Simply communicating important information to others is a quick and effective way to raise awareness about
infant sleep safety.
Though their list is extensive (and backed up with a lot of research), I've boiled it down to the essential
baby sleep safety tips.
Learn how to avoid these pitfalls with the 6 tips
for sleep safety during holiday travels.
Experienced parents and grandparents are a wealth of information, but when it comes to issues
of sleep safety it's important to know the latest research and advice of professionals.
The findings raised concern that those who aren't admitting to co-sleeping are missing out on vital advice
on sleep safety when co-sleeping.
A co sleep pillow is one of the best
co sleeping safety products you can purchase for your child.
As important
as sleep safety is for babies, there's not as much clear information as there should be online and there's a lot of misinformation floating around.
We love that this car seat can be laid back for
maximum sleep safety and comfort for little ones when you're on the go.
Sleep sacks
improve sleep safety for newborns but parents must use them properly to avoid other risks such as overheating or choking on the zipper.
Remember,
sleep safety guidelines now say that the only thing that should be in your baby's crib is the baby himself.
Learn the basics of
baby sleep safety and get answers to questions like these and more: What should you do if your sleeping baby rolls onto his tummy?
With this most recent article
on sleep safety and co-sleeping however, the conclusion seems a bit misleading.
Back to Sleep is a national baby
sleep safety campaign in the U.S. designed to encourage parents to put their infants on their backs to sleep.
Get answers to your
pregnancy sleep safety questions, including whether it's stressful for your baby when you toss and turn, whether «natural» or prescription sleep remedies are recommended for pregnant moms, and whether using an electric blanket during pregnancy could harm your baby.
Resources: Complete list of crib safety: Healthy Children CPSC ban on drop side cribs
AAP Sleep Safety Guidelines
, the published study is really much more simple: When parents don't follow
standard sleep safety guidelines and they swaddle, their children are indeed at an increased risk for SIDS.
For more information, please visit Attachment Parenting International's Infant
Sleep Safety page.
It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and
sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.
The American Academy of Pediatricians recently published their
updated sleep safety guidelines for infants.
In fact, two of our boys» sleep sacks are made by HALO, and they're embroidered with Back to Sleep, the slogan of the
national sleep safety campaign.
There's absolutely no reason to risk your child's safety and well - being in the name of co sleeping, so it's always a good idea to understand what the basic attachment parenting principles are when it comes to
proper sleep safety.
Video monitors also
promote sleep safety by allowing for more frequent check - ins, especially during daytime naps when parents may hesitate to step inside the nursery for fear of waking baby sooner than expected.
You may want to consider reading, or re-reading as the case may be, the API «Infant
Sleep Safety Guide» or the pamphlets that are available on Dr. James McKenna's website Mother - Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory.
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For more than 14 years API has expressed its concerns about the direction of research related to basic infant
sleep safety information and data collection, the media's response, and resulting guidelines and policy.
But our ability to tease apart every factor that might
impact sleep safety is imperfect; there will always be factors that aren't quantified in these studies, not to mention the fact that case control studies have some inherent limitations.
By understanding the basics of infant sleep cycles, knowing the healthy sleep options (crib, bassinet, co-sleeping),
understanding sleep safety, and using the best tool at your disposal, your instinct, sleep will hopefully come easier for you and your child.
Still, as a company that sees a lot of customers» photos of their babies, we've noticed a lot of parents making
serious sleep safety mistakes.
Most
sleep safety experts and infant health groups say babies shouldn't nap in their car seats outside the car and should spend as little time in the car seat as possible.
In addition to following the AAP's recommendation for baby sleeping positions, you can protect your infant from SIDS by following these
simple sleep safety tips:
Unaccustomed tummy sleeping can increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome or SIDS and thus the
right sleep safety habits must be taken care by parents of infants.
The Back to Sleep campaign is a public baby
sleep safety program encouraging parents to put babies on their backs (as opposed to their bellies) to sleep.
Your little one should have far fewer safety concerns at this point, and as long as you keep up with previous co
sleeping safety tips and suggestions, you shouldn't have anything to worry about.
If you are looking for information about
newborn sleep safety, see these science - based tips for reducing the risk of SIDS.
In the meantime, Wolfson said that the agency stands behind its
current sleep safety campaign, whose theme is «Bare is Best,» meaning babies are safest when their crib is clutter - free.
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