Can newborns sleep on a hard bed?

In our lives, many babies are not given pillows by their mothers after they are born, because they think it is better for their growth to let them sleep flat. Some babies may not have a particularly round head when they are born, so mothers will give them something harder to help them sleep with a round head. So can newborns sleep on a hard bed?

For growing children, most of the day is spent in bed. The bed has a great influence on their growth.

Some parents want their children to sleep comfortably and give them soft mattresses; others think it is better for their children to sleep on a hard bed. In fact, these are all wrong. If continued in the long run, they will affect the growth and development of children.

A mattress that is too soft may be comfortable to sleep on but is easy to sink into and difficult to turn over. A mattress that is too hard cannot properly support various parts of the body and may cause more serious chronic damage to the spine, especially for growing children. Once the spine is damaged, it will not only affect their growth and body shape, but may also affect the development of internal organs.

The spine is a slight S shape when viewed from the side. Support for the human spine cannot be achieved simply by relying on hard wooden boards.

Children tend to lie flat when sleeping. When lying flat, the abdomen of the child will cause pressure on the concave lumbar vertebrae, which will be subjected to downward force. However, the hardwood bed cannot provide support for the concave waist. The thoracic and cervical vertebrae in the upper part of the body will naturally tilt forward, affecting the development of the spine.

If you want to ensure that the mattress can effectively support the entire S shape, you must ensure that the mattress can fit the hips and back and convex at the waist and neck. Be hard where it should be hard, and be soft where it can be soft.

Children's mattresses typically contain multiple layers of padding to extend comfort and enhance support. New mattresses often leave marks from the human body, which indicates that the upper cushioning layer is playing a role in adapting to the body shape for comfort.

To avoid sleeping on an angled mattress, parents are advised to swap the mattresses front to back, left to right, or corner to corner every two or three months during the first year after purchasing them. This will ensure that the mattress is evenly distributed, and you can then flip it over about every six months.

Occasionally changing the direction of the mattress can balance the wear of various parts of the mattress and extend the service life of the children's mattress.

When buying a children's mattress, parents can press it with their hands to feel the softness and hardness, and at the same time determine whether the filling of the inner cushion is evenly distributed. It is best to let your child lie down and feel whether he is comfortable.