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Although the rate of SIDS has decreased by 50% since the Safe to Sleep campaign started in 1994, [4] an unintended consequence was that babies missed out on the twelve or so hours they used to spend in the prone position while asleep, and there was a sharp increase in plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) in infants. [2]
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A Canadian survey found that 39% of respondents preferring the "log" position (lying on one's side with the arms down the side) and 28% preferring to sleep on their side with their legs bent. [1] A Travelodge survey found that 50% of heterosexual British couples prefer sleeping back-to-back, either not touching (27%) or touching (23%).
A plot of SIDS rate from 1988 to 2006. The Safe to Sleep campaign, formerly known as the Back to Sleep campaign, [1] is an initiative backed by the US National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the US National Institutes of Health to encourage parents to have their infants sleep on their backs (supine position) to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.
Infant sleep is an act of sleeping by an infant or a newborn. It differs significantly from sleep during adulthood. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Unlike in adults, sleep early in infancy initially does not follow a circadian rhythm .
Remove soft, fluffy, and loose bedding and stuffed toys from the baby's sleep area. Make sure all pillows, quilts, stuffed toys, and other soft items are kept away from the baby's sleep area. Do not use infant sleep positioners. Using a positioner to hold an infant on his or her back or side for sleep is dangerous and not needed.
CIO is any sleep-training method which allows a baby to cry for a specified period before the parent will offer comfort. "Ferberization" is one such approach. Ferber does not advocate simply leaving a baby to cry, but rather supports giving the baby time to learn to self-soothe, by offering comfort and support from the parent at predetermined ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics' Back to Sleep campaign in the mid-1990s recommended that "babies should not sleep for long periods in inclined devices". In babies under one year old, dying during sleep is a leading cause of accidental death. The recommendation that babies sleep flat on their backs, in an empty crib, halved this death rate. [5]