The "Safe to Sleep" campaign builds on "Back to Sleep," reminding parents and caregivers to put infants to sleep on their backs and provide a safe sleep environment. For parents and families who have experienced a SIDS death, many groups, including First Candle, can provide grief counseling, support, and referrals. Reviewed by: Floyd R. Livingston Jr. Gavin, MD. Larger text size Large text size Regular text size. Other possible risks include: smoking, drinking, or drug use during pregnancy and after birth poor prenatal care prematurity or low birth weight family history of SIDS mothers younger than 20 being around tobacco smoke after birth overheating Doctors diagnose most health problems based on the symptoms they cause.
Why Is Stomach Sleeping Dangerous? Page 2 What Is "Back to Sleep"? Common Concerns Some parents might worry about " flat head syndrome " positional plagiocephaly. What Is "Safe to Sleep"? Here's how parents can help reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related deaths: Get early and regular prenatal care. Place your baby on a firm mattress to sleep, never on a pillow, waterbed, sheepskin, couch, chair, or other soft surface.
Cover the mattress with a fitted sheet and no other bedding. Keep soft objects and loose bedding out of the sleep area. Do not use bumper pads in cribs.
Bumper pads can be a suffocation or strangulation hazard. Practice room-sharing without bed-sharing. Experts recommend that infants sleep in their parents' room — but on a separate surface, like a bassinet or crib next to the bed — until the child's first birthday, or for at least 6 months, when the risk of SIDS is highest. Breastfeed , if possible. Exclusive breastfeeding or feeding with expressed milk is most protective, but any breastfeeding has been shown to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Put your baby to sleep with a pacifier during the first year of life. If your baby rejects the pacifier, don't force it. Because the cause of cot death is not known, it cannot be completely prevented. But research has shown that you can take steps to significantly reduce the risk of cot death. Cot death is one of the main causes of death in babies from 4 weeks to 12 months of age.
A baby who seems healthy goes to sleep and when next checked they are found dead. There has been no sound or sign of a struggle. The exact cause of cot death is unknown. No cause of death can be found, even after a post-mortem examination. It is most common between 2 and 4 months of age and can happen to older babies. Apnoea or breathing monitors cannot prevent cot death. These monitors alert parents and carers to apnoea stopped breathing or an apparent life-threatening event.
Babies who die from cot death cannot be successfully resuscitated. Babies who have an apnoea can be. Sleep routine. Child safety checklist for parents including child proofing PDF, 5. Does SIDS have any symptoms? Is SIDS very common? Can SIDS be prevented? What are the biggest risk factors? For example: Sleep your baby on their back for all sleeps — day and night — as this can reduce the risk of SIDS by six times compared to sleeping them on their front.
Share a room with your baby for the first six months — this can halve the risk of SIDS. Keep your baby smoke-free during pregnancy and after birth — this is one of the most protective things you can do for your baby. Never sleep on a sofa or armchair with your baby as this can increase the risk of SIDS by 50 times. Do not co-sleep with your baby if you or your partner has been drinking, is a smoker, has been taking drugs or is extremely tired; these factors can put babies at an extremely high risk of SIDS when co-sleeping.
One study found that the risk of SIDS when co-sleeping is six times higher in smokers than in non-smokers. Who can I speak to? You can also talk to your midwife or health visitor if you have any questions or concerns. What research is being done to find out the cause of SIDS? I need information Safer sleep advice Professionals section Publications.
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