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No quilts for newborns. He says they are a health hazard. http://quilting.craftgossip.com/neve...ait/2014/12/13

It's a wonder any of us survived.

The quilt I am making for my yet to arrive GD will be hung till she is old enough to use it.

Weather in western NC is not nearly as cold as in other areas of the USA, but we can have brutal winter weather sometimes. How did anyone survive? I grew up where quilts were made of necessity - not for beauty of shows. I'm sure my mom covered us quite well with quilts on those cold nights in a farmhouse with no insulation. And I'm still around!!!

They may not be of use in a crib, but babies need lots of tummy time. I encourage my friends who get "crib size" to toss them on the floor, use them as diaper changing pads, just use them up and toss them in the wash. Use them where ever you aren't certain of what you are laying your baby on. They aren't for sleep they are for activity.

I think it's ridiculous.

My oldest grandkids are 10, and this was the recommendation then. It's not new. But quilts can be used as wall hangings, used on the floor to provide a clean place for baby to play, etc. All my grandkids have quilts, either ones I made, or ones other friends made. None of them were used in the crib. All the quilts were appreciated.

Just think about the evolution of car seats!

I agree 100% with Tartan. "Everyone does the best they can with the knowledge they have at the time."

My children are in their 50's now, and I never put a quilt in the crib until they were about a year old and could handle the weight.

Well, a local hospital is accepting our charity quilts for babies. I gave one to my son and DIL and they used it in the play pen and on the floor when he was wide awake, for changing.

I am a week old Grandma today, and all the doctors, nurses, etc, last week stressed the fact of having nothing in the crib, but do swaddle the baby tight in the receiving blanket while in the crib. The quilts and blankets will have plenty of uses until they are old enough to sleep with them.
It is amazing how we all did survive without all the "technology" they now have. Especially now everyone has a monitor even down here in Florida where most of the homes are one story!

Being the mother of three little one (oldest being 5 and youngest being 2 month) I will add my two cents. It`s true that these days there is quite overwhelming recommandations regarding newborn (and children in general) and we all end up thinking at one point that we all survived even if we didn't follow these rules. But these recommandations are given because tragic incidents happened to somebody somewhere. Even if one child on a million ends up being strangled with his/her blanket in his/her crib, we will all agree it`s too much. I must say that it happen two time to my babies when they were small to have their head wrapped up in a blanket. It was always in a situation where I was not following my usual sleep routine (like at a friend's house, where the baby falled asleep in my arm wrapped in a blanket, and I had put her or him in a playpen). Nothing happened because I was in the next room and checking on them. But because you can't be sure to be always there at the right moment, you don't want to take any chance.
Now, one have also to use some common sense and his/her knowledge of the baby's habit. When my babies are small, I like to put a quilt folded on the lower part of their body (from the waist to the toes). Flannel or fleece receiving blankets are too lightweight to be safetly put on a crib because the baby can grab it with his/her small arm, but quilt are heavy and don't move. I also feel safe to put a quilt in a crib and put my baby to sleep on it (because of the weight, it will not move). You may not want to do this with a piece of art, but a quilt is so absorbant that it will "drink" any pee incident and you just have to toss it. It`s so convenient not to have to change a crib sheet at 3 AM!
Quilts are also very usefull like everybody said to serve as play mat, changing pad, car blanket, etc. My daughter is 5 years old and she have not be a single day without her quilt since she is born.

Tesspug, thank you for the post. Have found some great ideas. Love the sweater blanket (I knew I would have a use for the extra sweaters I have been keeping).

Make quilts for newborns just big enough to cover them, but not the bed is what I did.

Yeah how did we survive? My kids are in their late thirties and they survived too. The baby quilt can be for outings and to save for later years. I agree with keeping things out of the crib.

Here is the label I put on one of the quilts I gifted: a gentle reminder that it was made to be used on the floor, outside etc, but USED.

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I've made many baby quilt in the last 30 years and some of those babies have graduated college this year, a couple have passed them down. Maybe someone should make him a quilt.....lol!!!

Its amazing how science, medicine and technology has so changed us as a human species. My kids were on their tummy's, had small quilts, afghans for sleeping. Used a sleep sac sort of (the one where its a nightgown and ties at the bottom). Had mittens for their hands at night so they didn't scratch themselves. Fed them real infant rice cereal before they were 3 months old; so they would sleep through the nights. Amazing .. we all lived through it ...
My parents never had a child seat for me, I used to sleep in the back of the station wagon when we went on vacations.

But alas so much has changed since my childhood; my kids' childhood and my granddaughters childhood and will continue to change for many years as Science and Medicine becomes more progressive.

I think that's why they call it practicing medicine-they still haven't gotten it right.

And, funny how we grew up fine and know how to take a chance and not always look for what is safe in life. Nor do we expect life to be always safe. I'm glad I grew up then and not now with so many "don'ts" around that not only take away some supposed dangers, but take away a lot of the basic joys.

When my son was born they told me not to touch him when he came out. they would lay him on my chest but no touch. When my daughter was born they told me I could touch her if I did it through the sheet. When my youngest daughter was born, they said touch her, we don't care.

I made a rag quilt with flannel for my new Great granddaughter but I told her Mother to save for awhile because of the fringe.

All my infant grands have the breathing alert system under their mattress pad. If no breathing is detected in 30 seconds, an alarm goes off that will wake the whole house. Why worry, get the alarm. My DD is a RN and she has two alarm pads in the crib to cover the whole mattress. She uses a crib quilt and the crib on an incline.

I agree with no quilt in the crib until baby is old enough to move around, roll over etc. as a former pediatric nurse, I know the devastation of SIDS. That being said, I have given all my grandchildren quilts. Their parents know that it is not intended for bedtime( they swaddle) but they have been well used for tummy time and play time.

I raised three children and they had a quilt or blanket, pillow, bumper pads, and their crib was lined every inch with stuffed animals. And they are all ok today.

But sadly, I had a friend who lost her baby to sids. Just because our children survived, doesn't mean squat. We were lucky. SIDS rate has dropped drastically since the new guidelines were put into place. That's a fact.

I have made numerous quilts for my first granddaughter. They were loved and used extensively (on outings, in the stroller, tummy time, in the car seat, ect) but never in a crib. Now she is two and she sleeps with those same quilts every nigh.