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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Good article about SIDS prevention and crib bumpers.
Summary: No crib bumpers, boobs, vaccinations can all help prevent SIDS.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/health/no-bumpers-cribs-sids-parenting/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Re: Good article about SIDS prevention and crib bumpers.
I liked this article (as you know) but the comments are almost even better!
Thanks for posting! I think this was a good quote:
"The problem is that a lot of parents don't understand that the Consumer Products Safety Commission is not a proactive agency; it's a reactive agency. So, it only recalls things if there's a problem. It doesn't approve products before they go on the market. And a lot of parents have this perception that it stores sell it, it must be safe?because if it wasn't safe, why would people sell it? And that's clearly not true. I think that it's important that parents realize that these things are not safe for their babies."
Babies like to snuggle. If a baby was snuggled up with the bumPer it would be rebreathing their own breathe the baby has no idea that's a danger.
Also if they roll into it they're not always dexterous enough to roll out of it. Just last week my girl got in an awkward position and couldn't roll out of it and I had to go help her - and she's been rolling both ways since 4-5 months.
They can get trapped and end up re-breathing their own bad air or their nose/mouth can be smooshed causing suffocation.
The article discusses not using breathable bumpers. I do use them personally, though.
A few of the nurses said even the breathable one's Amer... We installed our bumper pads MONTHS ago, and once Andrew starts actually using his crib, we plan on taking them out.
One of the nurses even said in 6 months, all bedding is no longer going to come with bumper pads at all.