How to Reduce The Risk of Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) (Part 1)

Posted by kiki | March 13th, 2010 in Baby Problems | No Comments »

prevention of SIDS

How can I reduce the risk of sudden death?

You can follow these tips to reduce risk. Here’s what the steps.

• Place your baby to sleep on your back preferably or alternatively on the side, never on your stomach

No doubt this is the first action you should take. While this so you can handle until the baby can roll over by itself, ie 5 or 6 months. However the risk of SIDS begins to decline significantly after this age. Therefore we do not have to worry if the night turns on its own.

• Do not smoke during pregnancy, or allow smoking around baby

You know how bad it may be the snuff during pregnancy. Also make sure after the birth of the place where the baby is free of smoke and ventilated. If you can not quit smoking is really important that you do inside your house, in any case come to the window, balcony or patio.

• Use a mattress in the crib sheets appropriate and properly adjusted

Choose a hard, flat mattress and lay your baby and do not put pillows. Plus it will help to improve motor development, as keep your back straight. Also do not use heavy blankets. It is preferable to use cotton sheets fitted to the sides of the cradle and covering the baby to breast, not to the neck and with his Brazito outside.

If you want to cherish more the baby can use a light blanket, but also adjusted to the sides of the bed, but without squeezing the baby. If you think the baby may be cold should better maintain the atmosphere at a temperature between 24 º C and 26 º C. Another way to entertain without covering the baby is using more warm pajamas.

• Avoid using CHICHONERA

The ideal is to keep most objects in the crib that could suffocate the baby. Anyway if you use Solament choose those that are compact, thin and make sure you securely to the crib.

• Do not leave toys in the crib

The toys can also be dangerous, besides the baby is still very young to understand who has a sleeping comrade.


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