TikTok creator and model Willow Allen shared videos of a hammock-like swing, underneath one of which she added a caption reading, The only way I could get my baby to sleep in his crib. Allen explains that the hammock is a traditional Inuit swing that she herself used as a baby in another video highlighting the process of building it. tying the infant-sized hammock to the rails of her baby’s crib, folding up the knit swing, and placing her baby in the hammock for a gentle swing in the hammock. Her baby peacefully sleeps in his crib hammock — but other TikToker took to the comments of this video to criticize the mother’s sleep strategy If you’re a parent that’s struggling to find a sleep solution that works for your baby, you’re not alone. Here are a couple of sleep safety tips for infants Keep your baby’s sleep environment firm, flat, and level. Avoid putting anything other than a fitted sheet in your baby’s crib. This means keeping blankets, stuffed animals, tucked in sheets/blankets, pillows, etc. out of the crib importance of safe sleep practices, stating, If a parent were to show me this video, I would use it as an opportunity to discuss their current safe sleep set-ups, explore the full scope of options if sleep on their back in a crib by themselves is not allowing parents to get needed sleep, and continue to provide support and troubleshooting to prevent the use of very unsafe options like this video
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026