Not exact matches
The man is pleased by his enterprises, by social recognition, by gifts and honors from others, by family life, by entertainments, shows, hunting, and so
on, while the
infant is pleased by
milk, the nurse's embrace, and the gentle rocking which brings peaceful
sleep.
Indeed, I argue that the cultural dismantling of the three basic components of normal human
infant sleep i.e.
sleep position (
on the back for breastfeeding which was changed to prone
sleep), feeding method (from breastfeeding to formula or cows
milk, bottle feeding) and
infant sleep location (from next to the mother within sensory range to nighttime separation, a separate room) fostered and promoted the SIDS epidemic which is was limited to the industrialized, western world.
My husband removed the bed frame from our bed and we
slept on the mattresses only, with the boys besides us, so they wouldn't roll off the bed and fall, or roll under the bed.As
infants, they were both formula fed as I had no breast
milk, but they
slept on my arm, no pillows, just mom's chubby arms, that way if one moved away or woke up, I would also wake up because I didn't feel a warm, small,, fuzzy head
on my arm.Now they are 3 and 6 respectively, and awesome little guys, who are independent and happy, and they now
sleep on their own bed frame-less bed.
Six full - day seminars: First Feedings: the Influence of Birth Practices
on Breastfeeding Initiation; It's All About Money: Political Influences
on Infant Feeding;
Milk Supply Made Easy: Current Research in
Milk Synthesis and
Infant Suck; Leave»Em Wanting More: Strategies for Persuasive Breastfeeding Classes; The Pain Issue: Prevention and Management of Breast and Nipple Problems; and
Sleeping Through: New Research
on Infant Sleep Patterns and Risk of SIDS.
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).