Baby Pillows are dangerous

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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 Time: 1:45 PM
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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. Therefore something that is so innocent looking as a baby pillow is still victimizing many children today. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS is the main cause of fatalities under that age is something that the parents should know. SIDS is associated with suffocation, strangulation and rebreathing. In most of these cases, the baby pillow plays a very important role.
Strangulation and suffocation in children under the age of one is caused by soft bedding, baby pillow or when the baby sleeps on his stomach. 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 happens if the pillow ends up on the face of the baby if he grasped it accidentally. The baby will be suffocated if he fails to remove the pillow from his face. 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 happens when the baby, instead of breathing oxygen, inhales the carbon dioxide he has exhaled. 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. So even if parents secure the beddings and sheet, if the baby pillow is not removed, the baby is still not safe from rebreathing.
Doctors advise parents, to reduce SIDS risk, not to use baby pillows until the baby is sleeping on toddler bed. This means that the baby is not ready to use pillows until he is on his toddler age. This should not be a dilemma because the baby can sleep comfortably even without baby pillows. 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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