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Where Did This Come From

posted by bbnsherry on 03 Oct 2009 at 3:45 pm

I would like to know where the info re SIDS and sleeping position came from. I am aware of the New Zealand study and the British study, but all of the prospective studies done in the US refute the results of the studies in NZ and Britain. I know this is a political topic, but we need better info than what we are getting before we advise parents on sleeping position in infants.


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Do We Know How To Put A Baby To Bed?

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I Would Back The Non-US Studies
posted by Dr. Name Witheld on 04 Oct 2009 at 9:13 am
As an American scientist who has been actively involved in studies done in the USA, Europe and Australasia, I would urge readers to rely more on the results of the non-USA studies. They are much more likely to be unbiased, and scientists there have better legal rights and protection from harassment and manipulation.

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Tummy Sleeping
posted by evelyn haskins on 06 Nov 2009 at 8:57 pm
I find it SO hard to believe that tummy sleeping is bad for a baby. I feel strongly that the really problem is soft mattresses and bedding and the use of pillows. All my children tummy slept on a hard mattress (well basically on board, with a half inch foam mat over it, and fitted flannelette sheets that would not crumple or bunch up. or they were on the floor on a bunny rug. They then graduated to a coconut fibre mattress on slats. They all developed strong back and necks and were sitting and crawling well before average.

AND I didn't need to worry about them drowning in their own milky burps.

When my grandchildren came along I simply could not find basinettes or cots with firm mattresses. Every commercially available baby bed looked like something designed to smother a baby :-(

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