Baby Pillows May Suffocate your baby to death
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That baby pillows may cause harm to their child is something parents have heard before. But many simply refuse to believe that baby pillows are harmful. Thus many children are still being victimized by something that is so innocent looking as baby pillows. What parents should know is that, the main cause of fatalities under that age is SIDS or sudden infant death syndrome. SIDS is associated with suffocation, strangulation and rebreathing. In most of these cases, the baby pillow plays a very important role.
Soft bedding, baby sleeping on his stomach and baby pillow causes strangulation and suffocation in children under the age of one. Aside from soft bedding and sleeping on their stomach, the baby pillow is as harmful. Major causes of suffocation in younger children includes the baby pillows. This is because the baby pillow may be grasped by the baby and it may end up on his face. If the baby fails to remove the pillow from his face, he may get suffocated. In most cases, the baby suffocate when the pillow get too close to the baby.
Another leading cause of SIDS is rebreathing. Medically speaking it is when the baby breathes carbon dioxide or bad air, as what it is more commonly known. Rebreathing occurs when instead of inhaling oxygen, the baby inhales his own exhaled carbon dioxide. Rebreathing may be caused by loose sheets or beddings getting over his head. What many do not know is that baby pillows may also cause rebreathing. This may occur if the baby pillow gets too close to the face of the baby and the baby re breathes the carbon dioxide he has exhaled. If parents do not remove the baby pillow from the crib, the baby is still not safe from rebreathing even if the sheets and beddings are well secured.
To reduce the risk of SIDS doctors recommend to parents not to use baby pillows until the baby is out of his crib and is already on toddler bed. This is because unless the baby is on his toddler age, he is not ready for pillows. The baby do not need pillows to sleep comfortably so this is not really a problem. In fact, according to medical sleep experts, babies and even adults do not need pillows in order to get a good and comfortable sleep. However, if you really want to introduce your baby to pillows, do so only when he is old enough and sleeping on his toddler bed. Otherwise, instead of introducing him to what you think is an additional comfort, you may just be introducing him to harm.
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