Swings are known to lull babies to sleep, but the fact is, they aren't safe for overnight sleep or even napping.
struggled to get her first baby to fall and stay asleep, for months on end. “She was up every 45 to 90 minutes almost every night for her entire first year,” she recalls.
or objects near them, and swings don’t meet that criteria, says Ben Hoffman, a paediatrician and the chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ council on Injury, Violence and Poison Prevention. Other concerns are that your baby could turn their head and suffocate against the soft padding, become entangled in the straps, or roll over in the swing.
Hoffman, however, says swings are just as risky as the other devices. “We have grave concerns about any infant sleeping at an incline regardless of the device. There have been a number of reports and papers published over the years around the dangers of infants sleeping in positional devices, whether it’s swings or car seats or inclined sleepers,” says Hoffman.
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