Safe Sleep Practices to Remember for Your New Baby
The information associated with safe sleep can be a little overwhelming when it comes to a new baby. Have no fear because these next five tips will help you keep everything straight. Safe sleep practices are important because it can not only keep your baby safe but you know you’re doing everything right.
Put Baby to Sleep on His/Her Back
Although everyone has to figure out what works for them, putting baby to sleep on their back has been identified as the safest way to put baby to sleep. Late night feedings and tired parents can make this step a little difficult to remember, but it’s important. Experts also say that laying baby in his or her crib is the safest place, try to avoid putting them to sleep on your bed or leaving them in a car seat.
Keep Everything Out of the Crib
When it comes to keeping baby as safe as possible, you will want to make sure everything is out of the crib. There are breathable bumpers now that help make sleeping safe for baby. Keeping stuffed animals and extra blankets out of the crib is also a smart idea.
Don’t Put Too Many Clothes on Baby
It’s hard to tell what baby needs to wear to bed because they’re so little. Experts say to keep the bedroom at a comfortable setting. Also, excessive clothing is not necessary at night because you do not want them to get too hot. You can always tell if a baby gets too hot because their face will look flushed and their bodies will get sweaty. This isn’t always something parents pay attention to when they think of “safe sleep” practices.
Pacifiers are Said to Help
Although no one can say for sure, pacifiers are actually said to help keep your baby safer at night as they sleep. Don’t panic if your baby isn’t taking a pacifier, but it is something to consider. Avoid putting cords or clips on the pacifiers though, as you don’t want to put any potential hazards in the crib.
Firm Mattress with Tight Fitted Sheets
You go through all of the trouble to make sure there are no stuffed animals or blankets in the crib, but there’s one more thing to keep in mind—always have a firm mattress with the right size fitted sheets in the crib. This keeps everything from becoming entangled and causing problems as your baby sleeps.
Safe sleeping recommendations have changed so much over the years! Thanks for sharing the new ones.
I am curious as to why the photo with this important info would show unsafe sleep. The baby is not on its back nor is it on a tight-fitted sheet. Please consider replacing the photo with one of safe sleep so that your image and text are not conflicting.
These are great tips. It’s so important to take away as many hazards with sleeping as you can when you have a newborn. Thanks!
It is important to make sure you are following what the doctors recommend when it comes to babies sleep habits. Great info.
I need to remember and keep everything out of her crib, I think that is the problem. Thank you very much for the useful post! 😀
Didn’t know a lot of this – since I don’t have kids and all (yet). I didn’t realize the crib was meant to be kept empty, but it does make sense!
These are really good practices. These will make it much easier for new parents to feel comfortable with their baby in the crib.
These sure are important to know. I still remember all these back when I had a baby. My girls are now 4 and 6. Hoping to have 1 or 2 more someday.
I’ve always tried to follow these tips. I just finally allowed the 2.5 year old to have a pillow, lol! It just makes sense to be as careful as possible when it comes to how your children sleep.
The sleeping tips for babies seem to always change from year to year. I’m glad that you shared the current ones with us. It’s good to know what is suggested to keep our little ones safe at night.
Boy, things have changed since my kids were babies. Back then we placed babies on the stomach to sleep. In case baby would puke. The baby would not choke to death in its sleep.
Yes. These are all so very important. I’ve followed these with all 6 of mine! Sleep injury, or death really freaks me out so I’m kind of overly cautious!
I wonder, in what age or in what month can babies be safe to be put in a car seat? We have seen some baby accessories such as the organizer, side mirror, and seat in the car.
This was something I was overly cautious with with my son when he was a newborn. I was so nervous putting him into his own room in the big cot but luckily it all went well.
When my first grandchild was born I had to get used to placing him on his back. Back in the day, we were told to place them on their tummies in case they spit-up or whatever. It’s important to keep up with updated safety practices.
These are great tips to parents for safe sleeping practices for a newborn. Everything that is on this post is different from when my kids were newborns. I will have to share this with my niece who just had her baby girl. Thanks for sharing.
You covered some really important things to keep in mind for safety. I’ll pass this along to a friend who’s expecting.
Oh, wow! This post brings back so many nervous memories of when I was a first time mom! I used to poke my daughter every hour or so as she slept just to make sure she was still alive.
This post reminds me of how nervous I was as a first-time mom. I used to poke my daughter every hour or so as she slept just to make sure she was still alive!
These are some great tips for safe sleep practices. It’s so important to make sure your baby is safe while he or she is sleeping.
These are great tips for sleeping babies. It has been 17 years for me since i had a newborn. It will be a few years before i have any grand children to snuggle.
We skipped everything for the crib but fitted sheets! No toys, no bumpers, nothing. My son never took a pacifier so we didn’t have to worry about that either.
It’s amazing how things have changed since we were babies. These are great tips for putting your baby to sleep safely. Thank you!
great tips. it’s so hard to keep up on everything as so much changes and changes fast.
Looks like the rules haven’t changed too much since I’ve had kids! Great list!
I was such a worry wart when my kids were babies! These are great practices and so helpful.
Since they are so small and delicate, one of the things on your list that I’ve always wondered (or I should say worry about) was babies getting too cold or too hot in the middle of the night.
Love the safety list. I am so glad my children are out of that age bracket but I will share this with my new mommy friends. I am so amazed at how much the list has changed. Its good to know!
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