Let's talk about the serious risk of a baby sleeping in a big bed!
Generally, small babies sleeping in large beds will be in the middle of mom and dad, the air is not circulating, and it is easy to lack oxygen!
When the weather is cold, it is easy to cover the thick quilt with adults, and even suffocate!
Being crushed by a sleeping adult to cause suffocation!
Increased risk of falling out of bed!
When breastfeeding, the mother will often feel sleepy, sleep in the same bed with the baby, and sometimes it is very dangerous, causing the baby to suffocate
If the mother wants the baby to sleep independently in the cot, these points also need to be paid attention to
1. Choice of baby cot
When buying a crib, be sure to do your homework and know what is a safety standard range, such as: the spacing range between the guardrails, the material of the crib, the heaviness of the bed, whether the connection between the bottom of the bed and the bed body is strong, and so on
2. Comfortable arrangement of the baby cot
Do not choose too bright colors, as well as complex decorations, because when the baby is small, due to the curiosity about new things, it will pull and bite the things around it, the bed is too complex supplies, there may be safety hazards, the crib is still based on comfort as the first principle.
3. Gradually let the baby adapt to the cot
Baby 3 months ago, lack of security, need the mother around to comfort, 3 months can gradually let the baby adapt to the cot, at the beginning of the baby because of the unfamiliarity with the cot, will be very dependent on the mother's embrace.
At this time, if you decide to let the baby sleep in a small bed, you can choose a time when the baby is happier, put the baby into the arranged bed, use the small toys he usually likes, and interact with the baby to make him feel relaxed and happy.
4. Do not give the baby too much comfort
Many babies have independent sleep difficulties in fact because the mothers, given too many comfort measures, caused the baby's dependence on the mother, every day before going to bed, the mother must shake or soothe to fall asleep, so it is difficult for the baby to fall asleep independently.
5. Don't let your baby fall asleep hungry
It's also important to get your baby to have a smooth sleep. Be sure to let the baby eat enough, and record the time when the baby eats every day, and feed the baby in time.
This can also allow mothers to find the law, sometimes the baby sleeps slightly open, there are small movements, in fact, he is in light sleep, as long as it does not interfere with him, the baby will continue to sleep.
How to divide the beds
In fact, in our country, most children sleep in large beds. At a certain age, the separation of beds has become a headache for mothers.
Babies under 4 months of age
At this time, most babies are very easy to split the bed. If you want to try it at this stage, simply let the baby sleep in the crib. In fact, as long as the mother can overcome her inner reluctance and fear, do not project fear on the baby, the bed will be successful.
Babies from 4 months to 8 months
This stage is before the baby will turn over to climb, and the baby has a certain understanding and mastery of the surrounding environment. During the turnover period, due to unskilledness, it may touch the perimeter of the cot, or the railing of the cot with the legs extended out cannot be recovered.
At this stage, you can directly divide the bed, and after the baby encounters a problem, you can help solve it. For example, help them get their outstretched legs back.
In addition, this stage can also temporarily use the way of large beds and small beds.
However, when your baby can climb, you will soon find that your baby can always climb up to the big bed. Then start rolling on the large bed, at this time you will find that the small bed is basically useless. The risk of rolling out of bed remains.
So my advice is to raise the railings on all sides of the cot as early as possible.
8 months to 1 year old
After 8 months, especially for babies who can stand up, it is more difficult to separate beds. Because the baby is likely to stand there without sleeping, or stand there in the middle of the night without falling down.
Although this stage of bed division is difficult, it is not impossible to achieve. The most important thing is to give the baby more practice from standing to lying, the baby himself learned to lie from standing to lying, or that he can lie down, in fact, it will be easier to divide the bed. Of course, it is still difficult compared to the previous months.
1 to 3 years old
It is actually difficult to split the bed after the age of 1. First, at this stage, the baby's self-awareness increases, and he begins to strongly resist things that he is not satisfied with. Second, between the ages of 1 and 1 and a half years old, there will be a period of intense separation anxiety, and sleep regression will also occur at this stage.
If you have the misfortune of holding your baby on the big bed before, it will be difficult to send it back at this stage.
After the age of 3
After the age of 3, communication with the baby becomes easier, and it is actually easier to separate the bed. At this stage, consider using a children's cot instead of a crib.
The most important way to divide the bed at this stage is to make the baby full of expectations for his own bed, so that he feels that this is his own small world. For example, you can choose a cot with him, buy bedding, and let him decorate his own bed by himself.
The key to the success of the split bed
The key to the success of the bed split is to remember that if the child wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to sleep in the big bed, be sure to send him back to the small bed. After the little month of milking, we must send the baby back to the small bed, and do not continue to stay in the large bed.