![]() There are risks related to a car seat that aren’t present in bouncers (like car belts) and vice versa (like toppling over). This is the gist – whether it’s a car seat or a bouncer, it’s fair to say that the dangers of sleeping in sitting devices are similar. Let me try and interpret what I said above in a way that directly applies to baby bouncers. We go back and forth and talk about car seats and bouncers, so I get it if you’re overwhelmed. To be more precise, between car seats, baby bouncers, and swings, the death toll is 348 babies over a span of ten years, as per the 2019 study titled “Infant Deaths in Sitting Devices” and published in the Pediatrics journal ( source). Most of these happen in a car seat because there’s so much more room for improper use. The scarier part that relates to sleeping in swings is that only about two-thirds of the number is SIDS – the rest is clearly defined as bed strangulations and accidental suffocations. Sudden Infant Death sounds like a hellish scenario that happens “to someone else.” It gives me the chills to talk about it, but l it’s every parent’s duty to educate themselves and face the music on things we might be doing wrong.Įvery year, there are about 3,700 baby deaths that are somehow related to sleep devices. Eye-opening stats about sleeping in a baby bouncer or a car seat I can’t help it, it’s the harsh reality – if you do some reading on SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and the sleep safety rules, you’ll notice a pattern – a bouncer breaks many of them. I’ve even had parents get mad at me for being so direct. I know this might not be great news because it is convenient, especially if they like it, but a baby should only sleep on a firm, flat surface during the first year.Īgain, I’ve heard stories from parents saying that a swing or bouncer is the only place where their baby can fall asleep. That also goes for a bouncer seat, swings, car seats, and any baby product that inclined at an angle greater than ten degrees. ![]() No, a baby should not sleep in a bouncer. The answer is pretty straightforward but it’s the WHY part that’s a must-know for every parent, so I recommend taking the time to actually read this whole article, even if you get your answer early. Today, I’m taking on that challenge – to answer it comprehensively, yet clearly – in a way that leaves no room for interpretation and dilemmas. Still, to date, the answers are obviously not clear enough to put it to rest. The CAN-BABY-SLEEP-IN-BOUNCER is a question as old as the bouncer itself.
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