Sleeping in swing??

Question

So during the day my daughter mostly takes her naps in a swing. These naps are mostly an hour and never longer than two hours, 2-3 times a day. And always supervised. I have seen some stuff recently about how it isn’t good to let them sleep in swings, but this is the only way she gets good naps in...
What are your opinions, is sleeping in a swing really that bad??
We have been trying to do at least one nap a day in her crib (she sleeps in a bassinet in our room at night) but they are always only about 30 minutes.

Answer

It could take a little time for her to get used to sleeping without the motion...but what I do is when I see my baby starting to doze in her swing, I quickly get her & put her in her sleep sack and in her crib or bassinet with her paci & white noise machine. She’ll usually sleep close to 2 hours. If she wakes up sooner than 2 hours I go in, replace her paci and walk back out. If she starts crying again I’ll go in replace the paci, gently rock her her (with just my hand on her tummy) and walk back out. If 10 min goes by and she’s still waking and won’t go back to sleep, then I just let it go and get her up. Good luck! 🍀

Answer

I think the risk of the swing is that their necks can get in a position that blocks their airway. While you are supervising, if something were to happen, it only takes a few minutes of no oxygen to cause permanent damage. It’s easy for us parents to be distracted for a couple minutes. If your baby has full neck control then it’s probably not as bad, but I read the biggest window for SIDS risk is between 2-4 months. 
I totally get it tho. My baby falls asleep in her Boppy and I agonize over letting her stay asleep and comfy or risk moving and waking her. 
Maybe as a “compromise” you let your baby stay in the swing heavily supervised until he/she is in a super deep sleep and can be moved without waking? That’s what I do when she dozes off in the Boppy. But as she sleeps in her Boppy I basically just stare at her lol I’m paranoid.

Sleeping in swing??

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