1. How many feeding bottles do you need?
2. Do you recommend getting a manual or automatic breast pump?
3. How many sets of crib sheets do you need to have?
4. Did anyone use a “munchkin” (it gently keeps your baby in the back sleeping position)? Did you find it helpful or did you dislike it?
5. Did anyone have a baby bjorn? Did you like having it or not?

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Answer by Pippin
1. If you will be breastfeeding, none at all. If you will be supplementing or pumping for when you go back to work, figure on 3-4, depending on your situation.
2. If you will be going back to work, get the ideal pump you can afford. (A double, hands-free electric. If not, you do not really need a pump at all. If you opt to purchase one, I’d purchase an electric. Cheap pumps are often worse than useless.
3. How often do you want to do laundry? You will need at least two, but more would obviously save on laundry. (Babies spit up and soak through their diapers, so you will be changing sheets a lot.
4./5. Cannot help you here.

Answer by Cindy D
1. If you are going to be nursing you do not need very many bottles. Maybe a half dozen for your breast milk when you pump.

2. Definitely automatic.

3. Three. You do not want to have to wash in the middle of the night if the baby is sick.

4. Yes, it helps until they”re huge enough to roll over it.

5. ?

Answer by Christina
1) You should have at least 5 to 6 on hand of the small & larger ones.
2) I had a manual. Ended up not BF though because of medical reasons.
3) Have at least 8 or 9 set to go. OH-and at least 2 mattress covers!! Trust me! Waterproof mattress covers that is.
4) Never used it. Never saw a need for it.
5) We have a Baby Bjorn. It was nice until she got to be 15-16 lbs and then it was not so nice because she was so heavy & it injured to carry her like that so we used our stroller a lot too.

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Oh, and is there anything safe that I can do to keep him on his back?

Thanks!

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Answer by Ethel
My 3rd son did that a lot in his first few days, well all the way to his belly. Sleeping on his side is as hazardous as sleeping on his belly at his age, when he can sit up on his own not an issue but right now he is at risk for SIDs and they do not want him to get in that position and stay there.

Answer by 352
ever since my baby was a few DAYS old she could roll ALL the way over. not just to her side, but from her back to her belly .thats why you have to watch closely but she only did it when she was fussy or when she just wanted to get on her side for a change.

Answer by Lydia, Margaret and Owen’s mom.
He needs to be sleeping on his back until he can absolutely roll over and back again. Until then, sleeping on his back is one of the ideal ways to decrease his chances of SIDS.

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What is my fear? Last night I must have fallen asleep burping him (in the chest-to-chest position), and when I woke up, he was in between my husband and I. While I laid there trying to figure out how he got there, my husband nearly put his elbow down on our son’s face.

Like, really scary. And on top of all of that, I keep thinking about what might have happened had my son ended up in between my husband and I face -down in the bed instead of nicely on his back?

He’s going to be sharing with us for at least 4 months. At the rate that he is waking and nursing, it’s out of the question to have him share a room with my daughter. Does the fear and anxiety ever go away? Any tips on how to keep myself from crashing while holding my baby, or from falling asleep so heavily that I harm him?

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Answer by Diet C
You can take solace in the fact that there is not one single case of a healthy nursing mom harming her baby while safely co-sleeping. Most co-sleeping deaths and injuries take place when proper practices aren’t observed, parents are overweight, feeding formula, or using drugs.

Shove your bed against the wall if you can, then keep baby between it and you, keeping him away from father for now. Nurse him in a side-laying position while in bed, this will keep him on his side or his back when he comes off the breast.

Answer by K
Probably you have read an excess amount of bullsh!t from people with agendas. The cure for that is to read the stuff from people who have actually done the research; I believe James McKenna now has a book out for laypeople. Go borrow it from the library, read it, rest and enjoy. Dr Newman’s book is also worth a read.

