Remember, a firm mattress helps prevent SIDS so while
those images of babies sleeping on clouds might make for a sweet nursery mural, you want your infant to sleep on a firm surface.
Not exact matches
The $ 44
sleep sack, one
of those brilliant why - didn't - I - think -
of - that solutions, comes with two attached hanging pieces
of rectangular fabric that
babies can use as loveys (see the
images in this post).
If you're expecting your first
baby and are planning to breastfeed, you likely have
images in your head
of lovingly nursing your newborn in your new cushy glider as he drifts off to
sleep and you gaze down in awe
of your little miracle.
My anxiety, perhaps a mirror
image of parental anxiety, leads me to add:
Babies are to be put to
sleep on their back.
In fact, we're so used to seeing
images of cheerful, obedient
babies who quickly doze off in their cots seconds after being set down on their backs, it's easy to fall into the trap
of feeling like a failure when your
baby simply refuses to
sleep in his cot.
Of course, the signs belie the message since there are no adults actually
sleeping with the
babies in the pictures, just knives and suffocation hazards and
babies sleeping on their stomachs, all fear - triggering
images for parents.
It gives a crystal - clear
image of your (hopefully
sleeping)
baby, or you can use it in audio - only mode to help the battery power stretch longer.
Image: Nathan WalkerThe first few weeks
of parenthood consists mainly
of feedings, diaper changes and
sleeping (the
baby, not you).
Books with
images of babies and children doing familiar things, like
sleeping, eating and playing
What really sets it apart from other child development textbooks and parenting guides alike are the frame - by - frame
images of babies and toddlers going about their daily lives: throwing food from a high chair; being left at nursery for the first time; settling down to
sleep — all accompanied by detailed psychological analysis.
We feel the pressure to be that supermom
image of the beautifully put together woman who's typing with one hand and holding a sweet,
sleeping baby with the other.