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From: essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Do infants sleep better on unshorn sheep skins?
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 14:05:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 18 14:05:04 1985
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Just a comment on sheep skins:

All three of my children had VERY sensitive skins as newborns,
they all developed big raw spots on their cheeks and knees just
from the friction from rubbing on the (very soft) crib/bassinet sheets.
While our youngest was still in the hospital nursery (less than
3 days old), one of the doctors or nurses ordered a sheepskin
for her bassinet (I don' think it was an unshorn sheep skin, but rather
natural wool on a synthetic backing of some sort).  The difference was
amazing, it was much less irritating to the sensitive skin.

By the way, all three outgrew the sensitive skin within
a few months.
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				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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