The short answer to that would be yes; there is such a thing as overused baby swings. Limit their time in a swing to one hour per day. A newborn should only use the swing in the most reclined position for no more than one hour a day.
While leaving a fussy baby in a swing will give you the much-needed pause on those long days, there is such a thing as overdoing it. Not leaving your baby in a swing for too long is rooted in reasons that go far beyond safety and into the all-important interaction and attachment theory. First formulated by John Bowlby some odd 50 years ago, the attachment theory explores the importance of the interactions between a baby and a parent.
Further down the line, harshness is associated with anxious and chaotic attachment patterns. Remember, our babies and toddlers are quick to form habits. The same holds true for naps in the swing. If your baby is struggling with naps and is past the 4 month mark, then you can try sleep training. For even more nap and schedule help, check out these members-only resources, found in our VIP Members Area:. Not a VIP member? Not a problem! While our VIP Members Area is great for DIY parents who prefer to tackle sleep challenges on their own, we know that other parents much prefer to go straight to one-on-one help.
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Or, consider emailing us for a fast and helpful response! Lil — thanks for sharing your story in such detail! Very helpful. Thanks for commenting, Lil. Where do I start, oh my. This is great advice based on common sense for the majority of people but in our house our DD dictated to us what would work or not.
There was no compromise at all, no worrying about bad habits or even SIDS because there were only certain things that would work and that was IT. My DD, when she was a baby, responded to nothing except nursing, holding, and the swing. We read books to get pointers and tricks and tried everything we read, we shushed, rocked, bounced, walked, everything. At night I dozed sitting up holding her for the first four months and then at four months a friend of the family heard I was losing my mind and gave us a swing to borrow.
And most babies would prefer to sleep in motion, too, nestled into a baby swing, car seat, or rocker. The only problem? But before you panic and kick your beloved baby swing to the curb, know this: A swing can be an amazing, sanity-saving tool when used correctly like soothing a cranky baby while you cook dinner within sight. That means:. These same tips apply to any sitting device your child might need to use. A car seat, for example, is considered the safest way for a baby to travel. Why is sleeping in a seated position so dangerous for babies?
In some cases, this slumping can lead to suffocation. In a year study performed by the AAP , sitting devices — identified in this study as car seats, strollers, swings, and bouncers — were found to have caused 3 percent, or , of the nearly 12, infant deaths studied.
Of that 3 percent, about 62 percent of the deaths happened in car safety seats. Most of the babies were between 1 and 4 months old. The study also found that these deaths were more common when babies were being supervised by a nonparent caregiver like a babysitter or grandparent. In the past, some baby swings have been recalled for their connection to infant death or injury.
Hoffman, however, says swings are just as risky as the other devices. The CPSC statement came after an independent study by a baby biomechanics expert and mechanical engineer at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences looked at what happens when babies aged two to six months sleep at various inclines.
And in fact, in many of the death reports they examined, the parents said it was the first time the babies had ever rolled. While many inclined sleepers have been recalled in the U. Many babies have trouble falling asleep in a flat, still crib, but will conk right out in a carrier, stroller, car seat or gently rocking swing. The safest thing a parent can do if their baby falls asleep in a swing, says Hoffman, is to take them out and move them into a crib or bassinet.
That baby requires constant supervision.
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