What I see closely following the rise of back sleep position is a rise in parents having problems with baby sleep. They ''accuse'' babies of keeping themselves awake by waving there arms at the moment they appear to be falling asleep. I think these babies suffer Moro reflexes triggered by the common falling asleep motion (don't we all know the experience that we feel like missing a stairs step of stepping next to the pavement at the moment of falling asleep). If a baby is sleeping in the helples back position (which I agree with Diane to be a very vulnarable position for most mammals), the falling experience is treatening and the baby will wake and send alarm signals. And along with this rise in self awaking backsleeping children I see a rise in babies being swaddled very tightly, with arms and legs stretched. These babies do sleep long and deep, being immobilised to the extend of only being able to wink. Not being able to give any hungercues or any cues at all. I wonder what effect
 this may have on SIDS risks.
 

Warmly, 

Gonneke, 

Dutch IBCLC, living in Germany, teaching in Belgium

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