Nighttime Care: Article Analysis

          Placing an infant to sleep on its back has been a universal prevention for SIDS and may be the largest contributing factor for the decline in SIDS cases. In the last two decades, the cases of infants who died from SIDS declined by more than 50 %, with less than seven infants per 10,000 infants that died from SID. (American 1)

Some parents of infants think co-sleeping is beneficial, however; experts do believe that this practice is very dangerous. Every parent has the decision to co-sleep (sharing a bed with your baby), its weather they do or not that counts. There are reasons parents decide for or against, for example; if you’re a heavy sleeper, you might accidently roll over and suffocate your child. You might not realize that something like could happen, but it can. “Most parents just figure it will be easier for them, it’s not like every parent of a newborn is going to spend hours re-searching reasons not to co-sleep” (lifescience)

( Hayes, Robert & Stowe, 1996). In more studies co-sleeping protect some babies from sudden infant death (SIDS), co-sleeping babies tend to nurse more often, sleep lightly, and have more practice at responding to maternal arousal. Arousal deficiencies have been linked to some sudden infant death and long periods of deep sleep for the infant could complicate the matters more.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a condition that many people still are trying to figure out why it happens to these babies. This syndrome is described as an unexplained death of an infant younger than one year of age. SIDS is frightening because it can strike without warning and affect a good, healthy infant. Most SIDS deaths occur at night and without warning. SIDS victims may have been down for sleep for as little as ten minutes, they show signs of struggle or suffering. Although SIDS is commonly associated with an infants sleep time, and often occurs in the crib. This event is not limited to the crib and may occur anywhere the infant is sleeping, deaths have occurred in

The research paper will help explain how big of a problem that SIDS truly is. People do not completely understand what SIDS is and in this paper it will explain theories that are not true about what causes SIDS and also will explain what SIDS is. The amount of confusion that people will get from what causes SIDS and what kind of methods do help protect the child will be able to get further explained throughout this research paper. I hope that people will understand how great of a deal that SIDS truly is in the world. SIDS is underestimated on the toll that it can take on someone with how depressing it is and how painful it is to go through and deal with losing an infant to SIDS. With SIDS being something that firefighters and policemen both deal with it is something that can affect their every day life. In the fire department there are many fire departments that after the run for a SIDS case is completed then that department will then require their firefighters to undergo a debriefing on the incident that previously occurred during that run. SIDS will affect even those who were not in any way related to the infant. With this research paper I want to be able to stress how important it is to be able to take care of an infant with

Many of the benefits of co-sleeping stem from the interactions that can readily happen within the open, close proximity environment co-sleeping enables. One of these benefits is breast feeding, which can influence many other aspects of infant health and behavior. Breast feeding is much easier to perform when co-sleeping, as the infant is nearer to the parent and the position already accommodates for mother and baby’s comfort. Breast feeding and co-sleeping a cyclical relationship, as each promotes the other. A mother that co-sleeps will find herself breast sleeping more throughout the night and this nightly breast feeding will facilitate more co-sleeping

Furthermore, the education provided helped them to understand by each illustration was a reflection of the Safe to Sleep imitative. Modeling safe sleep not only benefited infants during hospitalization but benefited them after their discharge home. Staff were to model safe sleep by placing all infants in cribs supine, on a flat surface, in a sleep sack without a hat, and no addition items in their beds except a pacifier and bulb syringe.

In spite of a major decline in the incidences of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome since the American Academy of Pediatrics published its recommendation in 1992 that infants should be placed on their back for sleeping this decline has stopped and left us at a plateau. Even though this was released many families are still butting babies on their bellies to sleep. Because of that, it has become increasingly important to address the risk that puts infants at greater risk for SIDS. In this paper of the changeable and non-changeable risk factors of SIDS will be addressed. The recommendations described in this paper include placing infants on a back position to sleep, use of a firm sleep surface and the need for routinely scheduled immunization.

