October 28, 2016.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has just published new recommendations to prevent sudden infant deaths, which are still too numerous in the United States. Valuable recommendations for young parents.
Make the child sleep in the same room as his parents
What can be done to drastically reduce the number of sudden infant deaths? This is the question researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics attempted to answer at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference held in San Francisco on Monday, October 24.
Among the many recommendations that have been offered, the researchers asserted that sleeping the child in the same room as their parents would be associated with a 50% reduction in the risk of sudden death.
” We know that parents can be overwhelmed by the birth of a child and we want to provide a clear and simple guide on how and where to put them to sleep. », Said Rachel Moon, main author of these recommendations. Parents must make him sleep like this for the first 6 months of his life and if possible for a year.
Make the baby sleep on his back
The researchers recommend, moreover, to lie the child on his back and avoid sheets or blankets as much as possible. A sleeping bag is enough. The child must sleep on a firm mattress in his bed without imposing lint the pillows that could suffocate him or unnecessarily increase his body heat.
” It is true that there have been fashions », Explains Justine Derain-Court, pediatrician at Saint-Joseph hospital in Marseille, in the columns of 20 minutes. ” But now, that will not change: you have to put your baby to sleep on his back. For the past twenty years, studies have shown that when he is lying on his stomach he manages his breathing less well and is therefore 70 times more likely to choke. “
If some parents are worried that the reflux baby might choke on their back, they might think about put a pillow under their children’s mattress to raise his head a little.
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