WE'RE
WE'RE TALKING BUMPS, BABIES AND BEYOND ALL THIS
WEEK AND TODAY
WE'RE TACKLING A
TOUGH ONE FOR A LOT
OF PARENTS...SLEEP.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
GETTING ENOUGH
REST, BUT MAKING
ALL
ALL RIGHT. ALL THIS WEEKEND WE'RE TACKLING
A TOUGH ONE FOR A LOT OF
PARENTS, SLEEP, IT'S NOT ABOUT
GETTING ENOUGH REST.
BUT MAKING SURE BABY IS SAFE
WHILE RESTING TOO.
DR. CAMILLA SASSON IS HERE THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >> THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS HAS BEEN PROMOTING
THIS AS AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
FOR PARENTS SINCE 1994.
THEY STARTED WITH BACK TO SLEEP
AT THAT TIME.
THE IDEA IS ALL THE THINGS THAT
YOU NEED TO DO AS A PARENT TO
KEEP YOUR INFANT SAFE.
THE FIRST ONE, THE MOST
IMPORTANT ONE IS PUT YOUR CHILD
ON THEIR BACK.
REALLY UP UNTIL THEIR ONE YEARS
OLD, YOU SHOULD NOT PUT THEM ON
THEIR TUMMY.
THEIR TUMMY. >> SO MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
EVEN IN RECENT YEARS.
>> BETWEEN MY TWO KIDS, THINGS
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. THEN YOU HAVE GRANDPARENTS WHO
ARE COMING OVER GIVING YOU ALL
KINDS OF TIPS SAYING THIS
WORKED FOR ME.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
AND THIS IS THE SEGMENT TO SHOW
THEM TO SAY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE
CARE OF BABY, HERE'S WHAT YOU
HAVE TO DO.
>> TALK ABOUT A SAFE SLEEP
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT. >> THIS IS SORT OF THE WHAT NOT
TO PUT IN YOUR CRIB.
>> ALL OF THAT.
PRETTY MUCH.
PRETTY MUCH. >> NO BLANKETS, NO PILLOWS,
NOTHING THAT IS LOOSE.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING.
THING.
THING. A
THING. A LOT OF FOLKS STILL HAVE
BUMPERS IN THEIR CRIBS.
THAT'S A PLACE THAT A CHILD CAN
GET STRANGLED.
GET STRANGLED. NOTHING IN THERE.
NO TEDDY BEARS.
THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS
GIVE THEM A SLEEP SACK.
THAT'S WHAT THIS THING IS.
FIRM SURFACE, NO BOOST
MATERIALS.
MATERIALS. BARE IS BEST.
THAT'S THE MOTTO.
NOTHING.
NOTHING.
NOTHING. IT'S BARREN IN THERE.
>> IT'S SO HARD.
I'M SURE AS A PARENT,
ESPECIALLY IN WINTER MONTHS.
YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING IN
THERE WITH THEM.
BUT THIS IS IT.
>> THIS IS A SLEEP SACK.
YOU CAN STILL SWADDLE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT SWADDLING.
BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR THE FIRST
TWO MONTHS.
TWO MONTHS. AFTER THAT, THERE'S NO
BLANKETS.
BLANKETS.
BLANKETS. IT'S JUST ONE EXTRA LAYER MORE
THAN WHAT YOU'RE WEARING.
>> HOW LONG IS BARE IS BEST?
HOW LONG SHOULD THAT GO ON?
>> WE DID NOT PUT A PILLOW OR
BLANKETS INTO OUR CRIBS UNTIL
OUR CHILD WAS TWO.
TWO YEARS OLD.
AND SHE DIDN'T CARE.
BOTH KIDS DIDN'T CARE.
IT'S REALLY MORE FOR THE
PARENTS.
PARENTS.
PARENTS. WHERE YOU'RE THINKING OH I WANT
TO BUNDLE THEM UP.
I WANT TO PUT A PILLOW IN
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THEY DON'T NEED IT.
AND SUDDEN INFANT DEATH
SYNDROME IS THE BIG REASON WE
CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS.
AND THERE'S DATA TO SHOW THAT
WHEN YOU PUT ALL OF THESE
THINGS IN THERE, THAT'S HOW
THEY CAN GET HURT AND THEY CAN
STOP BREATHING.
STOP BREATHING. >> TALK ABOUT COSLEEPING.
I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS GO BACK
AND FORTH ON WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHOULD HAVE BABY IN BED OR
NOT.
NOT.
NOT. >>
NOT. >> BABY SHOULD NOT BE IN BED.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
>> IT'S SO HARD.
>> I KNOW.
NOT WITH THE PARENTS.
YOU CAN HAVE THEM NEXT TO YOU
IN A BASINET OR A CRIB.
BUT NOT IN THE BED.
BAUGH PARENTS ARE TIRED.
THEY -- BECAUSE PARENTS ARE
TIRED.
TIRED.
TIRED. THEY CAN ROLL OVER AND HURT THE
BABY OR SUFFOCATE THE BABY AND
THE MATTRESS IS REALLY SOFT.
AND THERE'S LOOSE COMFORTERS
AND PILLOWS AND THINGS TOO.
ALL OF THAT CAN HURT THE BABY.
I KNOW.
I KNOW.
I KNOW. >> LASTLY, YOU MENTIONED
MENTION SWADDLING.
MENTION SWADDLING. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WRAPPING THEM UP.
>> THEY LOOK LIKE A LITTLE
BURRITO.
BURRITO.
BURRITO. OUR LITTLE BABY BURRITOS.
IT'S BEEN SHOWN TO HELP BABIES
SLEEP.
SLEEP.
SLEEP. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS SAYS ONLY UNTIL
ABOUT TWO MONTHS OLD.
IF THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT
TO FLIP OVER, GET THEM OUT.
SWITCH THEM TO THE SLEEP SACK
FOR SURE, AND MAKE SURE THEY
DON'T OVER HEAT.
IT'S REALLY WARM IN THAT LITTLE
SLEEP SACK.
SLEEP SACK. AND THE OTHER BIG THING TO
THINK ABOUT TOO IS, AAP WANTS
YOU TO HAVE THEM IN YOUR BED
ROOM UP TO SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY
A YEAR.
A YEAR.
A YEAR. >> WOW,.
>> WOW,.
>> WOW,. >> IN THE ROOM WITH YOU.
>> THAT'S LONGER THAN I
THOUGHT.
THOUGHT.
THOUGHT. IT'S A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY.
ACTUALLY. >> BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL READY
TIRED AND ANYONE WHO SLEPT WITH
A BABY IN THE ROOM KNOWS
THEY'RE GRUNTING.
THEY'RE GRUNTING. AND YOU AS THE PARENT ARE SO
HYPER AWARE OF IT ALL.
BUT THEY SAY, THEY RECOMMEND AT
LEAST SIX MONTHS AND THEN UP TO
A YEAR.
A YEAR.
A YEAR. IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT.
WE SWITCHED OVER AT SIX MONTHS.
>> GARY IS LIKE I'M SO HAPPY
I'M OVER THIS PART OF MY LIFE.
>> THINGS CHANGED SINCE MY KIDS
WERE BORN.
WERE BORN. >> ONE MORE YEAR AND SOMETHING
NEW WILL COME OUT.
BARE IS BEST.
THAT'S THE THING TO REMEMBER.
AND BACK TO SLEEP.
ALWAYS