Blankets And Baby Safety

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Blankets and baby safety.

Free shipping on orders of 35 and save 5 every day with your target redcard. Blankets can obstruct the face and potentially lead to suffocation and sids hartford explained. Safety is absolutely essential when thinking about baby blankets. The baby s sleep area has no bumpers pillows blankets or toys and is next to where parents sleep.

The same rule applies to pillows comforters bumper pads sheepskins soft toys and any other soft objects. Babies can get tangled in them. Avoid soft bedding that might suffocate your baby such as pillows blankets plush toys and bumpers in the crib. Weighted blankets however pose a significant risk to babies toddlers and even older children especially if they have any developmental disorders or delays.

Shop for safe baby blanket at bed bath beyond. Avoid blankets that have loose tassels fringes or ribbons. If your child is under 12 months of age blankets should stay out of the crib whether your baby is playing or napping. This reduces the chance of sids.

Give your baby a pacifier before he goes to sleep. This type of bedding can also increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome sids the unexplained death of a child within the first year of life. Larger blankets can present strangulation and suffocation hazards that smaller blankets do not present even after your child has turned 1. It is made of 4 layers of lightweight breathable organic cotton muslin and is free of tassels or fringe.

Free shipping on orders of 35 and save 5 every day with your target redcard. Overheating has also been identified as increasing the risk of sids. This becomes slightly less of an issue as baby gets older. That s because blankets can increase the risk of smothering suffocation or sudden infant death syndrome sids.

The fabric of the blanket may influence its safety and. Buy top selling products like baby essentials thank heaven security blanket and just born xl plush unicorn security blanket in pink. There have been at least two reports of deaths due to weighted blankets one in a nine month old baby and one in a nine year old boy who had autism.