Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a term used when new born infants die with little explanation of their death. SIDS is often called crib death because children die in their cribs in the night. As a result, parents have to carefully monitor children and get regular checkups. This can help to prevent crib death. The cause of SIDS is unknown. However, prevention strategies include ensuring that the baby sleeps on his or her back and monitoring the child during the night.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002533/
As a mom you worry so much in the first months of the babies life about SIDS. With my first child I could not sleep because I was constantly worry about if he was breathing. It is very important to keep parents informed on SIDS and ways to help prevent it!
ReplyDeleteWith my first baby, I was afraid of everything. Sudden infant death was right at the top. She was a small, five and half pounds and I kept her bassinette right next to the bed and I had one hand on her whenever I slept for that first month. I have observed that mothers feel very strongly about their family culture when it comes to how to parent in the first few months. Often recommendations are unheeded unless they align with the family’s tradition. I came across an interesting article from an on-line newsletter I receive. Parenting tips you need to know: The top 10 mistakes even smart moms make. The first mistake they say moms make is sharing a bed with the baby. In your research was that listed as a significant contributor to SIDs?
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Dworkin-McDaniel, N. (2012, May 2) Parenting tips you need to know: The top 10 mistakes even smart moms make. Lifescript. [Publisher]. Retrieved from http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/kids_health/articles/parenting_tips_you_need_to_know.aspx?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_term=social+media&utm_campaign=2012-05-10
Hi tammy
ReplyDeleteI liked your post. This is the first time I know that SID called a crib death because children die in their cribs in the night. It is very scary to hear about that kind of death. My baby is now 1 year and half and till now I wake up at night to check up her breathing because she always sleeps on her tummy and move a lot during the night, sometimes even her feet stuck in the crib and cannot take them out.
Hi Tammy,
ReplyDeleteThere are a number of recommendations that can be made to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, including breastfeeding. Breastfeeding reduces some upper respiratory infections that may influence the development of sudden infant death syndrome. Undoubtedly, parents who have lost a child to SIDS need emotional support. Since no cause is found for the infant's death, many parents have guilty feelings, and these feelings may be provoked by inquiries of police or others who want to determine the cause of death.
Hi Tammie! As I was reading your post, I was concerned about how to prevent SIDS from occuring, given that no one can stay awake all night with the baby. It's obvious and evident that SIDS can affect all babies, everywhere around the world, but I also wonder how mothers in other cultures, other than the United States, prevent this from happening.
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