Sudden Infant Deaths Increases!

A new research has shown that the number of children dying from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is increasing.Sudden infant death is the death of children under the age of one which cause cannot be determined by autopsy. One of the main causes of this type of death in infants between the age 1month and 1year is the positioning of infants when they sleep.Most parents lay the infants to sleep on their sides and on their stomach instead of making the infants sleep with their backs to the bed. Another great cause of infant deaths is laying the children on beds with sleep hazardous objects like clothes,blankets,and loose beddings.These are dangerous as they can lead to suffocation. The study on some mums and infants showed: •1 month olds: ◦21 percent were placed on non-recommended sleep surfaces ◦14 percent were not placed on their backs to sleep ◦91 percent had loose or non-approved items in the bed with them ◦28 percent were moved by parents to a new sleep position overnight •3 month olds: ◦10 percent were placed on non-recommended sleep surfaces ◦18 percent were not placed on their backs to sleep ◦87 percent had loose or non-approved items in the bed with them ◦18 percent were moved by parents to a new sleep position overnight •6 months old: ◦12 percent were placed on non-recommended sleep surfaces ◦33 percent were not placed on their backs to sleep ◦93 percent had loose or non-approved items in the bed with them ◦12 percent were moved by parents to a new sleep position overnight. If you are a parent,it is recommended that you allow your baby sleep on his or her back and keep unsafe objects away from the bed.