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anyone who thinks an infant sleeping on its stomach is dangerous is behind the times. LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 26/04/2012 01:51:59 PM
That idea came about in the 60s when some famous baby doctor wrote some idiot book about babies and claimed putting babies on their backs prevented SIDS. He made these claims with no scientific evidence, btw, but the mom's just ate his book up. When the scientific community went "hmm this...doesn't seem to be working", they did an actual study on it and found that making babies sleep on their back was actually DETRIMENTAL.

Apparently there was a massive PR campaign in the UK when this information came out and within a year or so of parents letting their babies sleep on their stomachs, SIDS rates had plumetted.


((We talked about this case in our Epidemeology/Evidence-Based Medicine course a couple semesters, so I don't have all the details. The case itself wasn't really the take-home message :P ))
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Books for very small children: suggestions? Rebekah - 20/04/2012 12:19:39 AM 1722 Views
Really, before 18 months you're wasting your time Tom - 20/04/2012 01:26:05 AM 1414 Views
I dunno. I really enjoyed books when I was that young LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:12:29 AM 1431 Views
At a year and a half? Nate - 20/04/2012 06:18:01 PM 1222 Views
I don't remember reading quite that young, but I do remember not long after that. LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:35:11 PM 1406 Views
Color me slightly skeptical. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:17:51 PM 1297 Views
my mother spent over 20 years classroom teaching, is an Ed.D... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2012 10:40:56 PM 1651 Views
So did my mother. Elementary school teacher from 1960-1990. Tom - 22/04/2012 05:24:44 PM 1226 Views
I double checked. I was confusing it with another event. I was about 2.5 *NM* LadyLorraine - 22/04/2012 12:19:09 AM 784 Views
That sounds about right. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2012 05:20:35 PM 638 Views
Similar experience here... DomA - 20/04/2012 07:04:51 PM 1541 Views
Yah, I was a bit like your niece LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 09:30:02 PM 1568 Views
Re: Yah, I was a bit like your niece DomA - 20/04/2012 11:48:12 PM 1438 Views
That's weird. Tom - 21/04/2012 01:22:24 PM 1334 Views
Re: That's weird. DomA - 21/04/2012 05:41:27 PM 1455 Views
Doesn't need to be an extended period of time, though. A few minutes is enough at the beginning. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:42:23 PM 1508 Views
No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Tom - 23/04/2012 02:29:57 PM 1194 Views
Re: No problem, if you just want to flush money down a toilet. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 03:32:22 PM 1360 Views
Look, it's useless to discuss at this point but let's have the discussion again in 2 years. Tom - 23/04/2012 04:39:47 PM 1613 Views
I'm really interested in the evidence for the crawling thing. Vivien - 25/04/2012 08:11:31 PM 1488 Views
I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Tom - 25/04/2012 09:56:14 PM 1230 Views
Re: I can't find actual scientific studies on the web Vivien - 26/04/2012 03:45:40 AM 1642 Views
anyone who thinks an infant sleeping on its stomach is dangerous is behind the times. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 01:51:59 PM 1498 Views
Yes, the SIDS indicia are all over the place. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:29:15 PM 1268 Views
If there was a big ad campaign in the UK about this then no-one told my medical team. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:40:48 PM 1318 Views
Hmmm. *shrug* I don't know. I trust this professor to have his facts straight. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 08:01:53 PM 1365 Views
Possible answer is difference between Scottish and English health systems. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 08:28:38 PM 1261 Views
weird. maybe trends have swung back the other way. LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 10:01:01 PM 1337 Views
I hope you don't have it mixed up... Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:18:00 PM 1368 Views
blagh. maybe I do...I hope not. I hate it when that happens. let me pull out that notebook... LadyLorraine - 27/04/2012 12:01:47 AM 1342 Views
I'm very happy to hear that. Vivien - 26/04/2012 10:12:32 PM 1515 Views
Re: Look, it's useless to discuss at this point but let's have the discussion again in 2 years. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:25 PM 1199 Views
Yes, yes, of course. Everyone thinks they have the experience. Tom - 26/04/2012 02:25:10 PM 1337 Views
I understand where you're coming from LadyLorraine - 26/04/2012 04:50:46 PM 1588 Views
I agree with that, of course. To a point. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 07:06:37 PM 1413 Views
OH! Another suggestion! LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 03:36:45 AM 1624 Views
I LOVE that book. Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:08 PM 1303 Views
I...actually had a really long post at one point. I don't know where it went LadyLorraine - 23/04/2012 02:43:25 PM 1591 Views
Books by Ruth Brown wheelwright - 20/04/2012 04:26:18 PM 1200 Views
I loved books like that too. That had little "Easter Eggs" hidden in the pictures ^_^ *NM* LadyLorraine - 20/04/2012 05:29:50 PM 708 Views
Re: Books by Ruth Brown Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:44:42 PM 1158 Views
Kama Sutra Dark Knight - 20/04/2012 06:57:27 PM 1262 Views
Re: Kama Sutra Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:45:43 PM 1389 Views
Mo Willems is awesome *NM* HousealThor - 20/04/2012 09:15:52 PM 643 Views
They look nice, thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:21 PM 589 Views
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie / If You Give a Moose a Muffin *NM* beetnemesis - 21/04/2012 06:37:07 PM 656 Views
Heh, cute. Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/04/2012 12:50:47 PM 649 Views
Bright, tactile ones. nossy - 23/04/2012 09:04:53 PM 1285 Views
Yup. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:39:57 PM 1342 Views
You won't once you have it. nossy - 26/04/2012 04:07:14 PM 1397 Views
"Go The F**k to Sleep" Stephen - 25/04/2012 11:45:31 PM 1319 Views
Suspect that will hit close to home. Rebekah - 26/04/2012 01:40:50 PM 1338 Views
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