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Health
1 10 Tips For Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Health
2 Scare SIDS Away With a Fan
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3 Do Infant Suffocation Stats Change Your View of Co-Sleeping?
Bumpers
4 Lil Tip: Wonder Bumpers
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5 Lil Tip: Sleep Sacks That Have Mama Resting Easy
babies
6 Baby Wellness: Preventing Flat Head
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7 Are Cute Bumpers Worth the Risk?
newborn
8 SIDS Campaign Resulting in Many Flat Heads
News
9 Low Serotonin Levels Linked to SIDS
Pajamas
10 Motion Sensor Pajamas Let Parents Relax While Baby Sleeps
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11 When Did Your Child Start Sleeping With a Pillow?
Everything from low levels of serotonin to poor air circulation has been linked to SIDS. And since no one has figured out exactly why babies die unexpectedly while sleeping, many parents are wary of using bumpers, blankets, and pillows. Additional reasons like neck strain (and advice from their children's doctors) also keep mothers from propping their tots' heads with a pillow. At what age did Read more
New parents often hover over sleeping babies to keep an eye on every breath their lil ones take. The thought of SIDS can make even a calm mom worry. A Virginia company has announced plans to sell biosensor pajamas (sort of a cross between a onesie and the Angelcare Movement Monitor) early next year. Exmobaby will come with rechargeable wireless transmitters that snap into newborns' clothes and Read more
Could an end be in sight for new parents fearing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)? After decades of research and thousands of unexplained deaths, researchers believe to have found a definite link between low levels of serotonin in the brain and babies who died of SIDS. In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, scientists found that serotonin – a chemical in Read more
Back to sleep! The anti-SIDS slogan, which was introduced in 1994, is so ingrained in most moms that they don't give it a second thought when putting their wee ones down for some shut-eye. Though the campaign is credited with preventing 2,000 additional SIDS cases each year for the past 15 years, doctors have determined that one in 40 will develop a flat head. According to The Journal of Read more
When planning for baby, does nursery decor or the infant's well-being take precedence? Fearing SIDS and their tots getting tangled in bedding, many moms strip their cradles and cribs of bumpers and blankets. Others like the look of a cozy room and feel confident letting their child sleep in a cushioned environment. What is your opinion? Are Cute Bumpers Worth the Risk? Yes — I Read more
For years now, the American Association of Pediatrics has promoted the "Back to Sleep Campaign" to help reduce the risk of SIDS. Since the campaign started nearly 13 years ago, SIDS-related deaths have decreased by more than 50 percent. While that stat is something to cheer about, there is one drawback to babies snoozing on their backs — they may develop flat areas on their heads if they stay Read more
New mamas often worry about SIDS, so removing fluffy blankets, bumpers and stuffed animals from a babe's crib is advised. Once your infant passes the swaddling stage, Aden + Anais's new breathable muslin sleep sacks ($35) can come in handy. Made of the same soft material their blankets are famous for, the lil zip bags keep lil ones from overheating. Available in darling designs, the sacks fit Read more
There's much concern over crib bumpers and SIDS so many mommas have heeded their pediatricians' warnings and removed the decorative accents from their lil ones' cribs. Wonder Bumpers are out to change our opinions by turning the offending items on their side. Unlike traditional bumpers that tie horizontally around a crib, allowing a baby to become squished between the fabric and the mattress, Read more
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is the sudden death of an infant under one year that remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation or autopsy. Sadly, the rates of sudden infant death from suffocation have quadrupled in the past 20 years in the US, changing many families' views of cosleeping and increasing awareness of the tragic syndrome. While there's no one perfect prevention Read more
When it comes to putting baby down to bed, the majority of lilsugar readers said they don't mind sharing their mattress with their mini me. Fifty-one percent of you are for co-sleeping, but a recent study by the CDC reported that infant suffocation, which is tied to bed sharing, has quadrupled in the last twenty years. Does this sway your opinion? Source Do Infant Suffocation Stats Read more
