Sentences with phrase «infant sleep state»

There is no «right» way — just different parents trying to do the best they can to reach that elusive infant sleep state.

Not exact matches

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The pair acted in concert with one another — even experiencing timed arousals out of sleep states Both Sears and his wife, by working with the needs of their infant for closeness, experienced better sleep.

James McKenna, B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Oregon) Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Professor of Anthropology, pioneered the first behavioral and electro - physiological studies documenting differences between mothers and infants sleeping together and apart.

When my daughter was an infant, I ran across several EC» ing families who stated that «sleep trumps potty» when it comes to nighttime decisions.

Preemies do show these states of activity and sleep, but since they are not as mature as full - term newborns, they may not spend the same amount of time in each state as full - term infants do.

Oklahoma DHS policy states licensed daycare providers should only put infants to sleep on their backs, in a crib, alone.

Effects of maternal tobacco smoking, sleeping position, and sleep state on arousal in healthy term infants

The American Academy of Pediatrics states, «Despite common beliefs, there is no evidence that choking is more frequent among infants lying on their backs (the supine position) when compared to other positions, nor is there evidence that sleeping on the back is harmful to healthy babies.»

Despite the success of the «Back to Sleep» campaign, which has greatly reduced the death rate, SIDS remains the leading cause of sudden death in infants and the third leading cause of overall infant mortality in the United States (CDC).

With a B.A. degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Ohio State University, Nicole is an expert on infant and toddler sleep and has a team of sleep consultants with a wealth of professional experience in child / infant development, behavioral health, and medical / nursing.

Every year in the United States nearly 7,000 infants die in their sleep.

Furthermore, it is now clear that all kinds of crying (i.e. fussing, crying and inconsolable crying) is prolonged, that this prolongation occurs only in the first few months, and that inconsolable crying is almost unique to the first few months of life.3, 40 The «unpredictability» of the crying, and of the caregiver's ability or inability to soothe the infant is most likely due to the facts that (1) the infant cry in the first few months is a reflection of the organization of its behavioural states (crying, awake alert, sleeping), rather than an intentional «signal,» 14 (2) that behavioural state changes occur in «steps» rather than due to increases or decreases in arousal7, 41 and (3) infants are resistant to behavioural state change unless they are in a transitional phase in which they are «ready» to change state.7 Finally, there is now good evidence that the proportion of infants that have evidence of organic disease to explain their crying is less than 5 %.8, 42,43 In the absence of other compromise, infants with «colic» have as good an outcome as infants without «colic.»

Background The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome has decreased in the United States as the percentage of infants sleeping prone has decreased, but persisting concerns about the safety of supine sleeping likely contribute to prone sleeping prevalence rates that remain higher than 10 %.

Or Keep Me Close But Keep Me Safe: Eliminating Inappropriate «Safe Infant Sleep» Rhetoric in the United States, by Lee T. Gettler and James J. McKenna.

2007 Texas State Department of Health and Human Services: «Protecting Texas Children Conference» Key Mote Speaker Houston, Texas October 1 and 2, 2007 Biology, Culture, Epidemiology of Mother - Infant Cosleeping, Promoting Safe Sleep (Pt 2)

SUDDEN INFANT death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden death of an infant, unexpected by history and unexplained by a thorough postmortem examination, including a complete autopsy, death scene investigation, andreview of the medical history.1 The decreased risk of SIDS associated with nonprone sleep positions led to the recommendation in 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants be placed to sleep on the side or back.2 In 1994, the national public education campaign «Back to Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 19INFANT death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden death of an infant, unexpected by history and unexplained by a thorough postmortem examination, including a complete autopsy, death scene investigation, andreview of the medical history.1 The decreased risk of SIDS associated with nonprone sleep positions led to the recommendation in 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants be placed to sleep on the side or back.2 In 1994, the national public education campaign «Back to Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 19infant, unexpected by history and unexplained by a thorough postmortem examination, including a complete autopsy, death scene investigation, andreview of the medical history.1 The decreased risk of SIDS associated with nonprone sleep positions led to the recommendation in 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants be placed to sleep on the side or back.2 In 1994, the national public education campaign «Back to Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 199sleep positions led to the recommendation in 1992 by the American Academy of Pediatrics that infants be placed to sleep on the side or back.2 In 1994, the national public education campaign «Back to Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 199sleep on the side or back.2 In 1994, the national public education campaign «Back to Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 199Sleep» was launched, and the supine position is now recommended.3 Sudden infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 19infant death syndrome rates in the United States have decreased by about 40 % as prone prevalence has decreased from 70 % in 1992 to 17 % in 1998.3,4

Eliminating Inappropriate «Safe Infant Sleep» Rhetoric and Messages in the United States.

