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BABY SLEEP PROBLEM:
Sleeping on Tummy Since the awareness of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), parents have been advised to lay their baby on his/her back or side, instead of on their tummy to help prevent suffocation. So this position is not recommended until baby is older and can easily lift their head up. Not just barely lift their head up, but when they become stronger in their arms and neck muscles to easily lift their head and maneuver! This may be when baby is around five to seven months old, depending on your baby’s own unique developmental stages. [Although SIDS has decreased 25% since warning parents not to lay baby on their tummy, this is not the only cause of SIDS.]
Sleeping on Back Now we have yet another problem… Plagiocephaly or “Flat Head Syndrome.” This is when a baby’s soft head tissue and skull has an oblique malformation, flattened areas of the head, and even some balding may occur.
Sleeping on Side Ok, now we are getting somewhere; however, another problem persists. Unless the baby is propped or positioned correctly, as soon as they stir around, they lose their balance, which in turn causes them to wake up easily.
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