Anyone else having anxiety towards SIDS?

The owlet sock is a must!!

It was so weird for me sleeping once I first brought home my son! He’s 5 weeks old now. I felt like if I slept then something would go wrong. That feeling passed for me. I don’t have owlet sock. He sleeps in a bassinet attached to my bedside. We definitely need the sleep 😅 but I did wake at any little movement or sound he made. Now he sleeps pretty peacefully for the most part. I would say totally normal how you feel. You’ll figure it all out! Try not to stress too much

Second the owlet sock!x

I had this issue especially when my daughter was 3 months because we couldn’t put her down without a blanket people might look at this comment and call me a bad mom or person but personally I couldn’t stress over it after so long of not sleep because of it I done everything I could to prevent it but at the end of the day if it’s going to happen it will happen regardless of what you do that’s why it’s called sudden infant death syndrome but what a lot of people don’t realize now in the US they are saying the age is now 2. Momma the best advice I can give you is to take a breath I know easier said and done, stop reading about sids because it will only stress you out if it makes you feel better set an alarm for every hour to check on baby.

If you are extremely worried, get the owlet sock. My son still sleeps with us and I am not even considering putting him into his own room until he is one. Get the owlet sock. And yes, stop reading about it. There is nothing you can do to prevent it outside of following safe sleep guidelines. Just remember that it’s extremely rare. You are going to be a great mommy! ♥️

Same as others. Get the owlet sock!!!! Sanity saver for sure. It’s a lot of money but so so worth it

Yes! I did when our baby was younger and she is now 11 months old

Crib is safer then sleeping with baby. I have 5 kids and baby on the way. I have never used anything special besides make sure their face isn't covered.

I had that fear as well. I had really bad anxiety as soon as it started to go dark outside, but I kept reminding myself that it is extremely rare. In the uk, it's roughly 1 in 4000. I personally didn't use anything to monitor my son, I just followed all the advice by the lullaby trust and he slept in my roon until he was 9 months. Try not to watch any videos about it either because that will just make more appear (I learnt that the hard way when every second video on tiktok was about it). I honestly think the best route to go down is talking to someone like your health visitor or midwife about your concerns, and they can guide you through them x

Please look into http://https//www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/ Try not to worry as of now, once we become mum our instinct will eventually help us understand a lot . I didn’t use any special equipments, made sure baby’s bed was safe enough. Baby has to be in same room as you minimum age 6 months. I didn’t use any special equipment, with first baby I was always around her. With second , seldom times m with him and monitor thru video always while maintaining safe space on his bed.

I have the owlet sock on my registry legit because of this😭

If your baby is full term with no health issues, in a non-smoking household, and sleeping on a safe surface, I read that they are like 6x more likely to be struck by lightning in their lifetime than they are to die of SIDs. That stat helped me a lot when I felt anxious during my babies early days

I feel the same way I won't be able to sleep. I'll be too busy watching him breathe 🙃

I was super scared with my daughter. She had Laryngomalacia, and all they’d tell me to do is make sure her lips and feet/hands don’t turn blue due to lack of oxygen. I was a MESS. But I promise that feeling goes away! Not sure if you’re a Tik tok user, but that was a major trigger for me too. I’d see a lot of videos of babies dying due to SIDs and i thought it was gonna happen to me. So if you are, I would block certain words from showing up on your FYP to minimize the scary stuff. There’s certain things you can do to lower the risk. Safe sleep, pacifier while sleeping, fan in the room, etc

@Mary false sense of security. Also I've been seeing lots of videos about it leaving burns on the babies feet

I think that's probably everyone's biggest fear just before birth and immediately after. Just look into all safe sleep practices to help prevent it. You're automatically going to shoot up out of your sleep and check on your baby. The anxiety around sids is awful. Don't keep yourself awake trying to watch the baby sleep. You don't want to make yourself a danger to your baby. Firm, flat surface for sleep with a tight fitted sheet. Bassinet, pack n play or crib. No stuffed animals or crib bumpers. Don't overdress the baby for sleep. Overheating is a big part of the problem. Keep the room a cooler temp, nothing over 72. Airflow. If you have a ceiling fan you can keep it on low or some other fan to help circulate the air around the baby but dont point the fan right on it lol. Don't let baby sleep in swings, bouncers or carseat if the carseat is not in the car.

This article has info from a recent study on SIDs which I think is interesting. https://www.verywellhealth.com/cause-of-sids-study-5296144 Read it fully to see what all can be done on your end to prevent SIDs.

We’re getting the owlet sock, it’s worth every penny in my eyes xx

I got the Babysense monitor it tracks your baby breathing motions and will set off an alarm if baby stops breathing for longer than 20 seconds! We love it you can put it in the bassinet and move to the crib when they transition - the owlet never stayed on our daughter 🩵