Just last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new “safe sleep” recommendations to protect against SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). These are the first updates to the recommendations since 2011. SIDS is an otherwise unexplained death of a child. The risk and incidence ...
"SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment," draws on new research and serves as the first update to Academy policy since 2011. Recommendations call for infants to share their parents' bedroom for at least the first six months...
The article examines the Safe Sleep for Babies Act makes it unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute crib bumpers or inclined sleepers for infants, and the Consumer Products Safety Commission ruled that the only products that can be marketed for in...
“Safe and responsible internet and technology usage is a concern for many parents, but especially for those living in the digital divide and newer to technology,” saidCharlene Lake, chief sustainability officer, senior vice president, AT&T corporate responsibility, ESG. “We are committed to doing...
AAP recommendations on creating a safe sleep environment include: Place the baby on his or her back on a firm sleep surface such as a crib or bassinet with a tight-fitting sheet. Avoid use of soft bedding, including crib bumpers, blankets, pillows and soft toys. The crib should be bare...
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Updated Infant Safe Sleep Guidelines Several Notable AdditionsMaruyama, NancyNeonatology Today
objectives: To understand tension mothers experience when attempting to follow American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep guidelines and enhancing infant and parental sleep. methods: Surveys and focus groups were conducted from November 2022 and March 2023 with United States-based English-speaking mothers ...
Hospital Infant Safe Sleep (HISS) Fails to Model AAP GuidelinesBlackmon, Eunice E
The majority of these images (26/39; 67%) contained at least one violation of the safe sleep recommendations with most of the violations (21/26; 81%) depicting an unsafe sleep environment (eg. bumpers, bedsharing) and 5 of the 22 (23%) pictures of sleeping infants showed the infant ...
AAP Task Force on sudden infant death syndrome: SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: updated 2016 recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environment. Pediatrics 2016; 138: e20162938.Moon RY, Darnall RA, Feldman-Winter L et al. SIDS and other sleep-related inf...