For instance, addressing concerns about infant comfort, choking, and aspiration while the infant is sleeping prone is helpful.348, 349 Similar interventions for improving behavior of medical and nursing staff and child care providers have shown that these professionals have similar concerns about the supine sleep position.350, — , 353 Primary care providers should be encouraged to develop quality improvement initiatives to improve adherence
with safe sleep recommendations among their patients.
Not exact matches
Working closely
with a medical team, Red Castle France created the Cocoonababy, baby nest, this baby nest conforms to the medical
recommendation that newborns should
sleep on their backs while still feeling as
safe and secure as he did when in his mother's womb.
However, the American Academy of Pediatrics revised its
safe sleep recommendations in October 2016, which clearly outline instances that have been shown to increase the risk of SIDS, unintentional death, or injury when sharing a bed
with an infant or small child.
It's definitely worth considering if a simple intervention, such as a cardboard box that doubles as a
safe sleeping environment, could help in the U.S. And
with the newest
recommendations saying that parents should room - share, but not share a bed,
with their babies, a baby box makes following the guidelines very practical.
Thanks to the (very effective) Back To
Sleep /
Safe To
Sleep recommendations for SIDS reduction, your baby is very likely spending the majority of every 24 hours
with pressure on the back of his skull.
Parents should err on the side of caution and use only products that comply
with safe -
sleep recommendations.
Some will even come to your house and make
recommendations about your
sleeping arrangements,
with creative suggestions to keep everyone
safe and well rested.
Hospitals should ensure that hospital policies are consistent
with updated
safe sleep recommendations and that infant
sleep spaces (bassinets, cribs) meet
safe sleep standards.
Although infant
sleeping practices have gotten
safer over the last twenty years — 86 percent of babies
slept with bedding in 1993 to 1995, compared
with 55 percent in 2008 to 2010 — study authors found that the decline has slowed since 2000, and hazardous
sleeping areas are still a widespread practice, despite doctor
recommendations.
Infants» lives are saved when
safe sleep recommendations — including placing babies alone, on their backs, in a crib
with a firm mattress — are employed by parents and other caregivers.
«Do as I say, not as I show: Ads in parenting magazines don't always illustrate
safe practices: Study finds nearly 1 in 6 ads for children's products use images that clash
with American Academy of Pediatrics
recommendations on potentially life - threatening issues such as infant
sleep positions and choking hazards.»