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"We recently took our two boys on a trip with their cousin, who is an only child. The three boys spent the entire trip vying for position and trying to find their special place in the group. Is this normal?"
Everyone needs to feel that he or she belongs and is significant. The first place we make decisions about how we belong is in our family of origin. Children are good observers, but poor interpreters. When a new baby arrives, the older child often believes, "Mommy doesn't love me as much as the baby." As children get older, they often mistakenly believe that only one person in a family can have a certain claim to fame. If a child thinks his sibling already has the place of being athletic, for example, he may decide to be studious, musical, or a social butterfly. Children often develop typical characteristics based on their birth order. The oldest child usually tries to be first and boss; the second looks for the injustices and often becomes a rebel, or may try hard to catch up with the first; the youngest thinks he is entitled to extra attention; and the only child wants to be special. If adults are trying to control a situation in which kids are trying to find ways in which they are unique, it is wasted effort. The kids will find their own ways to belong and feel significant.1
1. Get into your children's world. The oldest usually feels "dethroned," just as you would if your spouse brought home a new lover. The youngest often feels inadequate when comparing herself to the capabilities of the oldest. Understanding how they might feel helps you interact with them with compassion. Never say, "You shouldn't feel that way." Allow children to feel what they feel.
2. Compassion does not mean sympathy. It is not helpful to overprotect your children and try to save them from the many feelings and emotions they will experience in life. Compassion helps you maintain kindness with firmness while applying any of the following suggestions.
3. Avoid victim and bully training. This happens when you assume the oldest is always at fault (the bully) and rescue the youngest (the victim). Often the youngest starts a conflict (that you don't see) just to get you to rescue her. Treat them the same. Verbalize faith in their ability to work things out, or separate them.
4. Make sure that you have one-on-one special time with each child sometime during each day. If a child is jealous of another, let him know that you want to be with each child and his time will come. Tell him that it is okay to feel jealous.
5. If the situation between the kids gets out of hand, see if you can redirect them into activities, such as contests or relays, where cooperation is more important than competition.
1. Give positive messages to every child so each knows how special he or she is. For instance, with the three boys mentioned above, one was told, "You're really good at organizing activities." Another was told, "You're really good at ignoring group pressure and doing what you like." The youngest was told, "You sure have figured out how to let these big guys think they're the boss, while you get exactly what you want."
2. Find activities that stress group cooperation and teamwork. Help the kids discover that things are more fun when they include people who have different strengths.
3. Make it a point to let the kids know how much you appreciate their special qualities that set them apart from the other kids.
4. Don't compare the kids in a misguided attempt to motivate them to be like another child. This is very discouraging.
5. At family meetings and other activities, stress how great it is that we are all different and bring different skills and ideas to the family.
6. It does not help to read stories about new babies to children under three. They cannot understand abstract concepts. They will understand concrete actions if you spend as much time with them as you do with the new baby.
7. Don't gush and make a fuss over the new baby in front of an older sibling. This enhances the belief of the older child that she has been "replaced."
8. Get rid of your "fair button." Kids will push it and use it to manipulate you.
Children can learn how to be together and realize that each one is unique and special. Children can learn that everyone is different and that is okay. They can learn how to be resourceful and solve their own problems. Most important, they can learn that they are all loved and that love is not conditional on being one certain way.
1. Sibling rivalry is normal and happens in just about every family that has two or more children. It is more intense for children who are born less that three years apart. Rivalry increases when parents are competitive, and decreases when parents cooperate respectfully.
2. Problems result when children decide that being loved is conditional. If parents stress competition, which emphasizes comparing and judging, instead of cooperation, which stresses uniqueness and differences, sibling rivalry can get out of hand. Make sure the message of love gets through and that each child is loved for being the unique human he or she is.
3. If there is a change in how one child finds belonging and significance in a family, all the other children have to reevaluate their unique places as well. Often when families get into therapy, the "good" child gets worse while the "problem" child begins to behave better. This is normal until each child sorts out his or her special place in the family.
