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7. Is it possible to introduce a Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product to a child over 12-18 months? And how long is it sensible to keep using it?
Yes, the Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product was originally designed for babies 8-9 months old up to 3 years of age. The Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product was invented by Miriam Rutherford, a mother with a nursing background for her own children. Many people use the Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product with special needs children also. We are told that it is fantastic on boats, where it is used with or without a leighcloth and with children from newborn up to 7 years of age! See the website ‘Testimonials’ ‘Boating’.
An older child out of the high SIDS risk period may be taught to turn within the Sleepwrap® and sleep in their desired position
People like to introduce older babies to Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product for the following reasons:
* To help keep blankets on
* Ease of travel: Safely used on boats. The Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product is the most practical, compact, economical alternative to a portable cot – literally a bed in a bag! – will fit around mattresses anywhere in the world, and takes up a lot less space than a portable cot.
* Ease with transition from cot to bed
* More restful sleeping: As the Sleepwrap® product will centralise the baby’s position in the bed (while still allowing a flexible natural degree of movement) these often dangerous or simply awkward positions don’t tend to happen and babies sleep longer. Then the whole family gets more sleep. It is normal for most babies to wake once or twice during the night and often the cosy feeling of security that the flexible boundaries of the Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product provides seems to help them naturally fall back to sleep again with a minimum of fuss.
* To help prevent cot/bed accidents: most babies 12-18 months of age have only a one-way-no-reverse-gear creeping ability which often places them with heads, legs or arms jammed into awkward and/or dangerous positions. Some often ending up underneath bedding or freezing cold without their covers still on.
* To aid with positioning in various medical situations and/or recovery
To introduce a Safe T Sleep™ Sleepwrap® product to an older child, simply use education through play, by using a favourite toy or teddy and explain how the Sleepwrap® product will keep them safe and warm, showing how teddy loves the Sleepwrap® product etc. Remember to carefully read product instructions.
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