Baby Sleeping In Swing: Most parents use swings to make their children sleep. Children also fall asleep very easily by swinging. Children love to swing and parents can easily do their work by making the children sleep comfortably in the swing. But do you know that making children sleep in the swing can be dangerous for them. Yes, you read it right, instead of sleeping in the swing, the children should sleep on the flat ground. Doctors also advise children not to swing in the swing. In fact, while sleeping in the swing, the child’s head can tilt forward, which can cause difficulty in breathing. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) can also be a problem in children due to lack of proper sleeping position. Let us know what can be the harm of sleeping children in the swing.
Disadvantages of sleeping in a swing
1. Threat in physical development
You can make children sit in the swing because by putting them to sleep, their other activities stop, which can also stop their development. That’s why make them sleep on a flat bed so that they will also learn to walk.
2. Weakness of muscles
When there is no activity in the body, then the muscles will start getting weak. Due to weak muscles, children are unable to lift their neck properly. At the same time, by sleeping on a flat place, the child is able to take support of the neck.
3. Feeling suffocated
When you put children to sleep on the swing, their neck movement is very less, due to which they may have suffocation problems. Therefore, for some time, even if you can make the children sleep on the swing, but do not make them sleep in the swing for a long time.
4. Sour belching
Many times while sleeping on the swing, the baby lies on his stomach and when he stays in this position for a long time then he may have to face the problem of sour belching.
5.Plagiocephaly Positional Problem
Lying in one place on the swing can cause plagiocephaly positional problem in the child. In this condition, the child is unable to move the neck. The oxygen level in his body becomes low and the level of carbon dioxide becomes high, due to which all his activities stop.
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