Bed sharing/Co-Sleeping and SIDS
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What is SIDS?
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is an unexplainable/unexpected death of a healthy infant age 0-12 months.
American Academy of Pediatric, 2008
SIDS IS NOT PREDICTABLE
Sobralske & Gruber, 2009
Parents should be informed that these are only myths and that there is no proof that these myths are true.
AAP, 2008
This is sleeping on a cot beside the parents' bed but not sleeping in the bed with parents.
* Populations at risk for SIDS
The reason for this is based on genetics, the position baby is put to sleep, and bedsharing
This is due to exposure of secondhand smoke, drinking heave amounts of alcohol during pregnancy, and overdressing baby which leads to over heating.
Adult beds are not designed to meet the safety standards that a crib holds
In case the baby were to roll off the bed this is a shorter distance to fall from
Baby could become trapped between the bed and the wall
Heavy blankets can put baby at risk for "rebreathing" if the blankets stay covered over the baby's mouth and nose. Rebreathing is when the baby rebreathes the exhaled CO2 which causes suffocation.
Baby could become trapped between the cushions Children's Medical Center, 2008
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Informative Media Resources
SIDS Slideshow by Chris Towland - click link below
[SIDS slideshow|http://www.slideshare.net/inburton/baby-sleep-safety-reducing-the-risk-of-sids]
Healthy Child Care America (HCCA) Back to Sleep Campaign
Spanish and English versions
[HCCA Back to Sleep Campaignhttp|http://www.healthychildcare.org/sids.html]
Mortality Morbidity Weekly Report 2002 - SIDS is the leading cause of Post Neonatal Deaths
[MMWR|http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5438a8.htm]
[SIDS We Cannot Afford To Do Nothing-video is for adults only|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJGlvsCnVSU]