Any baby sleeps like this too?
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| Ian at 2 months old |
This is Ian at 2 months old. Big baby right? This is the result of feeding at every hour. My friend commented that he looked like the cartoon character, DragonBall. Haha. Anyway, my Mommy placed him in this stomach down position so as to make him sleep longer. It does helps but there must always be someone beside to look after him.
Sleeping stomach down is actually a preferred position in previous generations like our granny generations. They claimed that baby sleeps better and longer as opposed to stomach facing up as baby tends to have reflex which caused them to have a startled action. The action looks like they got a fright or got electrocuted. That is called a Startle or Moro reflex. This will cause a sleeping baby to get awaken and then having difficulty to go back to sleep, which is the also the reason for swaddling newborns till 3 months old or longer.
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| Awwwww….adorable max! |
Startle or Moro reflex may also cause the baby to fling their arms out, extend their legs or a jerk in their body. All these actions will result in a crying baby. Swaddling keeps the arms and legs all tied up making them feel that they are still in Mommy's womb. Do not worry much, such reflex will go away in about 2 months or less.
Since then, we have been putting him tummy down all the time. He seems to like it. Having said that the mattress must be free of dust, hair and all kinds of dirt. My SIL, being a super neat,tidy and clean freak person, uses a lint roller to clean her mattress and pillows every night before hitting the slumberland. This is what she uses.
IKEA Lint Roller
This IKEA Lint Roller is good stuff! Unlike the other kind of roller that has to use water to wash off the dirt , this one just need to peel it off and there the new one it is.
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| Clean Roller |
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| Dirt got stuck on it |
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| Just tear it off |
What happens when it runs out? Buy another roller? Ikea have the refills too.
He just loves to sleep like this now.
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