The Federation for the Study of Infant Death Syndrome (FSID) has recently issued some new advice regarding dummy use and the role of pacifiers in reducing cot death. As anyone who has used the Baby Sleep System knows, there are a large number of babies with serious sleep problems as a result of "dummy dependency". Baby falls asleep with his dummy and when he wakes briefly at night as he goes through his sleep cycle, he cries out for mum and dad to come and stick his dummy back in.
My advice is that provided the back to sleep advice is followed see http://www.babysleepanswers.co.uk/reducing-the-risk-of-cot-death.aspa there is no reason why a pacifier needs to be introduced to a baby after it is 12 weeks old. I also advise that any dummy is removed immediately before baby is put down for a nap or at bedtime. There is also no reason why a baby cannot be seperated from his dummy when he reaches 12 weeks of age. The only exceptions to this is where mum and/or dad smoke (whether in the house or not) , if they allow people to smoke in their house or if the baby is co-sleeping with the parents in their bed.
The new FSID recommendation also includes no mention at all of the downside of dummies including increased levels of sickness and infection as well as sleeping problems.
I expect we are going to see more dummy dependent babies on the Baby Sleep Answers Forum over the next few months!
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Over 1000 baby's helped to sleep
It seems a long time since I have updated this log! Life is busy and so is the website. I have just celebrated helping the 1000th baby sleep through the night. What a satisfying job I have.
The Forum continues to go from strength to strength and the recruitment of the "Dream Team" has been instrumental in that success. The 10 willing volunteers go well beyond the call of duty to try and help as many parents as possible. The team represents a broad range of mums who have used the Baby Sleep System and now have baby's who are sleeping well.
The website is currently being upgraded to cope with the increasing number of visitors. A new payment system is being devised so that PayPal can be dispensed with and the Baby Sleep System will be available on Amazon from April. The number of workshops that I am running is increasing and I am providing expert advice to a number of parenting magazines.
Most important of all though, is that the feedback questionnaires sent to all purchasers of theBaby Sleep System continue to confirm that people are pleased with the product and are recommending it to their friends.
The Forum continues to go from strength to strength and the recruitment of the "Dream Team" has been instrumental in that success. The 10 willing volunteers go well beyond the call of duty to try and help as many parents as possible. The team represents a broad range of mums who have used the Baby Sleep System and now have baby's who are sleeping well.
The website is currently being upgraded to cope with the increasing number of visitors. A new payment system is being devised so that PayPal can be dispensed with and the Baby Sleep System will be available on Amazon from April. The number of workshops that I am running is increasing and I am providing expert advice to a number of parenting magazines.
Most important of all though, is that the feedback questionnaires sent to all purchasers of theBaby Sleep System continue to confirm that people are pleased with the product and are recommending it to their friends.
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