In a year more than 6000 babies died due to sudden infant death syndrome(SIDS), among this more than 900 babies died due to sleeping on soft crib bedding. So how can you be sure that any bedding bought for your baby will be safe?
For infants soft baby nursery bedding may cause suffocation when head sinks into soft mattress during baby placed in her belly. Despite being comfortable for babies, soft mattresses may be dangerous for little ones. Fatal accidents may occur when a baby’s head is placed on a soft mattress. Infants are often too week to roll over if they get into a dangerous position.
To avoid accidents and fatalities, it is best to choose crib bedding and mattresses which are firm and not easily depressed under weight, even the light weight of a baby. You can assess the strength of a mattress with the simple test of pressing one hand down on the mattress and guaging the resistance to the force applied. The higher the resistance rating of your mattress is, the higher the quality.
Bumper pads in the crib are another cause of suffocation. While attractive and cute, infants’ faces may be pressed against the soft pads, causing suffocations when baby is unable to free himself.
Parents need to use extra care and take precautions during this period since the infants are weak and vulnerable. Parents need to make a choice between wanting cute and wanting what’s safest for the baby. If the parents should choose the latter, they should take out all the bumper pads from the crib and refrain from putting anything that might cause danger to their babies again.
In addition, recent research has revealed that there are toxic gases in mattresses that can be detrimental to your baby’s development. Chemical compounds such as phosphouous and arsenic are being added to mattresses. They are used as fire retardants but can be very dangerous. Poisonus gases can released when a chemical compound combined with certain reactants, during sleep when the baby breathes this it will leads to fatal problem.
Scientists have since found, however, that a frequently occurring fungus in baby bedding may be one of the reactants which is an aid in releasing these toxic fumes. Parents are thus urged not to use old nursery and crib bedding which has been used before, as it may contain fungus after a long period of time. Because infants only sleep in cribs for a short period of time, parents may be tempted to reuse old bedding. However, to avoid the existence of such fungus, this should not be the case. Old reused bedding will look less pretty than a new baby nursery bedding.
Using these guidelines, it should be easy for a parent to determine if their baby’s nursery bedding is safe. All the parents can sleep nicely in the night without any worries when they choose a safe bedding for their babies, if they did this their babies sound and a safe sleep.
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