 seconds).
I hope you can learn from both my own mistakes and the lessons I’ve learned along the way, sparing you from stress and empowering you to be a safe and yet relaxed parent.
