God speaks often and it is a matter of us listening. No I don't actually hear his voice telling me to do something, but I feel that one way God speaks to me is through my intuition. That feeling you get that nags at your mind telling you to do something. Last night I had a clear message from God as I had just fed Elijah and he had fallen fast asleep. I was sitting in his room holding him and it kept coming into my mind "its time to take the bumpers out of the crib." "Elijah has started scooting across his crib, it's time to take the bumpers out." There was this bit of an internal battle of "oh I will do it in a few days. I haven't had them in there that long this time, a few more days won't hurt." However as I battled this, the message was clear "TAKE THE BUMPER PADS OUT TONIGHT." "ok, ok, ok I will do it" So I put Elijah securely in the rocking chair, turned on the light and began to remove the bumper pads. I got out the breathable bumper that I had purchased and started putting it in place of the other bumper pads. Elijah of course woke up and Brad came in and helped me put the breathable bumper pads in, but I listened to that nagging in my mind telling me to do it. God spoke to me last night for a reason. This morning at 5:45 when Brad got up, he went in to check on Elijah and he had pushed himself all the way against the bumper and couldn't get himself away from it. If it had not been a breathable bumper pad it is very likely that he would have suffocated against the other bumpers in the crib. Twice today while he was sleeping in his crib he started to scream hysterically and when I ran in there, he had moved himself into the corner of the crib and got stuck with his face against the bumper. Once again Thank God it was the breathable bumper because I don't even want to think of what would have happened had I not listened to God's prodding of my heart last night and left the other bumper pads in the crib. God speaks often, we just have to listen to the ways he speaks to us. I have thought about this a million times today and it sends a panic through me thinking about what if I had left the bumpers in just another day. Thank you Lord for speaking clearly to me and nagging me to remove the bumpers. Thank you for protecting my children and for giving them to me to care for on this earth. I can't imagine life without them and I am thankful everyday for the 3 blessings you have given me.
*Elijah sleeps on his stomach and this is why he is able to scoot in his crib in the first place.
One other thing I have that has given me so much peace of mind is the AngelCare monitor we got. This has a pad that goes under the crib mattress and can detect a baby's breathing. It is ultra sensitive. If a child has not breathed or moved in 20 seconds it sets off a really loud alarm. Elijah set it off the other night because he scooted himself too far off the sensor and it couldn't detect him. It scared the living daylights out of Brad and I. This allows me to actually sleep most of the night without getting up to check on him. I can't imagine it without the monitor now that I have it. I would highly recommend it for anyone who has an infant, just for the peace of mind alone.
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We got a used crib for our first. It was a drop side but one side was kind of broken - a bit wobbly. I didn't think much of it initially because babies don't move at first. But when she was approaching the age where she was starting to move, we "happened" across a documentary about the dangers of drop side cribs that have sides that aren't secure and how babies can be strangled. That night, I insisted my husband fix it. And he did. I believe that we saw that on purpose for sure. So glad you listened to your intuition/gut/the Lord and Elijah is safe!
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