Pam's two children tussled on the floor, punching, threatening, teasing, and wrestling with each other. Every time she tried to get them to stop, their behavior got more intense. She was upset about the sibling rivalry and was worried that her children would never be able to get along with each other.
Her friend Rita had been attending a parenting class. She suggested that Pam accompany her to the class and bring up this problem for discussion. Pam did so and was amazed to find that the other parents all had similar situations. Knowing that brought a certain amount of relief, but Pam still wanted guidance on what to do about her fighting children.
The group brainstormed a list of suggestions. The one that Pam decided to try for a week was to think of her children as bear cubs, scuffling together. It was amazing how much less the children's behavior concerned her when she simply changed her attitude. Instead of trying to make the kids stop, she sat back and enjoyed the show. She realized that her kids were really playing with each other and having fun together. She was the only one who had been upset. As she hassled them less about it, they seemed to have less need to wrestle, although they didn't give up their fun "game" completely.
1 For more information on birth order, see Chapter Three in Jane Nelsen Positive Discipline (New York: Ballantine, 1996).
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Beginning with the 2013 national championship season, USTA League changed its structure and format. The change offers USTA League participants three age categories (Adult 18 & Over, Adult 40 & Over and Adult 55 & Over and Mixed 18 & Over) to better align participants with players their own age. The restructuring guarantees more frequency of play opportunities at more appropriate age groups.
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Bears. They're terrifying, but they're just like us! Especially the Norwegian ones:
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NHL notes: Wayne Gretzky selling California mansion
Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet figure now is a good time to sell their California mansion.
According to celebrity real estate blogger The Real Estalker, the Gretzkys bought the home in November 2009 and gave it a makeover "that included the addition of the swimming pool and accessory structures in the backyard."
How much for the 8,711 square foot single-story home? The couple is asking $10.5 million for the property located in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
"Some estates are so exceptional that it merely leaves you breathless from the very first footstep of the front door," reads the property description listed by Engel & Volkers.
"Each and every square inch of the interiors were composed with architectural integrity and refinement, passion and emotion. Rare is a home built with such consideration.
"Interplay of decadent textures and clean lines are highlighted by natural light that beams through high soaring windows and doors. The exterior is a personal oasis, reflecting the architectural brilliance of the interiors.
"This residence distinguishes itself as unparalleled in terms of quality, privacy, luxury and chic sophistication."
The property boasts five bedrooms, six full bathrooms and features a fireplace, but prospective owners will have to fork over $380 per month in home owner's association fees.
Beyond the pool, the property includes an L-shaped pool house complex complete with fitness room, open air kitchen and poolside dining area with an outdoor fireplace.
Just because Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis was fired doesn't mean head coach John Tortorella isn't under the microscope.
Newly-minted team president Trevor Linden told Vancouver radio station CKNW he wasn't keen to using stars Daniel and Henrik Sedin in defensive roles as Tortorella had done this season.
"I think you have to use your people where they will best excel, and good coaches understand that," Linden said. "I haven't talked to John about it. I think most people would say you put your best offensive players in the most offensive positions you can."
Asked if he thought it was wise to use the Sedins to block shots and kill penalties, Lindon replied: "It's one of those things where I probably felt personally it was a misuse of their abilities, but I'd have to dig deeper into it."
The Columbus Blue Jackets may be without their top off-season acquisition until the Eastern Conference final.
That is, if they get that far.
Nathan Horton underwent abdominal surgery and will be sidelined six weeks, the team announced Friday.
With the NHL post-season set to begin April 16, a six-week recovery period would peg his return during the third round of the playoffs.
A veteran of 43 playoff games, Horton signed a seven-year, $37.1-million contract in the summer but missed the first 40 games of the season while recovering from shoulder surgery.
In 36 games this season, he has five goals and 14 assists.
Horton won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Boston Bruins in 2011.
Minnesota Wild forward Mike Rupp has been suspended four games for a late illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie on Thursday night, the NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Friday.
The suspension includes the Wild's final regular-season game and its first three playoff games.
