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Baby Swings
Your Child's Way to Unwind
By Laura Cone
Although vibrating swings are more expensive, they may help calm some children. Parents may also play relaxing music when a child is ready for a nap or encourage them to interact with a play tray in front of them if they are more alert.
Most babies will outgrow their baby swings by their first birthday, although some baby swings are designed to hold babies up to 25 pounds.
Fleming says to make sure a new or used baby swing follows voluntary industry standards. "You should look for a passive crotch restraint and a waist belt or they can have a waist and a crotch belt," she says. "We want to make sure they use both at all times."
Not all baby swings come with a five-point harness, says Fleming. "We don't want them to use only the waist strap," she says. "That's where you come into problems with it not being tight enough and the child can slide down or submarine all the way up to the neck area. Their head and neck could get caught and we could have a strangulation problem."
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