Re: Recent AAP Release re: Back To Sleep to Dustie

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I was just going to reply the same way. The girls were on their

stomachs in the NICU, but as soon as we started the process of

heading home, they put them on their backs. Their reasoning was that

they had monitors, but we did not so we must use the Back to Sleep

idea. I still think the girls were on their backs in the NICU which

is why I think they have Plagio, 3 extra months of laying flat on

your back can not help your skull shape at all!

Mom to Kirsten & Jocelyn banded 2/21/03

> > Thought you'd all be interested in this. Notice lack of the

> word " plagio " and/or " tummy time " ....grrrr.

> > Debbie Abby's mom DOCGrad

> > MI

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> > >>There is more on their website about this.

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> > News Release CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO AVOID SUDDEN DEATH IN CHILD CARE

> SETTINGS

> > For Release: January 29, 2003, 11:00 am (ET) WASHINGTON, DC - With

> 20

> > percent of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) cases occurring in

> child

> > care, a campaign was launched today to unite child care, health,

> and SIDS

> > prevention partners across the country to reduce the number of

SIDS-

> related

> > deaths in these settings. In 1992, the American Academy of

> Pediatrics (AAP)

> > recommended that infants be placed to sleep on their backs to

> reduce the

> > risk of SIDS. Since then, the annual SIDS rate has decreased by

> more than 50

> > percent. But not everyone is aware of this important

> recommendation. Safe

> > back-to-sleep practices are not being used consistently in all

> family child

> > care or center-based child care programs. In fact, only 15 states

> in the US

> > have child care licensing regulations that mandate placing infants

> on their

> > backs to sleep. The Healthy Child Care America Back to Sleep

> campaign will

> > launch on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm in

> the

> > Lyndon Baines Room (S-211) at the United States Capitol

> Building in

> > Washington, DC. Besides the AAP, other coalition partners include

> First

> > Candle/SIDS Alliance and the CJ Foundation for SIDS. " This

> practice must be

> > applied across the board in all child care settings, " said E.

>

> > , MD, president of the AAP. " This is a tremendous

> opportunity when

> > you think that 3,000 more babies a year could live because of a

> simple,

> > little intervention. " This initiative is sponsored by the US

> Department of

> > Health and Human Services Child Care Bureau and Maternal and Child

> Health

> > Bureau, and is designed to build on the success of the " Healthy

> Child Care

> > America " and " Back to Sleep " campaigns. Launched in 1995, the

Back

> to Sleep

> > campaign was a focused effort of several national organizations

> working to

> > educate the public about the importance of putting babies to sleep

> on their

> > backs to decrease the incidence of SIDS. The Healthy Child Care

> America

> > campaign is a collaborative effort of health care professionals,

> child care

> > providers, and families of children in child care, working in

> partnership to

> > improve the health and well-being of children in child care

> settings. It is

> > coordinated by the AAP and is sponsored by the US Department of

> Health and

> > Human Services Child Care Bureau and Maternal and Child Health

> Bureau. It

> > was launched in 1995. Through this joint campaign, all partners

> will offer

> > technical assistance and resources to: Promote the Back to Sleep

> message in

> > child care programs Raise awareness and change practices in

family

> child

> > care homes and center-based child care programs Support states

> interested

> > in safe sleep practices to include this topic within state child

> care

> > regulations For more information on the campaign, please visit

> > < http://www.healthychildcare.org> The American Academy of

> Pediatrics is an

> > organization of 57,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric

medical

> > subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the

> health,

> > safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young

> adults.

> > © 2003 - American Academy of Pediatrics<<

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