the-future-now: New study says swaddling a baby after 4 months may increase risk of sudden deathA re
the-future-now: New study says swaddling a baby after 4 months may increase risk of sudden deathA recent study published in the journal Pediatrics says that swaddling a baby may increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. The study’s author says swaddling — the popular practice of wrapping an infant — should be stopped as an infant reaches four months. Around that age, babies gain enough mobility to turn themselves over and sleep in a prone position, which increases the risk of SIDS from suffocation or “crib death.” Every year, about 3,500 kids die from SIDS, according to the Centers for Disease Control — most between the ages of 1 and 4 months. But those statistics are even more striking if you examine the racial discrepancies in the data.Follow @the-future-now -- source link