Sentences with phrase «examined infant feeding practices»

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Studies examining the role of breast - feeding in the development of allergic disease in infants have failed to demonstrate the protective effect of breast milk because of the heterogeneity in study methods (including breast - feeding frequency, recall of feeding practices, and maternal atopic background).

Certainly infants sleeping separated from their caregivers at night (solitary room sleeping), infants sleeping on their stomachs (prone) to promote uninterrupted, early consolidation of adult - like sleep, and bottle - feeding with formula or cows milk rather than breast milk were all novel, culturally - sanctioned but scientifically - untested (as safe or best) infant care innovations.1 It is now known that each of these practices has contributed to or led to thousands of SIDS deaths.3 - 5 Many of these infant lives, we can infer, could have been saved had we more carefully examined and come to understand the biological validity of mother - infant safe co-sleeping, breastfeeding and infants sleeping on their backs (supine).