Sharing a Room With an Infant can Help Guard Against SIDS

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By Julie Fidler

In a policy statement released October 24, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that infants should sleep in the same room as parents to lower the risk of sleep-related deaths. [1]

The group, which offers guidance on child-rearing, says that newborns should be placed to sleep in their parents’ bedroom on a separate, firm surface, such as a crib or bassinet, for at least the first 6 months of life and, ideally, the first full year.

This, the academy says, lowers risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by as much as 50%.

Dr. Lori Feldman-Winter, member of the Task Force on …read more

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