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Reduce SIDS Risk with Pip and Grow’s The Smitten

  • September 21, 2017
  • by Melissa Lawrence

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Sudden Unexplained Infant Death (SUID), which includes SIDS and accidental suffocation, is the leading cause of preventable death in infants under the age of one. Tragically, each year approximately 3,500 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly during sleep. Although experts have long debated what causes SIDS, we know for a fact that when putting baby to sleep, we must rid baby’s environment of loose blankets and bedding that can obstruct baby’s breathing.

How to Reduce the Risk of SIDS

Introducing the Smitten Bassinet Box. Based on a European tradition and manufactured right here in the USA, the Smitten Bassinet Box is a lightweight, portable safe sleep place for home, a relative’s house, playdates and more. Child safety experts at two leading universities conceived of this clever little box to help reduce the risk of SIDS in newborns.
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How Should Babies Sleep

Experts advise that newborn babies who are not strong enough to lift their little heads sleep free of any loose materials that can interfere with breathing.
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With this goal in mind, The Smitten helps keep your baby safe as it:
  • Allows for baby to easily sleep on their back
  • Encourages co-sleeping safety
  • Weighs just two pounds, making it light and portable so it is always at hand
  • Has been tested to carry up to 100 pounds, which makes it more than strong enough for your little one
  • Can provide a sleep place for you infant to up to 6 months, the riskiest period for SIDS and suffocation
  • Is easy to assemble for convenient sleep
  • Is made from, eco-conscious, & non-toxic materials

Pip & Grow's The Smitten

And here’s an added perk. You can keep your little one safe and help other families do the same. Choose “buy one, give one for $30 more” in the Smitten Shop and you can send a second Smitten to a family in need. That’s enough to make a mama feel good.The day you came into my life, I knew what my purpose was. To love and protect with everything I have.Where did your newborn sleep? With you? In the crib? In a bassinet? Let me know in the comments below and thanks so much for reading!

This is a sponsored post. CloudMom received monetary compensation for this post. The ideas and opinions expressed in this post are my own.

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    Amelia Johnson

    Such an important topic to give light to!

    Natalie

    Every parent needs to know about SIDS risk!

    cloudmom

    Yes they do and hopefully this will help raise awareness of it!

    Pat Ferro

    I have learned the ABC of sleeping.. Alone on the Back in a Crib to help prevent sids..

    Cheryl Chervitz

    What a great idea. I would have used it when my kids were little.

    cloudmom

    Isn’t it? I love that this is a great and safe option for new parents today!

    shannon fowler

    This is a great article. I know so many of my friends who worry with their first baby.

    kathypease

    We lost our son Justin to SIDS in 1988..I wish they had had products like this back then.

    cloudmom

    Very sorry to hear that, Kathy. I can’t even imagine. I just hope to help raise awareness of SIDS and prevent this from happening to others. xxx

    Amy Diane Leigh

    With me. I had something like this but other as as neat. Also had one of those high cribs…or play pens with a little bed kind of like this for beside the bed where you are down one side to comfort or bright the baby to you to nurse.

    Jerry Marquardt

    I thank you for the information on this. I give to this cause at least two times a year.

    cloudmom

    Thanks for reading, Jerry! It’s very important to be aware of and informed on SIDS!!

    rosannepm

    My newborns slept in a crib and on their sides (1978-1991) Rosanne

    Elicia P

    Yep, I will be the one to say it. My kids sleep in bed with me. Safely that is. Pretty much thought there was a study that safe co-sleeping was a reducer in SIDS.
    With that said. I think I read that in Europe they are sending new moms home with this for their babies to sleep in.
    Wish the US would get on board. I do like this option although, my kids still would sleep with me. As I have a co-sleeper next to the bed but it did not last too long.

    Dana Rodriguez

    This is a great article. A good friend of mine lost her baby to SIDS and it was devastating. I wish she had had a Smitten.