Kuyo yonke incwadi yami, i-No-Cry Sleep Solution, kubonakala ukuthi zonke izingane zethu ezine zamukelwe embhedeni wethu womndeni. Mina nomyeni wami uRobert futhi sivumele izingane zethu ukuba zihlanganyele embhedeni wethu, futhi izingane zethu ziye zajabulela ukuhlanganyela "nombhede wabantwana". Nokho, okubaluleke kakhulu, yilokho esikulandelele ngokwezenkolo zonke izincomo zokuphepha zokuhlanganyela ngokulala ngentsana zethu.
Ukuphepha kokuletha umntwana kumbhede omdala bekulokhu kungxoxwa kakhulu emphakathini wanamuhla, ikakhulukazi muva nje. Ngo-1999, i-US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) yamemezela isincomo sokulwa nokulala nomntwana oneminyaka engaphansi kweminyaka emibili. Noma kunjalo, ezinye izivolonti zibonisa ukuthi abazali abangaba ngu-70% bahlanganyela ngokulala nezingane zabo noma ingxenye noma ubusuku bonke. Abazali abaningi abakhetha ukulala nabo bazibophezele ekusebenzeni futhi bathole izinzuzo eziningi kulo.
Isixwayiso se-CPSC siphikisana futhi sivuselele ingxabano phakathi kwabazali, odokotela, kanye nochwepheshe bokuthuthukiswa kwengane mayelana nokunemba nokufaneleka kwesincoma; ochwepheshe abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi le nkinga idinga ukucwaninga okwengeziwe. Okwamanje, kubalulekile ukuthi uphenye yonke imibono bese wenza isinqumo esifanele emndenini wakho. Futhi khumbula: Ngisho noma unquma ukunqanda ukulala nosana lwakho, ungabheka phambili ukuhlanganyela ubuthongo nengane yakho endala uma lokho kufanelana nomndeni wakho.
Uhlu olulandelayo lokuphepha, kanye nanoma yiziphi izinkomba zokulala ngokuhlanganyela ebhukwini lami nakule Nsizakalo, kunikezwa kulabo bazali abaye bacwaninga le nkinga futhi benze ukhetho olunolwazi lokulala nomntwana wabo. Nomaphi lapho ukhetha ukuthi ingane yakho ilele, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ulala noma ubusuku, sicela ulalele lokhu okulandelayo okulondoloziwe okuphepha:
- Umbhede wakho kufanele uphephe ngokuphelele ingane yakho. Okukhethwa kukho ukubeka i-mattress phansi, uqiniseke ukuthi ayikho imishini ingane yakho engakwazi ukuyoshada ngayo. Yenza umthamo wakho othize uyisicaba, uqine futhi ubushelelezi. Ungavumeli ingane yakho ukuba ilale ebusweni obuphansi njengamanzi aphethwe ngamanzi, isepha, i-pillowtop mattress, isihlalo se-beanbag, nanoma yisiphi esinye isakhiwo esivumelana nezimo nezivumelanisa.
- Qinisekisa ukuthi amashidi akho afakiwe ahlale ephephile futhi angeke akhishwe.
- Uma umbhede wakho uphakanyiswa phansi, sebenzisa izigcini zokuzivikela ukuze uvimbele ingane ukuba ingasuki embhedeni, futhi uqaphele ukuthi ayikho isikhala phakathi komatilasi kanye nebhodibhodi noma ibhodi lokugibela. (Ezinye izigcawu ezenzelwe abantwana asebekhulile aziphephile ezinganeni ngoba zinezikhala ezingathinta imizimba emincane.)
- Uma ubhede wakho lubekwe odongeni noma ngefenisha, hlola ubusuku bonke ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi akukho sikhala phakathi komthamo nodonga noma ifenisha lapho ingane ingabanjwa khona.
