http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2009/01/21/sidssudden-infant-death-syndrome/ Providing Tools for Life Through Online Education Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.familyresource.com/blog/2009/01/21/sidssudden-infant-death-syndrome/#comment-46443 Nathan Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:30:52 +0000 http://www.familyresource.com/blog/?p=835#comment-46443 In most states, if your child enters into any kind of daycare outside of your home, there is no requirements for the daycare providers to have an intimate knowledge of SIDS. Even if you have done all of the above, if your child is under the age of 6 months, it is best to keep your baby at home or leave your child in a smaller infant daycare (less than 4 infants) and make sure they do exactly what you do at home (e.g., back-to-sleep in on a firm matress, no toys, pillows or blankets, pacifier, swaddling, etc.). Infants are at a 19-times greater risk of SIDS if they are back sleepers and are put on their stomachs (or placed on a pillow where they can flip to their stomachs). In most states, if your child enters into any kind of daycare outside of your home, there is no requirements for the daycare providers to have an intimate knowledge of SIDS. Even if you have done all of the above, if your child is under the age of 6 months, it is best to keep your baby at home or leave your child in a smaller infant daycare (less than 4 infants) and make sure they do exactly what you do at home (e.g., back-to-sleep in on a firm matress, no toys, pillows or blankets, pacifier, swaddling, etc.). Infants are at a 19-times greater risk of SIDS if they are back sleepers and are put on their stomachs (or placed on a pillow where they can flip to their stomachs).

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