See our
articles on safe sleep aids for babies and toddlers to learn more about helping your child get to sleep safely and naturally.
In 2012, the Safe to Sleep campaign was introduced to help emphasize a «continued focus
on safe sleep environments and back sleeping as ways to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep - related causes of infant death.»
«The logical decision is to breast feed and have the baby sleep in the same room with the parent - but
on a safe sleep surface and NOT in the same bed,» Weese - Mayer, also a professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, added in an email.
Expand the national campaign to reduce the risks of SIDS to include a major
focus on the safe sleep environment and ways to reduce the risks of all sleep - related infant deaths, including SIDS, suffocation, and other accidental deaths.
Momjunction tells you the ideal positions in which a baby can sleep, and also gives tips
on safe sleep for infants and babies.
Through this initiative, these mothers, will now have an opportunity to receive education
on safe sleeping as well as the baby having its own crib.».
You can also visit here for
more on safe sleep research and guidelines: Infant Sleep Information Source, James J. McKenna's research
These are just good
refreshers on safe sleeping practices as it is easy to get lax while traveling and vacationing; there is no vacation from safe sleep practices!
Public health officials, researchers and distraught parents are also stepping up efforts to spread the
word on safe sleeping practices for infants.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2016 updated
document on safe sleep indicates that «approximately 3500 infants die annually in the United States from sleep - related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome, ill - defined deaths and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed» (Moon).
In an updated policy statement and technical report, the AAP is expanding its
guidelines on safe sleep for babies, with additional information for parents on creating a safe environment for their babies to sleep.
The Schmid's have continued to be committed to community action by providing free blankets to parents in hospitals as well as
educating on safe sleep practices throughout the world.
And I decided right then and there that it was far safer for my baby to be next to me in bed breastfeeding,
on a safe sleeping surface, than for me to be nursing in a chair and taking the chance that I may or may not wake up in time.
In addition, the AAP is providing recommendations
on a safe sleeping environment that can reduce the risk of all sleep - related infant deaths, including SIDS.
The Childcare Safe Sleep Program is designed to educate childcare facility managers and
parents on safe sleep practices for baby and what they can do to ensure a safe sleep environment.
In October 2016, the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) expanded their SIDS recommendations from focusing only on SIDS to
focusing on a safe sleep environment that can reduce the risk of all sleep - related infant deaths, including SIDS.
«Despite a focus
on safe sleep practices on the national, state and local level we continue to see these tragic deaths.
For more information
on safe sleep, go to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
As long as the parents in question aren't intoxicated, the child in question is healthy, full - term, not swaddled and lightly dressed, and they're
all on a safe sleep surface (like a firm mattress, as opposed to a waterbed or a sofa), kids are at no greater risk in bed with their parents than they would be alone in their cribs.
As part of the study, new parents will receive a safe sleep kit including a tote bag, a door hanger with safe sleep information, written information
on safe sleep, a book on safe sleep, a safe sleep DVD and a Halo Infant Sleep Sack.