A new report from the UK published today reminds us all about safe sleeping practices for babies. Babies who sleep with their faces covered are 27% more likely to die from SIDS or crib death, than those who sleep with their heads and faces uncovered.
It seems obvious. Actually, babies who die [...]
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Like every mom, I worry about my baby when he’s sleeping. Is he too cold? too hot? is he comfortable? And nagging at the back of every mom’s mind is the worry of SIDS, or crib death.
The latest AAP recommendations of how to keep your baby safe while sleeping have dramatically reduced the number of [...]
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Researchers at McMaster University have found that exposure to nicotine while the baby is still in the womb, whether because the mother was smoking or through secondhand smoke, compromises the baby’s ability to respond to oxygen deprivation which increases the chances of a baby falling victim to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
The birth supposedly triggers [...]
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Before my first baby was born I was warned several times by other parents about the dangers of pacifiers. “Don’t let your baby get addicted to pacifiers,” they would warn in hushed tones. “You don’t want your child to head to kindergarten sucking on a pacifier, do you?” I didn’t know much about [...]
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