- Usana kufanele lubekwe phakathi komama wakhe nodonga noma isilondolozi. Obaba, izingane zakubo, ugogo nomkhulu, kanye nabantwana abanabantwana abanakho ukuqonda okufanayo kwendawo yengane njengoba kwenza omama. Omama: Qaphela ukuzwela kwakho kwengane. Omncane wakho kufanele akwazi ukukuvusa ngokunyakaza okuncane noma umsindo - ngokuvamile ngisho nokushaya noma ukukhipha ngokuvamile kuyanele. Uma uthola ukuthi ulala ngokujulile kangangokuthi uvusa kuphela lapho ingane yakho ikhala ngokumemeza okukhulu, cabanga ngokususa umntwana embhedeni wakho, mhlawumbe ungene embhedeni noma isikhalazo eduze kombhede wakho.
- Sebenzisa i-mattress enkulu ukuze unikeze igumbi elanele futhi ududuze wonke umuntu.
- Cabanga ngelungiselelo elithi "sidecar" lapho isikhala noma ingane ehlala khona eduze kombhede oyinhloko.
- Qinisekisa ukuthi igumbi ingane yakho ilele kuyo, futhi noma yiliphi igumbi angase likwazi ukuyifinyelela, alikho ingane. (Ake ucabange ingane yakho ikhuphuka embhedeni lapho ulala ukuhlola indlu. Ngisho noma engakwenzi lokhu - nokho-ungaqiniseka ukuthi ekugcineni uzokwenza!)
- Ungalali nomntwana wakho uma uphuze utshwala, uma usebenzise noma yikuphi izidakamizwa noma imithi, uma ulala kahle kakhulu, noma uma uhlushwa ubuthongo futhi uthola kunzima ukuvuka.
- Ungalali nomntanakho uma ungumuntu omkhulu, njengoba isisindo somzali esiningi ngokweqile senza ingozi eqinisekisiwe kumntwana esimweni sokulala. Angikwazi ukukunika isilinganiso esithile sokulinganisela komntwana; mane uhlole ukuthi wena nomntanakhe bahlala kanjani eduze komunye nomunye. Uma ingane ihamba kuwe, uma idiphozi enkulu ematithini, noma uma usola ukuthi yiziphi ezinye izimo eziyingozi, zidlale ziphephile futhi zithuthukise umntwana esihlalweni sombhede noma embhedeni.
- Susa yonke imithwalo nemigqoke ezinyangeni zakuqala. Sebenzisa ukuqapha okukhulu lapho ungeza imithwalo noma izingubo zokugqoka njengoba ingane yakho ikhula. Gqoka umntwana futhi nifudumele ngokulala. (A tip for breastfeeding mamama: gqoka i-turtleneck endala noma i-t-shirt, unqume phakathi phakathi kwe-neckline, njenge-undershirt ukuthola ukufudumala okwengeziwe.) Gcina engqondweni ukuthi ukufudumala komzimba kuzothela ukufudumala phakathi nobusuku. Qinisekisa ukuthi ingane yakho ayikhathali.
- Ungabeki izindwangu zamabhishi ngezintambo noma amathrebhisi amade. Ungagqoki izigqoko zokugqoka ukuze ulale, futhi uma izinwele zakho zide, phakamisa.
- Ungasebenzisi amafutha anamakha noma ama-lotions angathinta izinzwa zakho ezintekentekile zomntanakho.
- Ungavumeli izifuyo ukuba zilale embhedeni nomntanakho.
Ungalokothi ushiye umntanakho wedwa embhedeni omdala ngaphandle kokuba lowo mbhede uphephile ngokuphelele kumntanakho, njengomshini oqinile ophansi phansi egumbini elingaphansi kwengane, nalapho useduze noma ulalele umntwana onomntwana onokwethenjelwa.
Njengokubhalwe kwale ncwadi, azikho izinsiza zokuphepha eziqinisekisiwe ezikhona zokuvikela ingane embhede omdala. Kodwa-ke, izinyathelo ezintsha zokuqalwa ziqala ukuvela ezinkampanini zamantombazane nezitolo ngokuphendula inani elikhulu labazali abafisa ukulala ngokuphepha nezingane zabo. Ungase ufune ukubheka ezinye zezidleke, ama-wedges, ama-cradles, abavikelekile bephepha, njll.
Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, sicela uvakashele:
http://www.drgreene.com/qa/sleep-and-family-bed
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/t102200.asp
http://www.naturalchild.com/james_mckenna/sleeping_safe.html
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