Afraid of SIDS?

When my little boy was born, I was always worried about all sorts of things new moms worry about.  One of them was SIDS. Is he breathing? Is he too hot? Did he roll onto his tummy? Did he cover his head with the blanket? Well, some of those fears were calmed when I bought a sleep sack. I gotta say, its quite an invention. Combination sleeping bag and blanket, baby is snug and covered all night. I find that the perfect solution to keep my little monster warm efficiantly in the winter months without overheating him to a dangerous degree are aden + anais sleeping bags. The ones that are four layers of fabric. And the beauty of it is that I don't have to worry if he has rolled around and uncovered himself or covered his head with his blanket.
Each aden + anais cozy sleeping bag is made of 100% breathable muslin cotton, which allows baby’s body temperature to adjust naturally, reducing the risk of overheating. Not too hot, not too cold, just right!
When the warm summer days where here, I had a new dilema, the sleep sack was too hot, what to do?  I quickly discovered that, aden + anais, makes light summer sleep sacks!! Only one layer of muslin fabric.

So what’s muslin anyway? Well its an ancient fabric, traditional for swaddling, has an open, loose weave that is breathable and allows air to circulate around your baby, a little bit like gauze pads. Aden+Anais have a whole line of swaddling blankets they make with this amazing fabric. They really are my favorite blankets.

Whenever I fall in love with a product like this, I end up buying industrial quantites for the boutique, knowing that a good thing should be shared. You can come and visit us and listen to me rambling on and on about muslin anytime you like!

I later found out that The CJ Foundation for SIDS recommends the use of sleepsacks instead of blankets to keep babies snug during bedtime. So thats another reason why all babies should sleep in one.

In any case, here are few tips to prevent SIDS. I got this from the CJ Foundation website

• Always lay your baby to sleep face up
• Remove all loose bedding, bumpers, stuffed animals, and pillows from the crib
• Don’t let your baby get too hot, control room temperature where baby is sleeping
• Lay your baby to sleep in an approved crib, on a firm-fitting mattress
• Don’t smoke while pregnant and never smoke near your infant
• Put your baby on his or her tummy to play when your baby is awake and supervised

There are other tips on the website, go and have a look.