by PediaBlog | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Late last week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price issued a warning about the Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleeper due to reports of infants rolling over and dying in them: The CPSC is aware of 10 infant deaths in the Rock ‘n Play...
by PediaBlog | Nov 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
*This post first appeared on The PediaBlog on November 30, 2015. “Bare Is Best” In a 2011 policy statement regarding “SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Deaths,” the American Academy of Pediatrics expanded their recommendations to make a baby’s...
by PediaBlog | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
23 years have passed since the American Academy of Pediatrics began urging parents to place their babies supine (on their back) to sleep. This “Back to Sleep” effort to decrease the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was highlighted...
by PediaBlog | Jun 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last November, we reviewed the A,B,Cs of safe infant sleep environments (Alone, on the Back, in a Crib) and considered new guidelines in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ updated policy statement on protecting babies from SIDS and other sleep-related deaths:...
by PediaBlog | Jan 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
There is seldom a role for home cardiorespiratory or oxygen monitors. Even in newborns and young infants who are discharged home from neonatal intensive care units for a variety of serious conditions, including apnea and bradycardia of prematurity which resolves in...
