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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