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Supine infant sleep position

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

Sleeping on the back, considered the safest sleep position for human infant and which likely evolved alongside and in relationship to the species-specific pattern of mother infant co-sleeping with nighttime breast feeding. 

See Prone infant sleep position, Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, cot or crib death)

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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