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The American Academy of Pediatrics launched its "Back to Sleep" campaign in 1992 to combat sudden infant death syndrome. The campaign has been a success, with SIDS rates dropping by more than 40 percent in a decade. However, this success has come with a side effect: an increase in the number of infants with misshapen or flattened heads.
Babies should be placed to sleep on their backs, without a doubt. But how parents can prevent their infant from developing a skull deformity is the real question.
A recent issue of Pediatrics offers these recommendations:
_ While the baby is on his or her back, alternate the baby's head position from left to ...