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To: carranza2 who wrote (3394)	9/6/2001 2:06:22 PM
From: tekboy	Respond to of 12246

as I expect that making babies sleep on their backs to avoid SIDS will soon be proven a farcical old wive's tale I don't think so, since there seems abundant and robust empirical evidence that changing sleep position is directly correlated with dramatic reduction in SIDS incidence. The best current theorizing suggests that SIDS is a heart or breathing stoppage caused by a combination of some underlying structural defect, the temporarily undeveloped nature of the infant nervous system, and various environmental triggers (smoke, heat, etc.). Sleeping on the back seems to facilitate better breathing and reduce some kinds of sleep apneas, and thus lower the incidence rate. But--aside from the epidemiological evidence about risk factors, all this still conjectural. As for the head flattening, I seem to recall reading that they now think that's only a temporary phenomenon, one that will correct itself over time...but I could be mistaken. Another side effect of sleeping on the back, btw, is slower development of crawling skills. This too is temporary or irrelevant--there is no evidence that children walk at a different time--but it does mean that some of the developmental timetables in many reference books no longer apply. tekboy@parent.com PS what amazes me is how little we still know about some quite important things, colic being a prime example...

To: carranza2 who wrote (3394)	9/7/2001 6:43:25 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12246

Carranza, I can confirm that babies get flat heads. We put our babies down on their backs because that seemed the obvious way to lie them down [starting in 1976]. As they grow, they adopt their own preferred positions and their heads round out as their brain grows. Quite distorted heads come back into shape, bearing in mind that nutrition needs to be excellent for proper bone, teeth and so on development, not to mention brain and everything else and not to mention maternal prenatal exercise [namely walking and doing stuff]. Why would you wake to make sure a 5 year old was on his back? I thought you could stop worrying about this SIDS stuff by the time they are two [or one]. Mq