Risk of sudden death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) often occurs in babies who were sleeping. Familiarize your baby sleep on their backs to avoid the threat of SIDS.Placing baby on his back when sleeping proven to reduce the risk of sudden death syndrome in infants (SIDS). And babies until 6 months of age were at risk of SIDS.
Dr. Carl Hunt of the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo said there was no health risk would come if the lull a baby with his back and no price to pay for the baby to sleep with his back .
As quoted from Health24, several studies have also shown that babies who slept in supine position (use the back) can reduce the risk of SIDS.
In 1992 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that babies sleep on his side or her back to reduce the risk and that both these strategies successfully. So the death of SIDS infants was decreased approximately 40 percent.
Some parents choose tummy tuck her baby in the parents fear the baby would choke and believe that the baby will sleep better if her mother's stomach.
Researchers analyzed information obtained from 3733 infants of mothers put the baby in the same position during sleep, the majority by using the baby's back, followed by your side and prone positions.
The survey was conducted at the age of the baby one, three and six months to see if the baby has symptoms such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing, diarrhea and vomiting.
"Based on these studies there is a decrease symptoms of fever at the age of one month, stuffy nose and difficulty in sleeping in after six months and an ear infection at three and six months, for infants who slept supine position," said Marian Willinger specialist for the National SIDS Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
Researchers suggest that babies who slept with his back or better than in infants who slept with his stomach. This is because babies who sleep with my stomach has a high temperature in the mouth and throat, which may be caused by bacterial growth conducive.
In other words, children who slept with his back more often swallow that indicate the possibility of these children are effectively cleared his throat.
"Whatever the reason, it is important for the baby to always be placed with the back of each bed with the nanny while," said Willinger.