Advice for safe baby co-sleeping.
If you deceide to co-sleep with your baby then follow these saftey tips very carefully.
1. Do not co-sleep if you have been drinking alcohol, using drugs, have been taking prescribed or over the counter medicines that cause you to feel sleepy, or if you are extremly exhausted.
2. Ensure there are no gaps between the mattress and the footboard and headboard as these are places that your baby can become trapped.
3. Do not sleep in a bed with rails if your baby is under the age of one as your baby can become wedged.
4. Do not place the bed againest a wall or furniture as your baby can become trapped.
5. If you have long hair, then tie it back to prevent it from becoming wraped around your baby’s neck.
6. Do not allow older siblings to sleep in the same bed as a young baby as there is a risk of the sibling rolling on the baby.
7. Don’t co-sleep if you have a waterbed. The surface of a water bed is different to that of a mattress and can cause suffercation if the baby were to roll on to there front in the night.
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