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It's Take It or Leave It Tuesday. Up this week: a way to position baby while he sleeps. I used (and loved) my Miracle Blanket, but I never tried one of these for better baby sleep.
What about you? Are you registering for one?
Item: Summer Infant Inclined to Sleep Positioner
Cost: $25
What it does: It keeps baby sleeping on his back, as the AAP recommends. And a slight incline supposedly helps digestion.
Pros: Helps alleviate the back sleeping/tummy sleeping SIDS worry, and can make a tiny new baby in a big crib seem a little more snug.
Cons: Is it really necessary? And baby gets big fast -- this item will have a short life span.
Comments (9)
Every doctor Ive ever talked to has said these things are useless if not directly harmful. If your baby is can roll over, no sleep positioner will stop them from doing it.
We had one but the baby spit up on it on day one, it took me over a week to finally get it cleaned up again, and when I did get it clean I never put it back in the crib. Not worth it for a baby with normal digestion (I don't know about a baby with reflux). A rolled up recieving blanket on either side works just as well.
Leave it. The suffocation rates for sleep positioners are extremely high. That's why they now have breathable baby bumpers and things of that nature.
Leave it, we had one we never used..tried it once and my LO hated it..
I liked mine. The one we had was just the two side peices not the bottom part.
With YOUNG INFANTS they can be very useful, actually. If they CAN'T ROLL OVER they can't suffocate.
My daughter liked hers. Helped her feel nice and snug when it was too warm to be swaddled.
For GERD babies, these are great. Since you prop up their mattress, this helps them stay at the right angle so they get the benefit of the mattress tilt, without sliding down.
I might get one later on if we have another child. I see how it could have come in handy with my baby, but at almost 4 mos old, I wouldn't get one now. I didn't know sleep positioners could come with a slight incline. We had to incline my daughter's crib because of her reflux, it helped her not to spit up so much. I am a mom of two and have gotten by ok without a sleep positioner, but depending it might be nice to get one the next time around.
i like mine and it comes in handy. it is breathable. my baby will only sleep if he is on his side and i can lay him to where he is on his side comfortably. it keeps him from rollin over cause if he rolls onto his back or stomach he wakes up almost immediately.