{"id":15233,"date":"2022-07-05T23:41:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=15233"},"modified":"2022-07-05T23:41:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:41:21","slug":"updated-aap-safe-sleep-recommendations-no-bed-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/updated-aap-safe-sleep-recommendations-no-bed-sharing\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated AAP Safe Sleep Recommendations\u2014No Bed Sharing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news! The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has finally revised its outdated toddler <\/span>sleep recommendations<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Namely, the new guidelines tackle issues such as bed-sharing, inclined cribs, and decor to help prevent SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and other accidents during nap time.<\/span><\/p>\n

For starters, <\/span>co-sleeping<\/span><\/a> received a big \u2014 \u201cNO!\u201d In fact, sharing a bed with a baby was considered<\/span> life-threatening<\/b>, especially for infants under six months. Hence, to prevent suffocation and SIDS, parents <\/span>can <\/span><\/i>share the room with their little ones, but not the bed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The AAP also urges parents to put their babies to sleep on their backs on a flat and firm surface that\u2019s not inclined. Sleeping in seats, strollers, and infant carriers is also not recommended for those younger than four months.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, <\/span>the safest option<\/b> is <\/span>a quality crib mattress<\/span><\/a> with no plushy toys, pillows, or bumpers of any kind. The guidelines also warn against using products like loungers, in-bed sleepers, travel sleepers, and the like.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, all sleeping surfaces should be manufactured according to existing safety standards. Parents should also respect the latest Safety Act that <\/span>bans padded crib bumpers and inclined sleepers<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly, a lot of unscrupulous companies use terror tactics to <\/span>frighten parents into buying products<\/b> that supposedly prevent SIDS. Yet, the AAP advises against using these and reminds parents that there\u2019s no hard evidence that proves that any of these products actually work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Crib fixtures are also <\/span>marked as dangerous<\/b>. Hence, parents are urged to keep crib decor at a bare minimum.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, the AAP recommends breastfeeding infants until they\u2019re six months old and practicing short, adult-supervised tummy time to lower the risk of accidents.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good news! The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has finally revised its outdated toddler sleep recommendations. Namely, the new guidelines tackle issues such as bed-sharing, inclined cribs, and decor to help prevent SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and other accidents during nap time. For starters, co-sleeping received a big \u2014 \u201cNO!\u201d In fact, sharing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15235,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15233\/revisions\/15235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}