Almost all the articles that have been searched were very negative based. On whattoexpect.com there is an article on the pros of co-sleeping. In this article is states ’For the record, the American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) position is that babies should sleep close to their parents but not in the same bed. The fear is that a parent could inadvertently trap a baby in bed covers or in the space between the bed and the wall. And some studies suggest co-sleeping puts babies at higher risk for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), especially when parents drink too much, smoke, or fail to make sure the bed is safe.' which is a pro within a con, meaning even though it is unsafe to have an infant sleeping in the bed with you. You can still have the infant close by in a crib. which may be able to help the parents sleep better knowing they are still close to their baby. Further research was found from an article, “The quandary for parents: Should baby sleep with us? Scientists at war: [National Edition] “stating that a study by Dr. James McKenna mothers that co-sleep with their infants are less likely to have infants who could possibly die from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) because the child, though still sleeping, is in a light sleep and still being stimulated by the mother’s movements, smells and other sounds. Infants who sleep on their own are more likely, according to this study, to fall into a deep sleep and could possibly become victim to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). (Sadler,

One of the major points discussed is in sleeping in Houston is the deaths during bed sharing, the police say this is caused by suffocation during bed sharing and parents rolling onto their baby due to fatigue. This is countered in “Co-Sleeping research” By listing points that benefits, the argument for “Co-Sleeping” Such as babies are able to breastfeed during Co-sleeping another point is that the parent and the baby are highly responsive to each other movements also that babies rarely cry during the Co-Sleeping. During the time that I allowed my kids to sleep with, me the cried a lot, Furthermore, my children also breastfeed a lot. They would also wake me up so that they can play around. The children would wake me up to play with them, they

One of the most controversial behaviours parents can do is adjust the babies sleeping environment. There have been multiple arguments on this topic; however, research has shown that a babies sleeping environment can impact their sleeping safety tremendously. Some safety precautions all care givers can do is: placing the baby on their back to sleep, keeping the crib clean and clear of any toys or pillows, don’t overheat the baby with clothes or blankets instead try a sleeping sack, and lastly allow the baby to sleep in the caregivers room for the first six months or until the infant is capable of rolling over on their own. Another way to help prevent SIDS is by using a pacifier. Strangely enough, pacifiers can reduce the risk of SIDS due to the fact that they help prevent a baby from going into a deep sleep. Though, caregivers need to take precaution when doing this if an infant is breast feeding as they should not be introduced to pacifiers until they are nursing well. Consequently, one of the easiest ways to prevent SIDS is to not ignore sicknesses, especially respiratory related issues. In the first year of an infant’s life something as simple as a cough or old can impact them greatly. By taking an infant to a clinic, doctor, or even the emergency room as soon as any signs of sickness strike could save their life. Ultimately, there is no guaranteed that these precautions will work and unfortunately SIDS does happen. Despite that, there are multiple ways for caregivers to cope with this

Safe sleep practice for infants is an important topic of interest for new parents because infants can spend as much as 16-18 hours of their day sleeping (Canadian Pediatric Society, 2012). It is important for parents to understand how to practice safe sleep precautions with their infant to minimize the risks of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, more commonly referred to as SIDS. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics SIDS is defined as “the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age, which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene and review of the clinical

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) developed what is known as: “The Back to Sleep Campaign”. The campaign provides education regarding safe sleeping measures among infants. One of the most important implementations to prevent sudden infant death syndrome is putting infants to sleep on their backs. Avoid putting toys, stuffed animals or extra pillows in the infant crib given the fact that these objects could cover the infants mouth or nose and prevent them to breath. Studies have determined that efforts made at increasing parental education Infant Safe Sleep practices with consistent and repetitive message decreased infant sleep-related mortality (Goodstein et. al, 2015). Nurses should modeled best practices for infant safe sleep and education

     Finally, sleep is lost and never will be regained. During the first year of a baby’s life, parents, especially mothers, lose 700 or more hours of sleep. That is a lot. No wonder parents look like a walking zombie. When babies do sleep through the night, parents still wake up to check on them to make sure that they are comfortable and everything is all right. Unfortunately, babies aren’t the only cause for loss of sleep. Teenagers are to. They go out and stay

One of the most enjoyable moments in a parent’s life is to see the birth of their child. They would do anything to protect their little one from any diseases or illnesses but sometimes there are some things they do not know about until it was too late. Once they get home, some parents are prepared for a newborn and others are not. Being in the hospital, parents have nurses to help them out and transition them into parenthood for the short time they are there, however once they leave they are on their own caring for their child. One thing that most parents are not aware is about the dangers of unsafe sleep in the home. Safe sleep is one of the most important things to educate parents on. From informing ways to help prevent any incidents happening while their newborn is sleeping to providing a safe sleeping environment for the newborn to prevent any harm while asleep. According to Sauber-Schatz’s article, the biggest sleep-related issues are Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths (SUID) which includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS has one of the highest mortality rates for infants aging one month to one year of life. The purpose of this paper is to show how culture plays a role in safe sleep and that if parents are not educated enough on safe sleep; unsafe environments can lead to SIDS.