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Nikki noted:
Put babies down to sleep in a prone position and the risk of SIDS
increases. Put babies down supine increases their risk of head flattening
and developmental delay.
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But she forgot to mention the supine position has increased our epidemic
proportions of severe reflux/GERD in babies. See Colic Solved by Bryan
Vartabedian. For which many babies are taken off breastfeeding and put on
medications and thickened formula.
While I'd rather have a baby with a flat head and reflux than no baby due
to SIDS, we have a responsibility to teach parents that they HAVE to put
their babies on their tummies several times a day. Some parents are
terrified to do skin to skin because it puts the baby on his tummy. And so, as
Nikki pointed out, we have the separators -- the bucket, the crib, the swing,
the johnny jump-up (or whatever). But mostly the bucket.
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education Consultants
_www.lactationeducation.com_ (http://www.lactationeducation.com/)
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