SIDS is important to me because I work in an infant
room and parents are always asking us to put their child on their stomachs. The
parents know about SIDS but they always say their child sleeps best that way
and I have to explain that we as childcare workers aren’t allowed to let them
sleep on their stomach if the child rolls on their stomach their self then its
fine. I also chose this topic because I person that I knew lost her child to
SIDS when he was three months and she blames herself for his death. Parents
need to be more educated about this because we say this could never happen to
our child. In 2010 this was considered to be the third leading cause of death
among infants.
Each year in the United
States, about 4,000 infants die suddenly of no immediately, obvious cause
(center for disease control and prevention). Compared to other developing
countries the United States has the highest rate for SIDS. For example, in 2005, the U.S. rate ranked
second highest (after New Zealand) among 13 countries in a research study by
Fern Hauck and Kawai Tanabe (national SUID/SIDS Resource Center).
These decreases range from 40% in Argentina to 86%
in France (ispid.org). The highest SIDS rates in 1990 (>2.0/1000 live
births) were in Ireland, New Zealand, and Scotland (ispid.org). More recently,
the highest SIDS rates (>0.5/1000 live births) are in New Zealand and the
United States (ispid.org). The lowest rates (<0.2/1000) are in Japan and the
Netherlands (ispid.org). My plans for the future are to open my childcare center and inform parents along with caregivers about SIDS and how they can help. I would love to start teaching the trainings for this class as well to empower other childcare givers.
I found this chart at http://www.sidscenter.org/Statistics.html
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i think your post was great. People are often set in their ways in regards to allowing babies to sleep on their stomachs. My family and friends typically believe that placing a baby on their stomachs allows them to sleep longer. This may be true but wouldn't risk my babies life for it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the graphic that went with your post. It is very scary that your baby could die for no apparent reason. I did think by looking at the graphic it was a positive thing that in basically every country ti was on a decline which gives hope that the statics are decreasing.
DeleteEven though my children are 8 years apart I still forced them to sleep on their backs, my daughter always rolled over to her stomach, I always forced myself to get up in the middle of the night to check on her. Still at 8 years old she sleeps on her stomach.
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