Grandma's Baby Advice Not Always the Best Advice
By Joy Slagowski
Daily News-Sun
SUN CITY WEST, Ariz. (Aug. 24, 2009) -- Age-old advice from grandmothers is being reinforced by modern-day advertising, but a recent study indicates that allowing babies to sleep on their sides or tummies amid stuffed animals and colorful mobiles can contribute to sudden infant death syndrome.
Pediatrics magazine found two-thirds of the images depicted in magazines show dangerous baby sleep environments, and Janet Peirce-Hollett, Women’s Health educator at Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City West, is trying to make that point to soon-to-be moms.
"It’s a big concern when parents are thumbing through a magazine and see pictures and images of a nursery and get an unrealistic view of how it should look," said "A safe crib is a boring crib," Peirce-Hollett said. "It’s a firm, well-fitted, new mattress in a new crib with one nice sheet over it. And that’s it: no bumpers, no mobiles, no pillows."
