pirmdiena, 2010. gada 30. augusts

Cares for safe baby sleep

Safe baby sleep

Do you know the feeling, shortly after the baby has arrive, you woke up and went to
baby's bed, to listen whether he breathes? Or at middle of night you caress the baby to make sure that with him everything is okay? It's only normal, because every parent is heard about sudden baby deaths at sleep during the first year. In order to make optimal conditions and to protect the baby at sleep, parents should follow a few simple steps.

Infant sudden death incidence and causes.

Fact that the baby one morning simply can unopen his eyes makes parents' hearts shrink and cold chills run over their backs. Unfortunately, still many families experience these tragic events.


The exact reasons why baby`s just don’t wake up, doctors still have not found. Scientists around the world rack one`s brains to decipher the mystery of this tragic incident. They discuss about different hypotheses, but none of them have been proven. However, there is one consolation - Scientists have agreed that there are simple preventative measures to help your baby.

How to make your baby sleep safe?

There is identified a number of risk factors that may provoke Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Parents must eliminate those factors or reduced to a minimum.

1) Do not smoke!

Baby even before birth, should reside on non-smoking people company. Approximately 40% baby`s who had died from sudden death, one or both parents were smokers. New Zealand scientists have figured out that infant mortality from sudden death would be reduced by 26% if the mother's –smokers does not bed baby next to themselves. Smoking mothers baby`s airways are often overstrained, and their immune systems are weaker.

2) Bed baby on back

It turns out that the posture - lying on back, is the healthiest for baby. Most parents whose little children died from Sudden death, have found their babies lying on the belly.


3) Instead of blankets use sleeping bag.

Sudden deaths causes often are that baby drag blanket or soft playthings on their faces. That why there should not be such thing in baby crib. Sleeping bag is an ideal alternative to blankets, because such a sleeping bags cannot be pulled on the face, and it’s more difficult to turn around on belly in it.


4) Baby Crib on parents bedroom.

Parents protect their baby`s from sudden deaths if the first year of baby`s life, they allow baby to sleep in their bedroom, with condition that the baby still has his own crib. That’s how you r baby always is next to you. Remember to do not dress and tuck up your baby too warm.