Their conclusion: there are no documented cases of healthy (eg, not drunk, on drugs, obese, etc) nursing (nursing does modify your biology, and puts you in synch with your baby in a way nobody else will be; unfortunately this includes Dad) moms killing their babies in safe, planned co-sleeping situations (that is, in the bed they planned to sleep with the kid in; does not count for moms who did not plan on co-sleeping but who passed out on the couch with the kid). The sensational news reports about moms smothering their babies ALWAYS involve a drunk, or a druggie, or a morbidly obese mother, or some other health issue, or a ridiculous sleeping place. This is not happening to less troubled moms with safe beds, so relax.

Answer by DKE
yes keep him from being in the middle of you and your husband, i always put my child on her back on a pillow propped next to me, so i could feel the pillow there, and its nearly impossible to roll on top of a pillow unless its intentional.its something worth trying,
i still co-sleep with my baby, and have never squished her, or even rolled onto her arm, you become so aware of your baby that people who tell you its unsafe is full of crap.
she’s so huge now, i wake up if i feel her move even the slightest,

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I am also very curious about using a crib/toddler bed in the toddler position pushed against the parents bed as a co-sleeping option – and how to make that safe (no way for a gap to form between the two beds).

What were the pros and cons of what you tried?

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Answer by KT
My son slept in his crib when he came home from the hospital, however at about a month old, he was having sleep problems. I would put his boppy (horse shoe shaped pillow) in bed with me and put him on that, or propped myself up on the pillows and held him all night on my chest. I have also tried a bassonet next to my bed. All of which will work if you are conscious of how much you move at night. I do have a warning though… if you begin them out sleeping with you, it will be hard to put them in bed alone when they are older. We had the hardest time with my son.

Answer by Not a sweetie
I had a bed set up in his room, we fell asleep in there (or “accidentally” slept the whole night!). Of course, no blankets and no pillows. I transferred him to his bed, still in the same room, without any difficulty when he was about 4 months.

Answer by Xan & Zaqs mummy
Well, to be honest. We really did not have a plan for our co-sleeping. The day we brought my youngest home, we all fell asleep in bed together, and it has been that way for 12 weeks now.. The only problem is that we have so much trouble getting him to sleep in his crib or without us now. =/

We just put him in our bed, without any blankets or anything around him. =]

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which position he sleeps matter?
why or why not?

How about when he is 1 year old?
2 years old?
3 years old?

How did your baby sleep?

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Answer by Kacy H
They should sleep on their backs. Once they are massive enough to move on their own, they can sleep how ever they feel comfortable

Sleeping on their stomach has been associated with SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Sleeping on their backs has been proven to reduce the risks of SIDS.

More info at the official “back to sleep campaign”

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/sids/

Answer by NM
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that ALL babies, regardless of sex, sleep on their backs until 1 year of age.
If you believe your baby can’t sleep in such a position, for example, due to acid reflux, etc., speak to your own pediatrician about other possibilities.
My son is 2, and likes to sleep on his side.

Answer by Calmia22
A newborn should not be put on their stomach. They do not have the strength to breathe in and out while laying that way, and could die. They also do not advocate putting them on their shoulder as they could easily roll over onto their stomach.

They should be put on their back, and their head will go the way it wants too, it is not a doll.

At age 1,2,3, they have enough strength, and roll over normally. They can sleep however they want to.

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Answer by momtosix
My tiny guy did the same thing, so to lessen the chances on sids, I got him on a pacifier..It helps somehow..But, I would state not to force him to sleep other ways. That I think could cause more harm than good. If he has tummy issues, as mine did/does, it’s what makes him feel superior thats best. My tiny guy is now four months old and sleeps on his back. We started with tummy, went through the side position, and how he just likes his back..

Answer by Carrie W
my god this sounds like me!
your probably going to get lots of answers saying ‘whatever you do,do not put him to sleep on his tummy’. well i know exactly what you are going through, my son was exactly the same. one time the health visitor came while he was asleep (on his tummy) and told me he shouldnt sleep like this and tried to reel off the reasons, which i told her i knew about already.
i told her that no matter what i did he would not sleep on his back and there was nothing anyone could do, he still sleeps on his belly now and he is 11 months and perfectly healthy and happy.
even the health visitor stated there was nothing to do but to let him sleep that way but keep check on him, so thats the only thing i can suggest!!
good luck!