As an added note, I am pleased to acknowledge the statement of appreciation of my SIDS and infant sleep research and advocacy for good sciecne, as expressed below by Dr. Brad Gessner, a well respected SIDS researcher from the state of Alaska.

As regards bedsharing, an expanded version of its function and effects on the infant's biology helps us to understand not only why the bedsharing debate refuses to go away, but why the overwhelming majority of parents in the United States (over 50 % according to the most recent national survey) now sleep in bed for part or all of the night with their babies.

The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome has decreased in the United States as the percentage of infants sleeping prone has decreased, but persisting concerns about the safety of supine sleeping likely contribute to prone sleeping prevalence rates that remain higher than 10 %.

Unfortunately, the true state of knowledge and the real limitations surrounding safe infant sleep are obscured when data are removed from critical context and distorted in sensational and alarmist media campaigns.

REFLEXES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO BEHAVIOURAL STATE IN THE NEWBORN Neonatal startles, smiles, erections, and reflex sucks as related to state, sex, and individuality Spontaneous Arousals in Supine Infants While Swaddled and Unswaddled During Rapid Eye Movement and Quiet Sleep Distinguishing infant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep resSTATE IN THE NEWBORN Neonatal startles, smiles, erections, and reflex sucks as related to state, sex, and individuality Spontaneous Arousals in Supine Infants While Swaddled and Unswaddled During Rapid Eye Movement and Quiet Sleep Distinguishing infant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep resstate, sex, and individuality Spontaneous Arousals in Supine Infants While Swaddled and Unswaddled During Rapid Eye Movement and Quiet Sleep Distinguishing infant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep resSleep Distinguishing infant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep reinfant prolonged crying from sleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep ressleep - waking problems Infant crying and sleep reInfant crying and sleep ressleep research

Suffocation deaths associated with use of infant sleep positioners — United States 1997 - 2011.

AAP recommendations state that an infant up to 6 months of age may sleep up to 16 - 17 hours in a 24 hour period including nighttime and naps.

Recently, several states have begun a project to give parents with newborns a box in which to place them to sleep, emphasizing placement of the baby on her or his back to reduce the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).

«The rapid pace at which the box programs have been adopted by states and hospitals worries some experts, who say the boxes have not yet been proven to be a safe infant sleep environment or an effective tool in reducing infant mortality,» said the New York Times.

Rates have declined more than 50 percent in the U.S. thanks to parents being advised to put sleeping infants in the supine position or on their backs, but rates are still disproportionately higher for non-Hispanic black and American Indian / Alaska Native infants, the CDC stated.

It may also help to prevent SIDS by preventing the infant from entering into deep sleep states.

Despite a 56 % decrease in the national incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from 1.2 deaths per 1000 live births in 19921 to 0.53 death per 1000 live births in 2003,2 SIDS continues to be the leading cause of postneonatal mortality in the United States.3 The decreased rate of SIDS is largely attributed to the increased use of the supine sleep position after the introduction of the «Back to Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of sleep position after the introduction of the «Back to Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of Sleep» campaign in 1994.4 - 7 More recently, it has been suggested that the decrease in the SIDS rate has leveled off coincident with a plateau in the uptake of the supine sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of sleep position.8 Although caretakers should continue to be encouraged to place infants on their backs to sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of sleep, other potentially modifiable risk factors in the sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of sleep environment should be examined to promote further decline in the rate of SIDS.

Putting your baby to sleep on his back decreases his chance of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is responsible for more infant deaths in the United States than any other cause during the first year of life (beyond the newborn period).

The reason is that while adults can usually go directly into the state of deep sleep, infants in the early months enter sleep through an initial period of light sleep.

