There’s so many to choose from and it is quite over whelming. Cot quits, cot sheet, cot blanket, crib bumpers, flat pillows, and normal pillows. etc. I don’t know how to use many of them. My friend use cot quit as a mattress cover, is that how it’s used?
And how do you cover the infant in cot when in ‘feet to foot position.’ I have seen photos in web a nice folded blanket over the chest of the baby, and the ends neatly tucked under the matress, so are we supposed to fold the cot blanket and use it that way?
I went shopping yesterday, but all these come in a package you cannot unfold and examine them, so I was wondering if you guys can help me with this, Been a first time parent is not easy.….
Also what can you put over the mattress to stop it from getting wet?
Thanks in advance for your responses guys.
Only use a fitted sheet (with a waterproof mattress pad under it) and either a breathable baby bumper or no bumper. Anything else is a suffocation hazard. Use a sleep sack instead of a blanket. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5030.html
http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=352762 (bumper)
https://www.halosleep.com/ (sleep sack)
For the first few weeks, you can swaddle the baby tightly in a thin receiving blanket, but once the baby starts to move more don't use a blanket because the baby can kick it off.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackOnly use a fitted sheet (with a waterproof mattress pad under it) and either a breathable baby bumper or no bumper. Anything else is a suffocation hazard. Use a sleep sack instead of a blanket. http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5030.html
http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=352762 (bumper)
https://www.halosleep.com/ (sleep sack)
For the first few weeks, you can swaddle the baby tightly in a thin receiving blanket, but once the baby starts to move more don't use a blanket because the baby can kick it off.
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Get a good firm plastic mattress and a waterproof fitted mattress pad to go over it. A tight fitted sheet and that is all. Everything else becomes a choking and SIDS hazards. Day cares in most states are not allowed to use any blankets at all or anything in the crib any more.
You can swaddle the baby tightly (they will show you how in the hospital) with a receiving blanket and that will be plenty. When she is a little bigger use the blanket sleepers that allow kicking room. I make them myself out of flannel for the winter, with no sleeves so you just put a long sleeve shirt under it.
Bumper pads look cute but are also a strangling hazard. So, use the blankets to make the crib look cute durin gthe day time, but strip it down to bare sheet when you use it! The tucked in blanket is definitely not recommended either.
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I only use a fitted sheet (no pillows, no additional sheets, no bumper pads, no blankets!)
Upto 3 months old I swaddled my baby at night and after 3 months old I use sleepsacks or grobags. These work wonderfully and are very safe!
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