Hi, im just coming on here to ask if it would be safe to put a pillow or blanket underneath my baby’s mattress in her cot to put it at a slight incline to help her breathe better?
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I’m not sure about the incline as my husband did this and it made me too nervous. One thing that did help though was a humidifier

I know they don’t advise it but our next to me crib inclines slightly so we have done it to help our LO

When my boy was 5 weeks he was hospitalised with bronchiolitis and when we came home we were told to incline the mattress slightly. We used a folded bath mat which worked great 😊

We’ve inclined our next to me slightly x

They don't recommend putting anything under the mattress as it's not SIDs safe & can change position of their head/neck etc but you can tilt the cot itself, so then babe is on an incline but the mattress is still completely flat (if that makes sense?! Haha) our bedside cot comes with an incline wedge you can put under the feet on one end but you could even do the same with a book or anything sturdy x

At 3 months you can get baby vapo rub type thing which might help. Calpol also do a plug in to help congestion after 3 months. There’s also saline solution (spray or drops for their nose) you can use from birth x