HI Nikki and others,

This reminds me of a mother I visited last week.
She asked me if it would be harmfull for her 4 week old if she went out for
shopping with her baby in a pram. This mother really would like to go out.
But she felt guilty because the baby has to sleep in his own bed and that
you have to reduce stimulusses


In my area newly parents are told that Rest en Regularity is very important
for their baby.
Here a translation (excuse me for my english) with the rules for the parents
and their baby.

Highlights:
You have to put the baby awake in his own bed.
I baby also has to learn to be alone and play alone.

"Preventing of crying and fussyness
Crying and fussyness can be prevented in most cases if there is already
attention in the first weeks (NL: kraamtijd) for regularity. ....
If the baby is put to sleep - awake- in the babies own bed after a feeding,
the baby will learn to sleep without help. Crying at the beginning of sleep
is normal. De first days the baby can fall asleep during a feeding. Then it
is also better to put de baby in his on bed instead to sit with the baby on
your lap. In bed the baby can sleep undisturbed the sleep that he needs.
....""

"The baby has to sleep in the same place: during the day in a cot/cradle in
a quiet place and during the night on the same nightsleepingplace (cot or
cradle)
A baby play's in his playpen ( this is not a place to sleep!)
Unambiguity in the place for playing and a place for sleeping offers
predictability"

"Regularity:
The same sequence of events in this sequence:
sleeping- waking- feeding - cuddling on arm or lap- baby has to be alone or
playing alone in playpen - baby tired: put the baby -awake-  in his cot to
sleep - sleeping etc.
Repetition gives recognision and  predictability for the baby. They will
come in a familiair behavior sequence."

"Rest:
A healthy alternation of waking and sleeping, a quiet environment. No TV or
radio the whole day long.
Not more then one trip a day (shopping, visiting someone)".

Ok I agree that regularity can help a mother and parents to establish a
relationship.
but these "rules" about playing alone in a pen and put the baby awake in his
bed....make me shudder.

When I was there, the baby fell asleep after a feeding and the baby was
lying prone on the mothers chest.
I told the parents that I consider it always as a gift to see a baby sound
asleep on the chest of one of the parents.

Warmllly Marijke Frings
Netherlands
Nutritionist Msc, IBCLC, LLL





2010/4/6 Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>

> Dear Friends:
>
>  Richardson et al have just published a study (J Peds 2010 epub, ahead of
> official publication so I don't have page numbers) "Influence of Swaddling
> Experience on Spontaneous Arousal Patterns and Autonomic Control in
> Sleeping
> Infants". Swaddling is a topic with conflicting research conclusions, where
> some studies find that it reduces rates of SIDS, and others find that it
> makes no difference or increases SIDS rates. These researchers found that
> breastfed infants that had never been swaddled before showed decreased
> total
> arousability and cortical arousal at the age of peak SIDS incidence. Their
> comment is wise: " By identifying potential new risks associated with naive
> swaddling, this study has highlighted the importance of thorough scientific
> investigations before widespread changes in infant care practices."
>
> Considering the repercussions of public health recommendations is
> essential.
>  Who would have imagined that the Back to Sleep campaign would increase
> rates of positional plagiocephaly, and delayed developmental motor
> milestone
> acquisition ( Majnemer et al 'Influence of supine sleep positioning on
> early
> motor milestone acquisition" Dev Med Child Neuro 2005; 47: 370-376)
>  because
> parents that are taught to put their babies in supine positions for sleep
> will use the supine position when their babies are awake.
>
> Maybe this all means that babies need to be carried and to sleep with their
> mothers? 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. Teach mothers that carrying their babies is
> dangerous (as is taught in most hospitals in my city) and mothers keep
> babies in buckets and trays and swings most of the time.
>
> Instead of warning about the risks of drinking and taking drugs and being
> overweight/obese and too-soft beds, public health recommends increased
> separation of mothers and babies. This leads to more formula feeding,
> greater disease and increased healthcare costs.
>
> very sad after reading a lot of newly published studies in the past few
> weeks......
>
> warmly,
>
> Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
> craniosacral therapy practitioner
> www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
>
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