Are hammocks SID safe.....

[Beach Mama]

I've done a bit of research but can't find anything. The Amby site mentions SIDS and lying flat on the back BUT it does not mention anywhere about it being recommended or SIDS safe.

Seeing as SIDS recommends a firm flat mattress and no bumpers to ensure air circulation - how does that work if you use a hammock? I've never seen one up close so I'm not sure about how firm the mattress is, but what about all the material around the sides??

We have a cradle that we used for Izzy that we were going to fix and use again but I was contemplating hiring a hammock until my midwife asked me if it was SIDS safe and I said I didn't know! Funny how you check all that stuff to the mm and cm with 1# but the thought just didn't cross my mind!

Love to know what you all think and if there is anything out there about them!
TIA

[~Trish~]

The Amby website says there are no known cases of SIDS when using a baby hammock.

To date, there has not been one single case of injury or SIDS attributed to our hammock.

The matresses aren't that firm so that they mould around baby, but babies aren't meant to lie on their tummy in the hammock anyway. They have mesh sides so there is plenty of airflow.

If you want to see a hammock set up let me know and I'm happy to show you mine

[Shanti]

Trish, i bought the no-name brand off ebay $149 brand new, looks very much the same as the Amby one, would that be the same aswell? Safe with SIDS etc?

[~Trish~]

Oh Chrissy, I'm so sorry to hear about your DS.

Ren - I'm not sure, but I suppose if it's pretty much the same as an Amby one then it will be fine.

[Lee]

Hi ladies - I have just purchased the Amby Hammock - because after a lot of research with other Mum's, decided it looked wonderful. I lost my son last year - not to sids - but I found him not breathing in his hospital cot. So, I am a bit paranoid about the safety of my soon-to be born bub. I, too, read on the Amby Website that there have been no reported cases of SIDS in the hammock. I also just called SIDS last week - about another issue (hiring one of the monitors) and remembered to ask them about the safety of hammocks - they said they only endorse and recommend babies sleeping on a firm, hard, flat matress - on their backs.

So, I'm not quite sure what to do now. I am actually more of the opinion that if SIDS is going to happen (and it is still very rare) - it will happen anywhere - it can even happen in a pram - or on that firm cot matress. So, I'm hiring a Respisense ($30 per month, can hire them online) - which is a breathing monitor that clips onto the babies nappy. I hope this will go some way to giving me the peace of mind I need - regardless of where bub is sleeping.

Lee

p.s. forgot to mention - from what I've read - it's hard, very hard for a bub to roll onto their tummies in the hammock - by the time they can do this - they will probably have outgrown the hammock - so that's a good thing in my books.

[Schmickers]

Nope, the SIDS and Kids foundation do not endorse hammocks, but that is because there is no research into the rates of SIDS in babies sleeping in hammocks, as compared to those sleeping in other situations. It just isn't common enough for anyone to say definitively.

As Amby point out, there has never been a case of SIDS reported from a baby sleeping in a hammock.

As long as you minimise your oher risk factors, my own opinion is that Hammocks are safe. The biggest risk factor is smoking, either while pregnant, or after the baby is born.

[Cougar]

Hi Tan

i used a hammock for my first bub, it was around 17 years ago, not sure if they make them the same now, they were very new on the market then, and he passed away from sids when he was in it.....not sure if it had anything to do with the hammock, but he had rolled onto his stomach.

thought i would add...we were also told back then to sleep babies on the side not on there backs.