I was also told by a paed and a MCHN that plastic mattress protectors can pose a suffocation hazard, as does anything that doesn't allow air to pass through.
Whether I believe them or not is not the point, I certainly can make up my own mind about it, as will Tarkine. I don't think it's particularly tactful to say that someone's opinion on the matter is 'crappo' btw, simply because you don't agree with it. What you choose to buy for your baby is your business, but obviously there are those who believe a plastic mattress protector shouldn't be used with newborns.
I bought an Angelcare breathing monitor too, but never ended up using it.
Well we had a hammock, but we used a mattress protector as well.
With Matilda... when she was still in hospital and on the bed, while the midwife was in the room, she rolled onto her tummy. When she was a few weeks old we realised out of desperation that the only way she would sleep longer than 40 minutes was to sleep on her belly. At that time, we didn't know about a breathing monitor... had no idea that we should know about it. I was paranoid and we wound up going to sleep school because I wanted her to learn to sleep on her back. While we were there, she started rolling and they told me it was useless to try any other way. As long as we kept the other SIDS risk factors away, she would be fine. I never heard anything about a mattress protector....
i didnt say anyones opinion was crappo, read it again, i clearly said the advice she was given was crappo. im very very sorry if u missunderstood.
AJP - thats right. I cant afford one either. So i guess there is other ways u can prevent bub from tummy sleeping with them things that hold them etc...
also i didnt think we were talking about the plastic protectors. Im not sure what these are. Mines not plastic, frankly i dont know what its made out of.. cotton i think.
when I first read through this I thought that maybe the person in the shop was talking about woollen underlay type things, which add a layer of fluffiness to the mattress that could pose a risk. Maybe the heats getting to me...
We have a boori cot, which has it's own special sizing, and I've really like the Living Textile mattress protectors, because they fit so snugly over the mattress, they're really like an extra sheet IMO. I assume that they do different sizes to fit different makes. They also do a great job of protecting, ours have been well tested with a couple of seriously gross gastro events, and done the job well.
The lady who told me about the mattress protector was the sales lady in one of the baby shops. I think she was talking about the waterproof mattress protectors.. maybe, I can't really remember (attack of the baby brain!). And I'm always suspicious of what sales people tell me and always do my own research.
I have stuck a number of terry cloth nappies under the sheets where bubs will be sleeping and will see how we go and if we have any leakages. Will go and look at the quilted mattress protectors in target, although my local target is a bit ordinary.
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