Is this product reliable and comfortable for tummy sleepers? My baby is six months old and has started rolling onto her tummy and face planting....
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I would not put it on a tummy sleeper. Once my baby started rolling over, it would leave a little red mark on his tummy or it would fall off. I used it until he started rolling over, and now I use the under the mattress monitor instead.
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Shannon, I use this every nap and every night. It depends on how much you baby moves around at night as they get older, and how securely you slide it on to the front of their diaper (you need to fold the top front of the diaper under a half an inch or so to provide a secure place with enough material to keep the Snuza in place). The Snuza is perfect, it probably comes off once every month if the baby is rolling all over in which case you hear it, pick it up from the crib mattress and slide it back on the diaper. Tummy sleeping is perfectly fine, and my baby has never noticed it's on, and you can hear it if it ever goes off. Bottom line: Get this, it's the most important purchase I've ever made as it saved my baby's life when he stopped breathing one night at about four months...scariest night ever, but after picking him back up and rocking him the stimulation started him breathing again. Sometimes babies forget to breathe when they are asleep because of the immaturity of their brain stem, and I would never put my child down for a nap or at night without this on. Never. Two of my friends had babies die of SIDS. I wonder how different their lives would be if they had bought this and used it. Blessings to you...
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No, its not for my 7 month old. The Snuza was absolutely fabulous when my tummy sleeper was very young, but now that she can move around it falls off quickly and sounds false alarms. I havent been able to use it since she was about 4 1/2 months old. I would look into an Angle Care if you're still concerned.
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Use Painters Tape - it will reinforce the Snuza if you have a super active little one.My twin girls are both tummy sleepers, and it has never bothered them. The sensor is pretty soft. One of my girls is very active and her Snuza's grip wasn't a match for her backscooting and practicing crawling every night. So now when we clip it on the girls we use a little piece of thin painters tape to help give it staying power. No more false alarms.
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It works fine for us as far as staying on and picking up movement, the only concern I have is that should the alarm go off, I'm not sure how well we'd hear the alarm since it would be muffled by the mattress.
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Yes. My twins have slept on their tummies and the sensor never left contact with their skin. You don't have to worry about it coming off and you not knowing, because if it loses contact with their stomach the alarm will sound. That only happened once to us while one of my babies was on his side. I highly recommend these monitors. I've been using over a month now for my preemie twins and have not had one problem!
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Hi Laura, My baby I 5 months and I find she uses it to e active - kicking, bouncing. He has never slept in it! For sleep we use the fisher price rock and play. Hope that helps!
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Hello... I bought this pillow for my son when he was 4 months old to round out his head a bit and to avoid one of those terrible helmets. It worked!!! He sleeps with is every night and is now a bit over 1 year old. I too was a bit nervous but he LOVED it. A great pillow for the $. If you are nervous and I was too....use it the first couple of times at nap time and check up periodically. then if all goes well and it will use it at night time. Hope this helps you :-) If just for looks and cute, You should wait for 6 months. My baby had a flat head so it was really necessary... either way your baby will love it!! Hello... I bought this pillow for my son when he was 4 months old to round out his head a bit and to avoid one of those terrible helmets. It worked!!! He sleeps with is every night and is now a bit over 1 year old. I too was a bit nervous but he LOVED it. A great pillow for the $. If you are nervous and I was too....use it the first couple of times at nap time and check up periodically. then if all goes well and it will use it at night time. Hope this helps you :-) If just for looks and cute, You should wait for 6 months. My baby had a flat head so it was really necessary... either way your... » Read More Hello... I bought this pillow for my son when he was 4 months old to round out his head a bit and to avoid one of those terrible helmets. It worked!!! He sleeps with is every night and is now a bit over 1 year old. I too was a bit nervous but he LOVED it. A great pillow for the $. If you are nervous and I was too....use it the first couple of times at nap time and check up periodically. then if all goes well and it will use it at night time. Hope this helps you :-) If just for looks and cute, You should wait for 6 months. My baby had a flat head so it was really necessary... either way your baby will love it!! « Show Less
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I would suggest looking at the tummy clincher I think it's called. This is perfect if you just had a baby to shrink down your uterus down quicker. It is amazing I had twins and by day 3 you couldn't even tell I gave birth. Now it doesn't fit now and I am 4 months post it basically keeps every thing together I wouldn't say it shapes.
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Our 2yo is a belly sleeper too. At first she would start out on the pillow and end up off of it in the morning or by the end of nap time. It has since settle and she sleeps on it regularly. She loves having a pillow like mommy and daddy. We bought her's in June of this year. So, yes, it will settle.
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A family members baby has been sleeping on it since she first came home and she is just fine. My 9 mo old sleeps on it every night since she was 7 mo old, I highly recommend it. Her head doesn't sink into the mattress but it's definitely not as firm as regular baby mattresses
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I saw no reason to get a dual firmness mattress. I figured if the only thing your baby has ever slept on is a firm mattress, they won't suddenly decide they want a softer mattress when they're a toddler, so why bother. My daughter has slept completely comfortably on this for the past 5 months (she's now 11 months) and don't forsee any need to switch to something softer in the future.
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My LO wasn't sleeping on his stomach at the time, so he was fine with it. He outgrew it just as he started to roll on his side to sleep. I will say this, it seems like a baby would have a very hard time rolling completely over in the suit. Remember the movie "A Christmas Story" where the kid says "I can't put my arms down!" It's more like that.
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My LO does look pretty comfortable in this seat. It seems to naturally contour his body, not pin him in. We are so happy with this seat we bought two more for our second car and Grandma. Hope that helps.
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No, it's perfect firmness. My 4-mo old loves it, even to play and practice his tummy time. If it were softer (like our bed) he wouldn't be able to do tummy time so well (hands would sink a little into mattress).
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Yes. My baby is 16 mon. old and still using the deepest reclined position (rear facing) so that she is comfortable if she falls asleep.The recline feature is one of the main reasons I chose this seat.
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I did not had problem with rolling down. I had my son. On the 24th September and I still wore it. It supors my back! Goop porches!
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We used ours until our daughter was actively rolling around. At 5 months she would sometimes get 'wedged' or 'cross-ways' in the bassinet while trying to turn on her back in a circle. Typically though if she was tired and ready to be asleep it wasn't an issue. However, once your baby starts rolling, I'd highly recommend discontinuing the bassinet. For that reason, I'd also never use it on an elevated or uneven surface. Our daughter never came close to tipping it, but certainly if left unattended she may be able to get it over. She's now 7 months and 17.5 pounds.
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You're welcome! I understand. You're being cautious of course! Another item I used for all 3 of my babies was a "wedge" that kept the baby on their backs.. Course they can't roll anyway ... BUT it keeps them firmly in place - which is good.. And gives the parents more peace of mind. Good luck!! :)
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I love this product, it gives me peace of mind at night! Our baby was premature as well but not as premature as yours... Make sure when you clip on the Snuza that you fold over the diaper before clipping it on otherwise you will have false alarms!
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I have not try using it for tummy time, but I don't see why it would be a problem. My son has been using the lounger since he was born. Its perfect for both, to give you and idea, if you have seen the boppy pillows that are U shape, its almost the same except the lounger is at an angle, its not hollow and it is raised from the head/back area.
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It was definitely comfortable to lay on. Once I had it on our daughter's mattress and covered it with the fitted sheet, I tested it out before laying her on it for the night. I seems extremely comfortable. Soft but not mushy. Our daughter did not do well on the firm crib mattress like they suggest for infants so this was the perfect solution for us. Hope that helps you decide. I definitely recommend this product to anyone who's asked.