Read what Hathor the Cowgoddess has to say
about it: http://www.thecowgoddess.com/archshow.asp?var=181
and http://www.thecowgoddess.com/archshow.asp?var=180
Vedrana (still laughing)
From:
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On Behalf Of Kelly @ BellyBelly
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005
2:36 AM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: [ozmidwifery] Study:
Pacifiers Reduce SIDS
Eeek!! Another article we wish hadn’t been published,
it also condemns co-sleeping… published on the ninemsn news site…
Pacifiers reduce
SIDS: study
Thursday Oct 13 09:06 AEST
Infants should be put to sleep on their backs only, not their sides, and
pacifiers can be used to help prevent sudden infant death syndrome, US
pediatricians said.
Revised guidelines from the American
Academy of Pediatrics
issued on Monday also discourage parents from sleeping with their infants at
all, saying babies are safer in their own cribs.
SIDS, the sudden, unexplained death of an infant in the first year of life, is
the third leading cause of infant mortality in the United States, causing the deaths
of 2,500 infants each year.
Campaigns to encourage parents and other caregivers to put babies to sleep on
their backs instead of their tummies slashed the death rates from SIDS, also
known as crib death or cot death, in countries such as Britain and the United States in the 1980s and
1990s.
"Studies have found that the side sleep position is unstable and increases
the chances of the infant rolling onto his or her stomach. Every caregiver
should use the back sleep position during every sleep period," the academy
said in a statement.
"Infants may be brought into bed for nursing or comforting, but should be
returned to their own crib or bassinet when the parent is ready to return to
sleep. However, there is growing evidence that room sharing (infant sleeping in
a crib in parent's bedroom) is associated with a reduced risk of SIDS."
About the often controversial use of pacifiers, also known as dummies, the
pediatricians' group said: "Research now indicates an association between
pacifier use and a reduced risk of SIDS, which is why the revised statement
recommends the use of pacifiers at nap time and bedtime throughout the first
year of life," the statement said.
No one is entirely sure what causes SIDS.
But lying prone, or face-down, sleeping on a soft surface, smoking during
pregnancy, overheating, late or no prenatal care, having a young mother, being
born pre-term or at a low weight all greatly raise a baby's risk.
So the Academy recommends that babies be laid to sleep on their backs, without
a pillow, quilt, stuffed toys or other items that could interfere with
breathing. Mothers should not smoke while pregnant or afterward, rooms should
not be too hot or stuffy and if a baby likes a pacifier, let him or her have
it.
Best
Regards,
Kelly Zantey
Director, www.bellybelly.com.au & www.toys4tikes.com.au
Gentle Solutions For Conception, Pregnancy, Birth & Baby
Australian Little Tikes Specialists
