The 3-month-old baby was forced to practice sleep and struggled for 2 hours, but the mother was 'death live'

The news of a baby who practiced sleeping on his stomach and died has been fried on the Internet. The thing is probably like this:

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A new mother asked a question in a paid sleep guidance group of an institution, saying that when her child turned over to sleep on his stomach, he kept crying and wanted to seek help from the teachers in the group. The rest of the group in this sleep training class quickly shared their views, saying "it's okay if you don't cry" and reassuring the new mother.

Obviously, the mother is still not at ease, but because of the opinions of the people in the group "don't mind the child", this new mother clearly discovered the abnormality of the child, but did not respond, but adopted the method of continuing observation.

A teacher in the group said, "By watching the video, the baby may want to roll over and fall asleep on his stomach. You can let the baby try it by himself. If he can't turn over and cry, you can help him." The novice mother also asked a rhetorical question, "Do you have to let the baby try it on his own every time, and then slowly extend the time until the baby can sleep on his own." The teacher replied, "Yes, but try to let the child succeed the first time. "

So the novice mother just watched the child struggle in front of her, until two hours later, when she went to breastfeed the child, she found that the child's lips were purple and suffocated. At this time, the treasured mother did not fully rescue the baby, but continued to ask in the group, "The child's lips are purple, she is really bored, and is about to die, what should I do?" In the end, the child died of suffocation.

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Also, as a mother, seeing this kind of news almost made me mad, angry at the ignorance of this new mother, and angry at the black heart of this so-called sleep training institution. Faced with the constant struggle of her child, how could this new mother keep watching for 2 hours regardless? Sleep training for children is important, but using the wrong method will not only fail to achieve the goal, but can also lead to tragedy in the end.

Is baby sleep training necessary? What is the safest sleeping position?

For newborns, there is a word called "sudden infant death syndrome". It is estimated that many mothers are very unfamiliar with this word, and may not even have heard of it. In fact, even scientists cannot accurately say what it is. What is it, only a very small number of babies will die in their sleep without warning.

The Cobo of sudden infant death syndrome is that all sudden infant deaths occur in "sleep". When it comes to this, many mothers may be afraid, and even talk about sleep discoloration. In fact, it is completely unnecessary, because sudden infant death syndrome is a It can be avoided, as long as the right sleeping position is used, the occurrence of sudden infant death can be largely avoided.

For babies, there is no need to start sleep training too early, especially before the baby is 3 months old. When the baby is born, it is the first separation from the mother's body. Suddenly leaving the familiar and warm environment, the changes in the environment will bring fear to the child, so the mother's warm embrace is needed to re-establish a sense of security. The environmental change brings not only the lack of security to the child, but also the change of the sleeping environment.

When the baby is still in the womb, the temperature is constant, the light is dark, and the uterine wall is tightly wrapped, and every time I go to sleep listening to my mother's regular heartbeat.

After the baby is born, the familiar sleeping environment has changed, so it loses the ability to sleep independently. At this time, what the mother should do most is not to train the baby how to sleep independently, but to try to imitate the uterus and restore the sleeping environment for the baby. This is why babies of small months need to be wrapped in swaddles to sleep, to be held by their mothers, and to be breastfed by their mothers.

Swaddling can replace the uterine wall to tightly wrap the baby, the mother's embrace can make the baby feel the familiar breath and the mother's regular heartbeat and breathing, the mother's breastfeeding can make the baby feel safe, only in this way can the baby fall asleep quickly. state. As the baby gradually becomes familiar with the new sleep environment, the ability to sleep autonomously will soon be established. When the baby gradually adapts to the new sleeping environment, the mother can gradually withdraw the sleep conditions.

Obviously, for babies under 1 year old, sleeping on the stomach is the most dangerous sleeping position. Because the muscles of babies under one year old are still very immature and weak, when suffocation occurs, they have no ability to save themselves. The concept of sleeping on the stomach started in the United States, but it is this concept of sleeping on the stomach that has cost the lives of thousands of babies. Later, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated the guidelines for the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome, which clearly stated that it is not recommended for babies to sleep on their stomachs, and the safest way to sleep is to sleep on their backs.

Epilogue

Young mothers, don’t make such low-level mistakes again. Lying on your stomach is indeed a lot of benefits for small-month-old babies. It can not only exercise the baby’s back muscles and neck muscles, but also exercise the development of the baby’s big sports, but When the baby does not have the ability to raise his head, lying down is a very dangerous behavior. It must be carried out under the supervision of the parents, and the time should not be too long, otherwise it will have a negative effect. The best way should be "sleeping on the back" play around".