Nini61948

This evokes some emotion in me - I will continue to make baby quilts although I understand the concerns. Like one post I don't know how I managed to get my children to adulthood - drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, lay on tummy, have the occasional cocktail or glass of wine - jeeeezzzz!

Seems like I saw a pattern for a bunting like thing in Clothilda's catalog...just remember - they grow so fast...how about making some big flannel hemmed square receiving blankets to match or coordinate with your baby quilts to wrap 'em in til they are quilt ready?

shnnn

When my kids were babies they slept in sleep sacks with elastic bottoms when they were newborns. I had a couple of the zipper kind, but liked the others better because I didn't have to completely undress baby to change their diapers. Just a thought...

jlm5419

Me too. My boys slept on their tummies, with blankets. One of them even ate some dirt as a toddler. Amazing, isn't it, how things change.

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Mar_ie

Now my family and friends would never have a quilt in a child's crib. A sleeping sack is used and a cotton blanket or similar weight can be a topping. Myself and John have made a wee quilt each but for use on the floor where the baby can lie and kick and see about them. Yes we may have survived all the 'hazards'which were about when we grew up but in light of all the research isn't it better safe than sorry? When the baby becomes a toddler,quilts can then be used outside when on picnics etc and its somewhere for the child to sit and play about.As for cold winters, my son lives in Berlin and the two children have done well with sleeping sacks and cotton blankets.

amandasgramma

When I had my first, I asked the nurse why we couldn't keep the baby in the room with us (3 day stay in those days). She was UPSET that I would suggest such a horrible thing!!! I pointed out that the baby would only pick up OUR germs and not the germs that come into the nursery from every other room. Two years later, I had my 2nd child.....yip - we kept him in the room with us. :) Times change, ideas change and every new generation thinks they have all the answers!!!
Oh -- also - in those days, paper diapers were frowned upon by the doctors. If your child had diaper rash, the doctor would tell you to throw away the paper diapers. Now they say to USE paper diapers. I read the other day, that they're now encouraging cloth diapers again to save the environment AND to prevent diaper rash!!! SHEESH!

ptquilts

I make baby quilts with the thinnest batting. Not puffy, more like a blanket.

I agree with the poster who said, some didn't survive. If you have the attitude, Heck we survived OK, then what is the point of any kind of progress? Immunizations, info about fetal alcohol syndrome, and other medical progress- we really don't need any of that because no matter what you do, some people will survive. Not the way I think, I would like to MAXIMIZE the number of babies and kids who survive to adulthood. Heck, they will be paying for my Social Security!!
I have a SIL who lost a child due to SIDS, 50 years ago, I bet she would have welcomed ANY info about ways to possibly prevent it.

quiltmaker

This is the SIDS network site:

http://sids-network.org/facts.htm

It states SIDS is NOT caused by suffocation!

You can google SIDS and see the government sites as well and many others. No one truly knows why this happens. It is something within the baby that causes this....there are a lot of speculations but no true answers. As stated a Mother could do everything by the book her physican tells her to do and her baby could still die of SIDS. Whether it be 60 years ago or today. No one would do anything intentionally to hurt her baby...but the scare tactics, and just outright speculations do nothing to help first time mothers and their apprehensions. Of course we all want every baby to survive but they all won't for whatever reason. I'm just sick to death of all the hype without even Doctors knowing what condition in the baby causes them to die from SIDS. That is what it is....a condition within the baby. Not some external force at play.

Mothers can and should do everything possible to protect their babies but common sense is still the most important factor in raising a child. Unfortunately not everyone has much common sense so the government has created all sorts of rules and guidelines and Doctors have to protect themselves from being sued. I am just so glad I lived in the time where Mother's were respected and knew the best for their child and if they were concerned about something they talked with their Doctor and nothing was shoved down their throats by people who pretend to know better.

ptquilts, don't hold your breath, I doubt there will even be social security from your grandchildren if they are very young. If things keep going like they are they won't have any money and will be living off the government themselves. I'm not inferring you will be because we all put our money in the pot for our government to waste as they saw fit....another group who pretends to know what is best.

lillybeck

All I can say is that it is a miracle my kids survived since I have found out all the things you are not supposed to do with them.LOL. I just do what I know is ok anyway.

Mattee

About the diapers: The recommendations have changed because cloth diapers have changed. The old-fashioned pre-folds aren't used much anymore. Now the diapers are high-tech, and often use wicking fabrics against the skin. Babies who use the newer cloth diapers rarely have issues with diaper rash. They're at least as easy as disposables, and are more comfy, less toxic, and better for the environment.

Cosy

"When my 1st baby dropped the pacifier, I threw it away. for the second, I sterilized it. For the third, I popped it in my own mouth to clean it,then gave it to the baby."