Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended all babies should be placed on their backs to sleep in 1992, deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have declined dramatically. But sleep-related deaths from other causes, including suffocation, entrapment and asphyxia, have increased. In an updated policy statement and technical report, ...
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have issued a warning against the use of infant sleep positioners. These padded, used to keep an infant sleeping in one position, pose a suffocation risk. If a small infant flips over or scoots around while in ...
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Parents should stop using infant sleep positioners, warn the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Sleep positioners are devices with cushions aimed at stopping the baby from rolling over. The FDA informs that there have been 12 reports of infants aged between 1 and 4 ...
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Mothers who believe their babies are uncomfortable or more likely to choke when sleeping on their backs are more likely to place them in other positions, thereby increasing their risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ...
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