Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

          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)

In 1997, anthropologist James Mckenna and his colleagues conducted a study in a sleep laboratory at the University of California's Irvine School of Medicine. The study was to observed thirty-five nursing mother- infant pair sleeping together as well as apart for three consecutive nights. The infants were between eleven to fifteen weeks old. Twenty of the infants had been co sleeping since birth and the other fifteen had been independent sleepers. To observe they used many tools such as polygraph to record mother and infants heart rate, breathing rhythms, body temperature, the nursing cycles and even monitored their brain waves all of this along with watching their test subjects simultaneously on an infrared video monitor. What they found was quite unique, the infant and mother were highly responsive to each other and their movements. The infant and mother changed position of sleeping to face each other. They wake more frequently to nurse, and about twice as much as an independent sleeper and nurse three times longer but still get more sleep co sleeping than independent sleepers,

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

Bed-rest has been used as a treatment since the 19the century and its effects were seen in writing as early as 1892 in The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In the article The Bed-Rest Hoax by Alexandra Kleeman she goes to point out how bed rest is negatively affecting patients who are prescribed it because of inactivity. While Kleeman points out many flaws in why bed-rest should be put to rest many researchers still believe that bed-rest can have astounding effects on pregnant women. Although in Kleeman’s article she tested out bed-rest on her own healthy body it is more often prescribed to pregnant women at this day in age to help with pregnancy. Because of its many benefits such as normalizing the body and increasing blood flow to the placenta bed rest is overall good for pregnant women.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality (under the age of one) in developed countries. The causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have been puzzling and research is being conducted to solve this catastrophic problem. Having a child under the age of one makes me very concerned, along with any other parent(s), that the possibility of SIDS could affect any infant at anytime, SIDS does not discriminate. I am seeking to find the possible causes to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome so in the future deaths could be avoided.

Many questions about the causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also known as “crib death,” are still unresolved. The mysterious and elusive nature of SIDS creates problems, doubts, and more questions. This paper will present some of the most commonly asked questions as well as the answers that have been uncovered by scientists after years of research and study.

The Iowa Sudden Infant Death Syndrome foundation is a non-profit organization that provides help to families that experienced SIDS, and donates to SIDS Research. This foundation gives a wide amount of support to families who have experienced a child passing away from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS. They hold numerous events to raise money for medical research to find a cause of SIDS, such as different walks or awareness events. The Iowa SIDS foundation also provides educational recourses for things that are recognized as something that could prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

SIDS is something that scares every new parent, but what terrifies parents even more is that no one knows what causes sudden infant death syndrome. There are ways that people could reduce the risk of SIDS but it won’t guarantee that it won’t happen. Babies are to be placed on their back while sleeping and never to be facing down towards the blankets or on their sides. Another thing that is told to decrease the chances of SIDS is to take out any extra blankets or stuffed animals that many get in the babies face. As a first time parent I was very paranoid about SIDS because no can explain why this is happening to healthy babies, so for the first year I made sure that I did everything right. Than one day when my son was eight months old he stopped

SIDS and how to prevent it, are still limited. The leaders in this field are

Our group based the learning needs resource assessment around the idea of previous knowledge the Women’s Resource Center’s clients have, regarding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Shaken Baby Syndrome. On our LNRAs we asked four basic questions pertaining to these two syndromes, some of the questions included: What do you know about sudden infant death syndrome, what steps could be taken to prevent SIDS, and what do you know about Shaken Baby Syndrome? After receiving the LNRAs, it is apparent that clients involved with this center are unfamiliar with these two syndromes and their causes. This is evident by the clients stating, “I don’t know” or only knowing that the infant could “die as a result of” the event.

The major risk factor of SIDS is recognized to be prone sleeping. The Back-to-Sleep (BTS) campaign was brought on when research found that parents and caregivers were wrongly informed that their children were safer and at lower risk for SIDS if they were placed in the prone sleeping position. Around

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is the number one cause of death among babies. It is unexplainable, and happens while the baby is sleeping. It is sometimes known as “crib death” or “cot death.” It is diagnosed after all of the causes of the baby’s death, such as trauma, an infection, heart or lung infection, have been eliminated. In 2010, there was a recorded amount of about two thousand babies that died due to SIDS. Four years later, in 2014, the amount lowered to one thousand five hundred. It often occurs to babies that are less than a year old. SIDS is most common with babies that are in between the ages of two and four months. Ninety percent of the SIDS that have occurred are before the baby reaches to six months. It is interesting

A major disadvantage of the air crib is that the parents might spend less time soothing the baby when it cries. According to developmentalists, babies cannot be spoiled in their first year of life (Santrock, pg 180). So it follows that any time spent soothing the baby could only support the infant’s emotional stability. Along this line of thought, developing proper attachment between the baby and the parents is rather important. So again, one of the main questions is how much time a caregiver needs to spend with an infant for them to develop this

The study took place in north Europe Scandinavian countries such as Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The local paediatrician from Norway and Sweden and the forensic institution of Denmark invited parents of sudden infant death syndromes (SIDS) to take part in the study. Sudden infant death syndrome is the sudden, unexpected and unexplained death of an apparently healthy baby.

In the independent model of parenting lots of praise is given. When I become a parent I plan to praise my child when they do tasks on their own. Praise will give the child confidence and perseverance to continue to do well. Children who never get praised may end up feeling like a disappointment or failure to their parents. It’s important for children to find their voice and not always have a parent speak up for them like in the interdependence model. I also believe it’s extremely important for a child to sleep in their own room. “The Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend co-sleeping because Western beds are not designed for that'd infant deaths are attributed to parents’ rolling over on the child.” (Brooks, 2013) Co-sleeping is not only