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September is Baby Safety Month...Safe Sleep and Sweet Dreams for All
Twinkle, twinkle in your eyes. Are you an angel in disguise? --anonymous
Finnbar Samuel Boyd is a little angel. Literally. He’s my nephew who died of SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, at just two months and two days of age. His twin sister turned three last November and we often wonder how much Finn would be like her today. When he passed away, we had so many questions about what happened, how, and why. SIDS is a baffling disease, the number one killer of infants from one month to one year of age. It’s a heartbreaker, to say the least. Researchers are working on finding the cause and have made great strides in unveiling risk factors. The American SIDS Institute points out many of those factors can be controlled. They suggest all children:
-- be put to sleep on their back
-- babies not share beds with adults
-- the crib offers a firm mattress with no extra bedding or toys.
-- no smoking around babies.
Meantime, they continue research to help with the things a parent can’t control—the biological causes of SIDS. One group helping pay for research of SIDS and promotion to build awareness is the American SIDS Institute. The group was founded in 1983 and it’s good to know the annual number of SIDS deaths has decreased over half. However, there are still about 2300 babies who die of SIDS each year in the US. Having lost a sweet, innocent nephew to SIDS, I am glad to see the focus on sleep tips and safety for our babies. I ask that you take these sleep tips to heart and spread the word to other parents. Do what you can so we can eliminate SIDS completely, and make sure another family doesn’t have to endure the same heartache.
Twinkle, twinkle in your eyes. Are you an angel in disguise? --anonymous
Finnbar Samuel Boyd is a little angel. Literally. He’s my nephew who died of SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, at just two months and two days of age. His twin sister turned three last November and we often wonder how much Finn would be like her today. When he passed away, we had so many questions about what happened, how, and why. SIDS is a baffling disease, the number one killer of infants from one month to one year of age. It’s a heartbreaker, to say the least. Researchers are working on finding the cause and have made great strides in unveiling risk factors. The American SIDS Institute points out many of those factors can be controlled. They suggest all children:
-- be put to sleep on their back
-- babies not share beds with adults
-- the crib offers a firm mattress with no extra bedding or toys.
-- no smoking around babies.
Meantime, they continue research to help with the things a parent can’t control—the biological causes of SIDS. One group helping pay for research of SIDS and promotion to build awareness is the American SIDS Institute. The group was founded in 1983 and it’s good to know the annual number of SIDS deaths has decreased over half. However, there are still about 2300 babies who die of SIDS each year in the US. Having lost a sweet, innocent nephew to SIDS, I am glad to see the focus on sleep tips and safety for our babies. I ask that you take these sleep tips to heart and spread the word to other parents. Do what you can so we can eliminate SIDS completely, and make sure another family doesn’t have to endure the same heartache.
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