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Children should not sleep in the same parents’ bed, notifying AAP

April 8, 2025
9:44 PM

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated the guidelines for the sleep safety of her child, recommending that the newborn does not sleep with his parents.

To reduce the risk of accidental death, the newborn He must sleep in the same room as the parentsBut in a separate bed with a flat surface. This is what indicates the updating of the guidelines of sleep Safe for the child at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

According to the entity, the measurement Reduces the risk of accidental deaths of 50%. In the United States, the country of origin of AAP, about 3,500 children die every year for sleep related reasons, including the sudden death syndrome of the child (SMSL).

“AAP includes and respects that many parents choose to habitually divide the bed for various reasons, including facilitating breastfeeding, cultural preferences and the belief that it is better and safer for the child,” says AAP’s publication. “However, according to the tests, we cannot recommend sharing the bed in any case,” he adds.

In Brazil, there are no official statistics on the child’s sudden death syndrome, but it is estimated that its incidence should be at least described in developed countries, such as the United States. There, the presence rate is 0.5/1000 births, considered by Simone Chaves Fagones, a member of the scientific department of sleep medicine of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP).

Know more: What is the sudden death syndrome of the child?

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Source: Terra

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