Allowing babies to sleep outside their cribs or dedicated solo sleep spaces can have life-threatening risks. That’s according to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...
With October being Infant Safe Sleep Month in Michigan, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department wants to remind everyone of the importance of infant safe sleep. Sleep-related deaths can occur at ...
Each year in Utah, approximately 27 infants die suddenly and unexpectedly before their first birthday. That’s more than two babies per month who die this way, and ...
Many parents think that the inability to fall asleep or stay asleep is just a normal part of infancy, but a new study shows early sleep issues carry through to childhood Many parents think that the ...
I am a senior nursing student at Youngstown State University. Recently, I completed my rotation on the maternity ward, witnessing births and helping new moms with newborn care. Working with these new ...
Thankfully, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDs) declined in the 1990s, in part due to the Safe Sleep Campaign launched by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which urged parents to put infants down on ...