SAY 'NO' TO SARUNG BUAIAN (CRADLE)

I attended a CPR for infant course conducted by paed who is a certified instructor from the American Academy of Paeds and had been grilled on home accident prevention. Even high chair is not recommended. Or the sarung buaian. I am not over paranoid but I had been in hospitals long enough to see what kind of horrific accidents can happened even under the closest scrutiny. So, my vote is NO to sarung buaian. _________________ Lilian

I would not feel safe to put my baby in a sarong craddle, so many instances of cradle accidents we read in the newspapers. Secondly, you need to bring the motorised sarong cradle every where you go, even on holiday since your baby is so used to rocking before he can sleep. just my 2 sen. _________________ Geok Hong

I totally agree with the rest abou the sarong mishaps. I really hate (sorry!) the idea of a sarong though many at times tempted (yes.....contradicting myself too!) But I agree with Lilian that it is very dangerous plus to add my 2 cents worth , your little BB can't see much from the sarong too! Unless you plan to use it only to make her sleep and later transfer her out to the cot/bed......but again..... old habits die hard. Tricia

I used sarong craddle for my first son. It was 5 years back. No doubt it made my life easier coz it doesn't take so much time to put baby to sleep. But the disadvantage was we have to bring the sarong craddle stuff everywhre we go and it occupied a lot of space in the car bonnet. That time I was not aware how dangerous the sarong craddle coz it was the old folks (my parents & supported by parents in law) idea to use the sarong craddle for the baby. And being a naive mother, just follow ler.. Now I know that sarong craddle should be avoided. My friends told me some of scaries stories about baby fell out of it etc..etc..(Lilian...can't wait to hear your stories) so my next mission for the second baby... use baby cot. Eventhough I'm not sure how I'm suppose to do that coz it is just so commom in Malay culture (esp my parents and inlaws) are considered 'tradisional' type of Malay people. Aiya... have another 3 months to think before the baby is out... _________________ Ibu to Wafi

Aiyah... please don't wait for my scary stories lar. 'Cos I heard them from others only so cannot repeat 'cos not very professional lar. But I know Maria told me that she read in the paper about a baby who fell off the sarung buaian and died. And yeah, I know a few babies who had bad knocks on the head and only develop problems later on. My newphews and nieces used to sleep in the sarung buaian too. A few of the dangers I can see are: 1. You need a safefy pin to secure the top and bottom (if using kain sarung). That safety pin can bend too much due to pressure and it can opened up. I do not know how the new sarung buaian is like lar. 2. A baby can turn in the sarung buaian, put his head out and may choke/strangle if no one notice. 3. Some medical professionals had told me that in the district hospitals (usually the rural areas), a lot of children had bad knocks on the head because the string used to tie the sarung broke. 4. If you have older toddlers, they may take that as a toy and shake the sarung too hard causing injury to newborn's brain. It is very dangerous to shake a baby too hard, as you all know. _________________ Lilian

The nurse in UMMC told me most of the house accident happen to kids/babies--1st killer, walker. 2nd killer, sarong cradle. I told my MIL and my mom about this before, I still ended up have two sarong cradle in my house, so much thanks to two of them, but the girls never like it, so now it still nicely pack in plastic bag place in the store room, dare not to give people. Confucian said--don't give people something we don't want/know it is danger. the recent news I read from the paper was the baby died after being strangle by the string. when baby bump their head sometime have no immediate sign of hurt, may be later only found there are something wrong about the baby, but will never associate the matter with the sarong cradle, so the parents also blur blur wandering lor. My niece felt from the sarong before, she was about a year old then, my late FIL felt in sleep half way rocking her, and she woke up rolling inside then "flop!", there she is--on the floor crying, luckily nothing happen to her. later still put her in the sarong, but add a lot pillow underneath, some people just never learn. and she even open the safety pin play with it, put it in her mouth , FIL dare ot to tell her parents (his son), came back told my MIL. and do you all know that some baby very clever can swing the sarong cradle by themself? I friend once told me how clever her 15 months old son was, rock the cradle himself, then I told her what happen he climb out by himself? she keeps away the sarong cradle immediately. _________________ Maria Ho Twins Isabelle & Annabelle born 25-11-2002.

Hemm..i'm glad that my baby does not need any buaian or sarong cradle to be put to sleep. Just put him anywhere & if he sleepy, he just dozed off. The best place he loves to sleep soundly is our car. The point is never, ever introduce one's baby with sarong cradle / buaian even yor baby cries a lot, sleepless, fussy so much. Hey, my baby during confinement period, kuat betul menangis especially wee hours. MIL suka2 put my baby in the buaian, & I tell her straight away, I wish not to use one at all (jahatnya I). Even, sometimes when she babysit my baby, she would just LOOOveeee to attempt that. I will tell her nicely that buaian is unavailable at the nursery & I don't wish to purchase one (just some lame excuse). Why? I will never forget how hassle it was my elder siblings has to carry practically everywhere the buaian. I also 'heard' stories about the danger using one. Proud to say, in my family, I'm the only (especially being the youngest sibling) who banned sarong cradle/buaian . _________________ Hanz