SIDS prevention - mattress wrapping - Page 2

aurora · Jun 7th, 2010, 19:14 PM

How bout using an organic mattress?

Newt4 · Jun 7th, 2010, 19:35 PM

I dont get it. Why not just buy a mattress cover so no liquids/sweat gets to the mattress. Also Im sure most will be airing out theirs before baby is here.
I was watching the demo and i would be worried that the baby would ride down and have the attachment near his or her face.

~Mummy~ · Jun 7th, 2010, 21:50 PM

I thought SIDS had been around since forever, surely if the cause was chemicals in mattresses it wouldn't have been a problem like 100 years ago...

I'm just really confused about everything that we're supposed to do or not supposed to do to prevent SIDS.

kfarb · Jun 7th, 2010, 21:57 PM

I've heard of it and am definitely going to do it. It's like $40, but it's a small price to pay if it will save Dylan!

JynxPhD · Jun 7th, 2010, 23:18 PM

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Surely gases that contribute towards SIDS would be banned from usage in baby mattresses?!

it's the chemicals used in the mattresses that combine with the baby's sweat creating a fungus, which in turn creates the gas apparently. xx

Scientifically it is impossible to "create a fungus" with chemicals and sweat. Fungal spores are always in the air and they will begin growing wherever there is a suitable environment.

stardust599 · Jun 8th, 2010, 03:01 AM

Can't see a correctly wrapped mattress doing any harm but I'm not convinced by the childalert link - it states that smoking, bedsharing with smokers, back sleeping, feet to foot of cot sleeping does NOT make a difference to cot death when in fact it has been proven that these do make a difference!!

I think as long as you use safe bedding for babies - cotton sheets etc. and a safe sleeping area I wouldn't worry too much. Keeping the sleeping area aired daily and washing the bedding regularly on a hot wash would contribute too I think.

More research needs to be done! xx

Samemka · Jun 8th, 2010, 03:38 AM

What about the babies who die from SIDS in their moses baskets, car seats, prams?

lozzy21 · Jun 8th, 2010, 03:42 AM

Thats funny because most newborn babys cannot sweat.

xemmax · Jun 8th, 2010, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by JynxPhD

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Originally Posted by xemmax

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Originally Posted by Baby Mamacan

Surely gases that contribute towards SIDS would be banned from usage in baby mattresses?!

it's the chemicals used in the mattresses that combine with the baby's sweat creating a fungus, which in turn creates the gas apparently. xx

Scientifically it is impossible to "create a fungus" with chemicals and sweat. Fungal spores are always in the air and they will begin growing wherever there is a suitable environment.

then maybe it creates a suitable environment in which the fungus can grow. i am not a scientist, nor do i claim to be!

xemmax · Jun 8th, 2010, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by stardust599

Can't see a correctly wrapped mattress doing any harm but I'm not convinced by the childalert link - it states that smoking, bedsharing with smokers, back sleeping, feet to foot of cot sleeping does NOT make a difference to cot death when in fact it has been proven that these do make a difference!!

I think as long as you use safe bedding for babies - cotton sheets etc. and a safe sleeping area I wouldn't worry too much. Keeping the sleeping area aired daily and washing the bedding regularly on a hot wash would contribute too I think.

More research needs to be done! xx

i feel the same. it's something i'm going to read about and when the time comes i may mattress wrap, can't do any harm! xx

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aurora Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Yukon, Canada Posts: 4,238	How bout using an organic mattress?

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Newt4 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 3,225	I dont get it. Why not just buy a mattress cover so no liquids/sweat gets to the mattress. Also Im sure most will be airing out theirs before baby is here. I was watching the demo and i would be worried that the baby would ride down and have the attachment near his or her face.

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Jun 7th, 2010, 21:50 PM	#13
~Mummy~ Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: UK Posts: 854	I thought SIDS had been around since forever, surely if the cause was chemicals in mattresses it wouldn't have been a problem like 100 years ago... I'm just really confused about everything that we're supposed to do or not supposed to do to prevent SIDS.

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Jun 7th, 2010, 21:57 PM	#14
kfarb Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Kansas, USA Posts: 1,852	I've heard of it and am definitely going to do it. It's like $40, but it's a small price to pay if it will save Dylan!

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stardust599 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Posts: 6,200	Can't see a correctly wrapped mattress doing any harm but I'm not convinced by the childalert link - it states that smoking, bedsharing with smokers, back sleeping, feet to foot of cot sleeping does NOT make a difference to cot death when in fact it has been proven that these do make a difference!! I think as long as you use safe bedding for babies - cotton sheets etc. and a safe sleeping area I wouldn't worry too much. Keeping the sleeping area aired daily and washing the bedding regularly on a hot wash would contribute too I think. More research needs to be done! xx

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Samemka Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cheshire, UK Posts: 5,048	What about the babies who die from SIDS in their moses baskets, car seats, prams?

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Jun 8th, 2010, 03:42 AM	#18
lozzy21 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Teesside, Posts: 23,599	Thats funny because most newborn babys cannot sweat.

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