Answer by 3mom
My 2nd child was the same way. She never could be ‘trained’ to sleep on her back. I forget how old she was but I let her sleep on her tummy very early. To this day, and she is 4, she sleeps on her stomach.

The only time it made me nervous was a night because I was so worried about everything that could happen, I could not get a restful few hours. I found that swaddling her at night very snugly would keep her happy on her side. I used a side positioner which was a foam shape that had a piece in front to keep her from rolling onto her stomach.

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I do not want him to roll on his belly so this is why I wanted to be able to use this sleep positioner. What do you think? Is this okay for me to have him sleep on this in that position?

Have any of you used one of these before like this?

Thanks Mommas!

Oh this is a link to a photo of the sleep positioner in case you do not know what I am speaking about.

http://www.babybag.com/102-165797011-B001BY9GK4-Sassy_Dual_Vent_Sleep_Positioner_in_White.html

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Answer by yaribluecookie
i used one for my son and i had no problem with them they keep your baby on his side and also keep them from being flat on their tummys if they try to turn

Answer by madison-faith
i used one for my daughter and got one for my nephew and both still use it now i got it even for back laying so they cant roll over on there tummy while sleeping it helped my nephew whos a side sleeper learn to sleep on his side very well

Answer by ◄☻RN☻►
nothing is suggested to be in bed with your baby, those included…

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thanks
we do have a blanket under his head for a slant position.
I thank everyone for their answers
We do put him on his side and on his back.
the acid reflux thing is something i will ask his physician next week

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Answer by cruiser
Put a blanket under the head of the bassinet and it will make the tiny mattress have a slant so he is more in an slanted position and see if that suiys him. My daughter did that to her cradle from the beginning and the baby is 2 mobths old and still sleeps in the cradle.

Answer by twilightcutie12
my sister slept in her bassinet until she was about a 1-2 months.
she never slept in the bouncer she only played in it.

she slept in her crib from aout 2-3 months old and still does and she going to be 2 yrs old in 1 week

hope that helps!!

Answer by kel320vikings
Mine always got exhausted of the bassinet around that age, I always felt that it was because they had grown and felt claustrophobic or something. I started putting them in the crib at that point, which did not always work, but I like to think it helped them get used to it. Mine slept in various places, playpen, swing, bouncer, automobile seat, pretty much whatever worked that first month or so, except sleeping in bed with me, I was not taking any chances there. When mine became more alert and a tiny more “sturdy” then it was to bed in the crib (but I always put them in the crib when they were sound asleep). Good luck!

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Answer by oneplustwins
If this baby is sleeping on their back then there is no reason to flip them over. But if not, then do not feel bad about trying it the other way. Just make certain there is nothing for them to get their face covered by.

Answer by LittleRenay
keep your baby on its back…even if they roll, my tiny one rolls a lot right now she is nearly 4 months…i check on her ever half hour and if she is on her tummy i roll her back onto her back. SIDS scares me so bad…give the baby a pacifier too to sleep…because its proven to help reduce the risk.
We co slept until just at 3 months, because i was so afraid. I like to monitor her sleeping (im a light sleeper) to make sure she was still breathing. I lost a lot of sleep…but I feel superior about her sleeping right next to me so that I knew she was going to be okay. I also breastfeed…so that was another reason for it.

Answer by Sarah H
i know i might get hammered for this one, but i never let my first son sleep on his stomach. but after my daughter was born i let her. it was hard enough to get her to sleep, if she slept on her belly she would sleep for more then an hour. in retrospect it was a really irresponsible and bad decision. she could have died from SIDS. i am lucky she didnt. but for the grace of god she is here today. will your tiny one be that lucky? scary thought huh?

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Answer by michelle
on their back so they dont suffocate thats how i put all four of my sons to sleep

Answer by Noah’s and Ava’s Mommy
Until a baby can roll over it’s always ideal to place them on their back to sleep.

Answer by Lindsay
On their backs due to decreased risk of death by SIDS. Once they are rolling themselves over, put them to sleep on their backs, but do not worry if they roll themselves onto their tummy.

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