baby health and safety

Babies rolling onto face to sleep, aaaghhh!!?

I have been struggling with this myself and just read someone else’s baby does the SAME thing. My twins will be 6 months on the 21st but they are preemies….8 weeks early

The article from yahoo……

Do you put your baby on her back?
Filed under: Newborns, Babies, Health & safety
When my older daughter was five months old, she started rolling over in her crib at night. Only, instead of rolling over and snuggling in with that cute butt-in-the-air pose that all parents know and love, she’d roll over, then fall back to sleep … face down in the mattress. I’d lie in my own bed, watching anxiously on the video monitor. My mind would tell me that she was fine, while my heart would fantasize about worst case scenarios until I had enough. I’d go in to gently turn her head to the side. She’d thank me by either waking up, furious, or by being back in the face down position by the time I hit my pillow. At her six month checkup, her doctor told me to leave her alone and let her sleep.

I’ve never met a new parent who didn’t worry about SIDS, who didn’t fret about sleep positions. But the same study that found that running a fan in baby’s room may reduce the risk of SIDS also found that up to 26% of parents don’t heed the advice that babies should sleep on their backs. Babies seem to sleep better on their bellies, so I’m guessing a large chunk of that percentage are parents off poor sleepers. Still, over one quarter of parents don’t follow the single most important piece of advice when it comes to preventing SIDS? That’s amazing to me

I had one child would only nap during the day if I put her on her side, so I can relate. But I was never brave enough to let them sleep on their bellies until they were old enough to get there themselves. What about you? Did you let your babies sleep on their bellies?

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So as a result I am still swaddling my twins to protect them from accidentally suffocating themselves, they BOTH do it. They roll over no matter how many times I put them on their back and they keep their face staright down planted into the mattress, nostrils down to the mattress..

They will not keep their heads to the side even, they move back once I reposition them.

Does anyone else’s baby do this?

What bottles are safe for my baby?

After weeks of listening to the debate of whether or not BPA in baby bottles is bad or not I decided to err on the side of caution and purchase new bottles for my child.

They interviewed the owner of Born Free baby bottles, leading you to believe this is one ofyour only options. I got on line to do some research. Now don’t get me wrong, my babies health and safety is worth any price, but the cost of these bottles prompted me to do further research and I thought I’d share my findings.

Born Free offers both glass bottles and BPA free plastic bottles: Glass bottles are $11 ea / Plastic $7 for 2. The nipples are 2 for $7

Nurture Pure offers Glass only at $11 for 3 and 3 nipples for $3.50

Gerber offers 2 BPA free plastic bottles ~ Clear View and Fashion Tints – I haven’t been able to find them so I don’t have prices (I know they are alot less expensive than the others). When I called they offered to mail coupons.
On my quest for the Gerber bottles I went to Wal-Mart. Their Parent’s Choice brand offers BPA Free plastic bottles. A 3 pack is $2.96, the silicone nipples are 6 for $2.88. As that was my only choice at Wal-Mart I grabbed two. I’ve been using them since last night and my baby has no problem with them.

Gerber actually has a toll free number on their site to call and they were very helpful. They told me the above bottles I mention were BPA free but their NUK bottles are not. The sip & smile and fun grips sippy cups are also BPA free (I have a toddler too).

I hope this info. helps some of you too. As I said ~ if need be I wouldn’t hesitate to spend the money on the more costly bottles but it’s good to know there are less expensive alternatives.
***NOTE*** I posted this info a few days ago and it got deleted because it was not in the form of a question. Truth is one of the breast feeding advocates replied with a rude answer so I sent a friendly e-mail to her explaining my situation and why I am unable to breastfeed (not that I feel I owe anyone an explanation!). She clearly responded by reporting me. Very nice.

Breastfeeding moms really need to consider that some moms are unable to breastfeed and feel very badly about it. Without knowing a persons situation many of you are entirely out of line placing judgement. I think most of us realize “breast is best” and don’t need to be made to feel bad about not being able to do it. Please consider peoples feelings before you lash out.
Mother Martha, thank you for you response. I’m not a new mommy. Along with my 6 mos. old, that uses the bottles, I have a fast moving two year old. I also have tile flooring throughout my house and frankly I’m a bit of a klutz myself. Glass bottles are not an option for me.
***UPDATE*** After days of trying I finally got through to someone at AVENT (as those were the bottles I was using). Their bottles ARE made with polycarbonate which contains BPA.

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