06-16-2009, 11:40 AM
Well, since you only got a few answers and they weren't very descriptive, I thought I'd put in my 2 cents. I have often wondered the same thing. I am so paranoid about placing my baby in her crib when she is sick (she is 6.5 months old), several nights I have just brought her to bed with my husband and I so I can keep an eye on her and take care of her if she wakes or cries during the night. We put a cool mist humidifier in her room to help her breathe at night. Usually if she gets too stuffy and is unable to breathe through her nose she will open her mouth and breathe through there just fine (just like us adults do in our sleep) or sometimes her stuffy nose will wake her up. And, boy, does she get mad mad mad when I use the saline spray and aspirator on her little nose, but it helps her breathe better and also helps her nurse better, poor little thing. We've been lucky that if she is fevered it usually breaks before bedtime, but I think we would also bring her into our room so we could monitor her. High fevers are scary anyways and then add the risk of SIDS to that, I would rather be right there with her just in case.
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