About 4,500 infants die in the United.States each year from unknown causes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that half of those deaths are the result of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, characterized by a sudden and...
Head trauma is the most common cause of accidental death in infancy, David Graham of the Institute of Neurological Science in Glasgow, Scotland, reports in the July 2001 issue of "Brain." Accidental head trauma occurs frequently in infants. While...
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), also called crib death, is diagnosed when an infant under one-year-old dies and no medical cause is found. Most often the death occurs in a crib during the night and there's nothing a parent could have done....
Sudden infant death syndrome, also referred to as crib death, is the reason listed for roughly 2,500 infant deaths in the United States each year. The actual reason for these deaths is unknown, however. Babies between the ages of 1 month and 1...
Planning a funeral for an infant is a task that no parent wants to undertake. Unfortunately because of stillbirth, early infant demise, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or any number of other reasons, you may find yourself doing just that. Take the...
Babies bring a great deal of joy to a family, but they also bring sleep deprivation in many cases. However, you do not need to resign yourself to an endless number of sleepless nights. According to Dr. William Sears, one of the most common...
Whether you lose a baby via miscarriage, late pregnancy loss, stillbirth or infant death, the loss can be a shocking experience. Not only do you lose the baby, but you lose the hopes and dreams that you harbored for your little one. No one can...
A pacifier can be an important part of a new parent's arsenal. It helps soothe your baby, and a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published in a 2005 issue of "Pediatrics" found that pacifiers significantly reduced the risk of sudden...
Infants spend the majority of their time sleeping. However, it's during times of sleep where an infant is often not as closely monitored. This can lead to serious dangers, including sudden infant death syndrome, if the infant is not placed in the...
When you are in the hospital, you may be amazed by how well the staff wraps the baby for sleep. When a baby is wrapped snugly in a blanket, it is known as swaddling. According to the Babycenter website, a baby is swaddled for not only warmth, but...
Newborns have notoriously short sleep spans, but by the time your baby turns five-months-old, she should have started sleeping for longer stretches of time, ranging from five to eight hours a night. Learning how to put a five-month-old baby to...
According to the American Cancer Society, 10 to 16 percent of women smoke throughout their pregnancies, putting themselves and their babies at risk for a number of health issues. In fact, up to 5 percent of infant deaths would be prevented if...
According to BabySake.com, nine infant deaths are attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome every day in the United States. Also referred to as SIDS, suddent infant death is the term used to explain the unexpected death of an infant less than 1...
Most babies will experience the most discomfort from gas between three and six weeks of age, according to Dr. Alan Greene on the website Parents.com. Gas at this age is most commonly caused by babies swallowing air as they feed, but it can also be...
You can lead a baby to a bed, but you can't make him sleep. This fact can make many parents feel helpless and frustrated. However, parents may not realize that creating the right conditions for sleep and consistently signaling sleep expectations...
Blankets and other soft items in your baby's crib increase the risk of both suffocation and sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. That might make you feel like you need to crank up the heat to keep your blanket-free baby warm, but if the room's...
Fear of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, leads more than 75 percent of parents to put their babies to sleep on their back, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. For parents...
Certain sleep positions are safe for babies while others can greatly increase health risks to the baby. Sleep positioners are soft and large cushions designed to keep a baby sleeping on her back and in one place so that she doesn't roll around in...
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is a frightening and confusing threat to an infant's life. While researchers have drawn correlations, assessed risk factors and ruled out some causes, it is still unclear why SIDS occurs. The prevalence of...
Whether or not expecting mothers are active tobacco users, secondhand smoke can affect their fetuses in many ways. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that nonsmoking women can inhale airborne smoke passively, or secondhand....
You may be alarmed some mornings to find your baby sleeping in sweaty clothes and on sweaty sheets or worry when your infant cries so hard that he works up a sweat. Infants, even newborns, have fully developed sweat glands in their heads and necks...
According to the MedlinePlus website, a preemie infant is delivered before the 37th week of pregnancy. Approximately 8 to 10 percent of babies in the United States are born premature. Feeding is one of the many challenges parents face with a...
Dressing baby appropriately at night can make her more comfortable and facilitate better sleep. Parents of newborn babies through age four months may consider following American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for nighttime dressing to...
Swaddling can work like magic in calming a fussy, tired or overstimulated baby. The simple act of wrapping him in a receiving blanket will help recreate the snug environment of the womb. Swaddling may also help the baby sleep for longer as being...
Of all the challenges presented by parenting, helping your baby learn how to sleep through the night is one of the toughest. If his sleep habits aren't good, it can put a great deal of stress on both him and you. Though it may seem like you have...
Infants wake up every few hours and many do not develop a regular sleep cycle until 6 months of age, according to Healthy Children. This means that you may find yourself overtired while caring for your baby. Adding to the frustration is the fact...
A pacifier can help your baby soothe himself, go to sleep and even help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, suggests the Mayo Clinic. When you're ready to introduce a pacifier to your baby, remember that while sucking is a comforting...
Losing a baby is one of the hardest things that a parent could ever face. Men and women spend nine months planning for the arrival of their new baby, but sometimes infants die shortly after birth or a few months later. When it happens, it can lead...
Size, firmness and quality are the main considerations when purchasing a crib. Small mattresses leave gaps between the crib and mattress that could trap your baby. Soft mattresses pose a risk of suffocation or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)....
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