A pediatrician has raised concerns about using the cradle to put babies to sleep, an action that could even cause brain damage.
Pediatrician Gëzim Xharra from Kosovo raised this concern in the media and warned that he would direct the problem to legal instances, demanding that the use of the cradle be prohibited by law.
"This action of ours has been a tradition among many other peoples, who have removed it in time. But if such a thing happens in the western world, it is taken as a serious abuse of the child, "he said in an interview for the show" Frontal "on T7.
In a communication for "Wake Up", sleep consultant Artemisa Brahimaj agreed with the pediatrician.
"During my work, I have tried massively to inform mothers that the cradle should not be used, it is not the right way to put children to sleep, although for many years it has been served as the best method [...] I as a sleep consultant, without affecting the developmental part of the child and the health part, which has been affected by the doctor, I can say that it is not the right form. At first it seems like the best solution, because the cradle tends to calm the moro reflex that the child has, which coincides with the involuntary movement of the upper limbs and the child when moving, is scared and wakes up or cries more often.
The consultant added that rocking in the cradle creates addiction and the child should always be tied to sleep, a practice that is wrong, while the pediatrician said that head movements during rocking the cradle can cause brain damage.
Xharra and Brahimaj agreed that not only oscillations in the cradle, but any oscillation against gravitational force, can cause injury. The consultant also added that tying to the cradle can damage, among other things, the baby's pelvic bones.
