The Nurse Puts Mom's Newborn In A Cardboard Box Then She Touches The Bottom And Feels It

#1 Pennsylvania Hospital Has A Great Gift For New Mothers

Nurses at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia are presenting over 3,000 new mothers with a very unusual new gift when they deliver their baby at the hospital.

#2 A Baby Box Is Great For The baby's Health And Contains Gift Products As Well

That gift is a large cardboard box! The new moms are encouraged to take the box, which is lined with a mattress, as a first bed for their infant. Yes, they are putting the newborns to sleep in lined boxes, and it's is amazing. The Baby Box is in accordance with recommended infant sleep accommodations and is easy to carry the infant home in and to keep beside the mother's bed before it's ready to be moved to a crib or bassinet.

#3 The Newborn Baby Box And Safe Sleep Recommendations

Dr. Megan Heere hopes that giving out these cardboard boxes will lower the infant mortality rate, which is almost double the national average in her state. One young mother who had a tough birthing said that the box was something great to get her over the hurdle to when bringing the baby home with until she could get something more permanent.

#4 The Box Helps Prevent Newborns Death By Suffocating

Many parents will want to sleep with their newborns at night, but that is not actually a safe sleeping arrangement. In fact, a newborn baby is more likely to accidentally suffocate in a blanket or a soft mattress. They are now recommending wrapping the infant in a swaddling cloth or sack and placing it in a small cardboard box for a better sleep.

#5 The Box Is A Handy Sleeping Arrangement For Early Arrivals

The box is especially useful for women who deliver early and have not even had time to fully assemble the baby's new room. The boxes actually help prevent Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) and have been popular in Sweden and Finland for many years.

#6 The Boxes Are Filled With Gifts

Aside from doubling as a bed, the Baby Box contains useful items such as a thermometer, clothing, 2 blankets, a sleep sack, reading material explaining how to safely put a newborn child to sleep, as well as coupons for diapers, formula, and other baby care products.

#7 Dr. Megan Heere Speaks About Proper Sleeping Arrangements For Newborns

"The American academy of pediatrics recommends that your baby should sleep alone on their back in their own crib. We also recommend the use of a firm mattress and not an adult bed. The baby should be room sharing but not bed sharing with the parent."

#8 It's Inexpensive And Better For Your Newborn

One new mother sent home with her baby in a box said her newborn loved it and slept through the night because it was like sleeping in a bassinet from the hospital. "It was something good that I could just use then and there and didn;t have to worry about assembling of using tools to put a crib together."

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