During cold weather, the use of extra blankets and heavy clothes to keep infants warm can lead to dangerous overheating and increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), U.S. experts warn.
Infants are sensitive to extremes in temperatures and have poor regulation of their body temperature. Research has shown that multiple layers of clothing, heavy clothing, heavy blankets and warm room temperatures increase risk of SIDS. Babies who are in danger of overheating feel hot to the touch, the experts at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) explained in a U.S. National Institutes of Health news release.
“Parents and caregivers should dress infants in light clothing for …
Most of my past blogs have been about the lighter side of being a dad. Diaper changes, smiling, bath time…they have all been fairly positive and upbeat. For this blog, however, I decided to be a little more serious and talk about one of my fears as a dad. I am sure my wife shares my fears about SIDS, but it has been on my mind recently.
Sound asleep...but I still worry about my baby.
I find myself constantly worrying about whether little Owen is breathing in the middle of the night. I am not sure why I am all worked up about this lately, but it has been …
I’ve written quite a few blogs about my baby’s ever changing sleep habits. And it really does change from month to month. I feel like as soon as we start to get comfortable with some kind of routine, it’ll change on me without rhyme or reason. Thankfully, there is one thing that has stayed constant through all of the ups and downs of sleeping. I like to call that thing the Magic Sleep Sack.
A sleep sack is basically a wearable blanket that zips up and is recommended for babies to help reduce the risk of SIDS. I like it because Saioa can’t kick off her blanket in the middle of …
SUNDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) – Experts have long known that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is more common in boys than girls, but a new study suggests that gender differences in levels of wakefulness are not to blame.
In fact, the researchers found that infant boys are more easily aroused from sleep than girls.
“Since the incidence of SIDS is increased in male infants, we had expected the male infants to be more difficult to arouse from sleep and to have fewer full arousals than the female infants,” senior author Rosemary S.C. Horne, a senior research fellow at the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, said in a news release. “In …
Growing up, I was constantly telling my mother not to worry about me. She always replied that it was a mother’s duty to worry about her child. It wasn’t until I had Sayle that I truly understood how much a mother could actually worry about her child.Before Sayle’s arrival I made it a point to learn everything I could about SIDS. I knew I could not control SIDS so I wanted to know what risk factors I could control in my home. I implemented all the recommendations given to reduce the risk of SIDS.Sayle slept on his back every night. I did not keep anything in the bassinette with him and the bassinette had a firm …
SIDS has no medical explanation, yet it is the leading cause of death for infants between one month and one year of
Please do not allow your baby to sleep in their nursing pillow
age. Not only is there no explanation as to why it occurs, there is also no specific who it happens to, when it will strike, or where it is going to happen. There is also no concrete evidence in regards to what exactly prevents SIDS, only recommendations.
Due to the lack of information, I used what facts were available …
