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HALO’s owner lost a baby to SIDS and decided to start a business creating products that provide safe sleep environments for babies. If you have had a baby, you might remember coming home with the HALO Swaddle in your hospital bag. Through their products like the SleepSack, Swaddles and their newest genius creation, the Bassinet Swivel Sleeper, HALO is dedicated to keeping babies safe through the night when you can’t keep a constant watch on them. Over 1300 Swaddles have been donated to hospitals through the Safer Way to Sleep Initiative.
Here are some great safe sleep tips for moms with babies:
- ALWAYS put baby on back to sleep at nap time and night time
- Use a crib that meets current safety standards with a firm mattress that fits snugly and is covered with only a tight-fitting crib sheet.
- Remove all soft bedding and toys from your baby’s sleep area (this includes loose blankets, bumpers, pillows and positioners). The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests using a wearable blanket instead of loose blankets to keep your baby warm.
- Offer a pacifier when putting baby to sleep. If breastfeeding, introduce pacifier after one month or after breastfeeding has been established.
- Breastfeed, if possible, but when finished, put your baby back to sleep in his or her separate safe sleep area alongside your bed.
- Room share, but don’t bed share. Bed sharing can put a child at risk of suffocation.
NEVER:
- Never put your baby to sleep on any soft surface (adult beds, sofas, chairs, water beds, quilts, sheep skins etc.)
- Never dress your baby too warmly for sleep; keep room temperature 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Never allow anyone to smoke around your baby or take your baby into a room or car where someone has recently smoked.
HALO Innovations is dedicated to putting the health, safety and well-being of babies first. In fact, over 1,300 hospitals use HALO® SleepSack® wearable blankets through the HALO Safer Way to Sleep Initiative. The HALO family of products, including HALO SleepSacks and SleepSack Swaddles, SwaddeSure and the best-selling HALO BassinestTM Swivel Sleeper, help children from newborn to toddler age sleep better and safer.
You can follow HALO on social media for more updates, contests and safe sleep tips:
In honor of Mother’s Day and celebrating what it means to be a mom, HALO is giving away one of their new bassinets. Share a photo of what motherhood means to you here to enter.
Two lucky winners will also receive a Swaddle or SleepSack from HALO and The Teel House. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents and will end on 5/20. Enter on the giveaway form below.
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Disclosure: Participating bloggers are not responsible for prize fulfillment. Please e-mail karabearblu@gmail.com or theteelhouse@gmail.com with any questions or issues with the giveaway form. Big thanks to HALO for providing the information for this post as well as the prizes.
Colleen Boudreau says
I’m taking my mom out to lunch.
Denise Osborn says
Mothers day should be a calm day. Church then dinner then maybe a movie
Angela A Simmons says
My plans are hopefully to sleep in if my kids and my fur babies will let me. Husband is deployed right now so I don’t think I will be getting pamper this year unless I pamper myself lol
Laura says
I don’t have any plans yet!
Linda Manns Linneman says
I am a nurse and I have to work on Mothers Day. I will be taking care of some sick mommies
Lori Mahan says
My mom lives 500 miles away, so all I get to do is call. I plan on relaxing because my family always caters to me on Mother’s day.
Penni says
Treating my mother and sister to brunch, along with my niece and nephews!
James Robert says
I have to work all day on Mother’s Day
Nancy says
We went out for lunch on Mother’s Day.
Candie L says
My family took me out to dinner and a drive in movie. Thank you
Amanda Lea says
Mothers day plans were to just hang out at home and have a relaxing day.
Kim Kessler says
Built a garden and put up a clothes line, no dishes!
Jerrica Evans says
We went out to eat and to the movies on Mother’s Day.
laurie murley says
we had a bar bue que for me and my mother for mothers day