Penn State researcher Douglas Teti examined the role of emotional availability on infant sleep and found that regardless of a family's night - time routine, infants with parents who were responsive and warm had fewer night wakings and an easier time drifting off.

In the United States, there has been a controversy over the past decade about locations of infant sleep, pitting the research and promoters of safe co-sleeping with a breastfeeding dyad and the research and promoters of never allowing the breastfeeding baby into the parental bed.

The task force supports the recommendations of the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn, which state that hospitalized preterm infants should be placed in the supine position for sleep by 32 weeks» postmenstrual age to allow them to become accustomed to sleeping in that position before hospital discharge.103 Unfortunately, preterm and very low birth weight infants continue to be more likely to be placed prone for sleep after hospital discharge.104, 105 Preterm infants are placed prone initially to improve respiratory mechanics106, 107; although respiratory parameters are no different in the supine or prone positions in preterm infants who are close to discharge, 108 both infants and their caregivers likely become accustomed to using the prone position, which makes it more difficult to change.

Age at death, season, and day of death as indicators of the effect of the back to sleep program on sudden infant death syndrome in the United States, 1992 — 1999

Venneman and colleagues5 recently demonstrated that infants who are formula fed are twice as likely to die of SIDS than breastfed infants based on a case control study of 333 SIDS cases compared to 998 aged matched controls in Germany, from 1998 - 2001, consistent with previously published reports.35 While no studies show that co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing, specifically, is imperative for breastfeeding enhancement, many studies have shown that in order to get more sleep and to ease caring for their infants the decision to breastfeed often leads mothers to adopt routine bedsharing for at least part of the night36 - 40 even where they never intended to do so.41, 42 Indeed, nearly 50 % of breastfeeding mothers in the United States and Great Britain adopt bedsharing for some part of the night,38,43 - 45 and breastfeeding women are twice as likely to sleep with their babies in the first month relative to mothers electing to bottle - feed.39

The AAP supports the recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, which state that infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS84 — specifically, infants with upper airway disorders for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired, which may include infants with anatomic abnormalities, such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts, who have not undergone antireflux surgery.

... In Japan — a large, rich, modern country — parents universally sleep with their infants, yet their infant mortality rate is one of the lowest in the world — 2.8 deaths per 1,000 live births versus 6.2 in the United States — and their rate of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, is roughly half the U.S. rate.

Today, because of the success of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Back to Sleep Campaign, the majority of parents in the United States no longer place their infants in the prone position for sSleep Campaign, the majority of parents in the United States no longer place their infants in the prone position for sleepsleep.

JAMESTOWN — WCA Hospital is partnering with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for a safe sleep study designed to prevent sleep - related infant deaths.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns parents not to place their infants to sleep in adult beds, stating that the practice puts babies at risk of suffocation and strangulation.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) agrees as stated in their publication «SIDS and Other Sleep - Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment; Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.»

One shirt made by VivoMetrics is used to track the state of people who suffer from sleep apnea, and the same technology could readily be adapted as a sensor for sleeping infants to help avoid sudden infant death syndrome.

This conflicts with the AAP's recommendation that babies be placed on their backs for sleep to decrease the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), which is responsible for more deaths during the first year of life than any other cause in the United States.

Between 1992 and 1996, the proportion of infants sleeping in a prone position dropped from 70 percent to 24 percent, and the number of SIDS deaths in the United States fell by 38 percent.

Recipients participate in a variety of community engagement activities including operating free neighborhood clinics, helping patients pay for their medications, delivering healthy literacy education and mentorship to youth, handing out free bike helmets to kids, conducting medical and psychological examinations to those seeking asylum in the United States, giving out safe sleep sacs for newborn infants, and more!

Teaching parents bedtime techniques to encourage healthy sleep habits in their infants may help prevent obesity, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

The National Sleep Foundation in the United States recommends that infants (4 - 11 months) get between 12 to 15 hours of nightly sSleep Foundation in the United States recommends that infants (4 - 11 months) get between 12 to 15 hours of nightly sleepsleep.

This is similar to the prevalence (15.4 %) in a representative sample of mothers in the same Australian state.20 There was no significant difference in the median EPDS scores for mothers who had received an intervention during the Infant Sleep Study and the mothers in the control group (7 vs 5.5, z = 0.62, P =.54).