The goal is to promote education among health care providers, parents, and caregivers regarding safe sleep practices for all infants. More >>Contemporary Pediatrics StaffAdvanstar Communications Inc
Researchers found that not all moms were following the AAP's four specific recommendation for babies' sleep safety: Placing infants to sleep on their back, room-sharing without bed-sharing, avoiding any soft objects or bedding and using firm sleep surfaces such as a crib, bassinet or pack-and...
3. Safe Sleeping Practices Ensuring your baby sleeps safely is a critical aspect of infant care. Always place your baby on their back to sleep, as this reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Use a firm, flat sleep surface without soft bedding, pillows, or toys. ...
SIDS takes the lives of about 3,400 babies each year. This number has been continuously decreasing over the past 25 years due to better sleep practices, but SIDS is still the leading cause of death in infants between one month and one year of age. ...
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What you can do to help prevent SUID and SIDS Always using safe sleep practices with babies is key to the prevention of sudden unexpected infant death. The current recommendation for safe sleep for infants is the “ABC” method: Alone On the baby’s back In a safe crib “A baby who s...
Infants and babies of any age should never sleep in your bed or on a couch, sofa, or armchair. These can be dangerous because your baby could roll off, get stuck in a gap, or suffocate on a pillow, for example. Babies also shouldn’t sleep in a carrier, sling, car seat, or strol...
In the NICU, how can we implement the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations for safe sleep and educate parents? Response from The Expert Catherine L. Witt, RNC, MS, NNP The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends several safe sleeping practices for infants in order to decrease the ...
(HealthDay)—Safe infant sleep practices are suboptimal in the United States, according to a study published online Oct. 21 in Pediatrics.
A– Alone. This does not mean that babies should be put to bed in a room separate from parents. It does, however, mean that infants should not sleep in the same bed. The reason for this is that parents may move during sleep in ways that interfere with babies' breathing or even crush...