To leave a five month old sleeping unsupervised on a bed

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Throwaway2025555 · 28/12/2024 16:10

The situation: a five month old baby is put down for a nap in the middle of a double bed, in a bedroom, and left unsupervised (door closed), but parents check in every so often (realistically every 3-5 minutes or so). The baby is placed in the middle of the bed. The duvet is folded down, away from the baby, a loose blanket is placed on the baby, from chest down. Two pillows are placed on either side of the baby, at the side edges of bed, in case baby rolls off bed.

YABU - this is fine, I would be happy with this situation

YANBU - this isn’t OK, I wouldn’t do this.

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ChristmasSmash · 28/12/2024 16:14

No, I think that situation is dangerous and I co slept with mine all the time.

Autumn1990 · 28/12/2024 16:14

I used to leave mine asleep on a double bed at that age but no pillows, no duvet and no blanket. Just an empty bed

user593 · 28/12/2024 16:13

I wouldn’t have done this at five months, but I do this with my eleven month old now (in a king-size bed).

Snorlaxo · 28/12/2024 16:13

Is baby rolling? I would never do this with a baby that age (risk of suffocation and falling off bed)
I’m going to assume that this is a reverse and something that your h or one of the baby’s grandmothers have done.

ForeverPombear · 28/12/2024 16:13

I wouldn't do this.

Mrsttcno1 · 28/12/2024 16:12

Not a chance I would do this. Pillows are a suffocation risk, pillows also wouldn’t 100% stop a baby from rolling off the bed, and that’s not to mention that per guidance baby should always sleep in the same room as an adult until 6 months.

Tinselskirt · 28/12/2024 16:11

Why would you even take the risk?

SunSparkle · 28/12/2024 16:11

If the baby is rolling, those pillows are a suffocation hazard.

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