Rupp was assessed a match penalty for attempt to injure for the incident. He will forfeit $7,692.31 in salary.
After a 45-game absence, the San Jose Sharks welcomed back rookie forward Tomas Hertl on Friday. The 20-year-old is coming off surgery to repair the PCL and MCL ligaments in his right knee after a collision with Los Angeles Kings winger Dustin Brown on Jan. 19 … St. Louis Blues prospect and former Canadian world junior winger Ty Rattie made his NHL debut Friday against the Dallas Stars. Rattie was picked 32nd overall in the 2011 NHL draft.


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So, there we were, ready to untangle the heady musical knots of this week's releases. Except that this week we were beaming loud and not-so clear from a holiday caravan in the Easter wilds. Imagine it from your urban turrets – a place where phone masts and Twitter updates make nary a dent. For I was about as far away as can be. Not that it matters, of course, because like any Baden Powell alumni worth their camping badge, I came prepared. I had an internets-wherever-you-please dongle. It had real, actual, monetary credit on it and it was on a proper network and everything. We will call that network '2', for the purposes of this review.
But how naughty this 2 are. For when tucked into our pretend house, we could not even summon the internet lords of Google. And while I was at one point considering a singles review system based on which songs sounded good when played down the phone, it quickly became clear that this was neither fair nor practical. Anyway, that is why I am late with this bulletin, and it is super apollies all round. And now, if you are assuaged and ready, we will begin.
Single of the Week!
Amanda Blank – 'Might Like You Better' (Free at RCRDLBL, here)
Goodness, what a bucket of sauce. "Might like you better, if we slept together" begins Amanda, breaking off from giving tips on the longevity of gold hoop earrings (coat cheap ones with transparent nail varnish, slap fans) and splashing references to Heathers, Adriana from The Sopranos and Marisa Tomei circa My Cousin Vinny on her marvellous blog. In any event, this is the single I have been waiting/relentlessly pestering PRs to alert me to, being variously pointless, disposable, giddy as all A.D.D. and snazzy as a pair of peach coloured trainers you were prepared to kill for, on your eighth 80s birthday. It's what Salt'n'Pepa would sound like if they were smothered in noughties, New Joy-sey, outtamyface fierce and essentially perfect for anyone whose first LP purchase was Cheryl, Sandra and Dee Dee's debut - which is to say, me. My mum said they looked like prostitutes, but readers, I was enchanted. And it is all happening again with Mandy.
The Wave Pictures – 'If You Leave It Alone' (Moshi Moshi)
With more than a whiff of the Jonathan Richman's about them, 'If You Leave It Alone' ambles along, all naïve, shuffling brush-drumming and school orchestra saxophonery, and what do you know, there is much to love – the 'Waves whole thing apparently being to conjure tunes that are deceptively unpolished and which lean towards a peculiarly old-fashioned sort of croon, yet filled to the brim with jarring references to the modern and humdrum and everyday. Although at times it threatens to tip over into the dreaded territory marked kooky, thankfully it does not. And I am gratified to report that this is a strangely silly song, sung with a raised eyebrow, set in an unstraight face, by a band who do not care what else is 'going on'. Tremendous.
Prego – 'The Longest Calm' (Year Zero Recordings)
'The Longest Calm' will no doubt shortly appear on a TOTAL INDIE ANTHEMS comp of the sort you might expect to come across on a megastore countertop or hear playing over an OC/Hills montage in which something spectacularly dramarama has occurred. So while I expect this song is actually about something important, instead all I can see is Summer weeping in her bedroom or The Bloke One getting into his car to drive somewhere and punch someone who has like totally pashed off with his Moms. With really rather oppressive galloping drums 101, it sounds, oh dear, quite emo - all crescendos and cuttings-out and words broken down into their component syllables (ov-ah, lon-gest, se-crets) in order to signify im-por-tance. And while the press release will insist on frothing about the politely named Prego being a head-on collision between Coldplay, Elbow and My Bloody Valentine, on this evidence, they are a country mile from either MBV's painful, ear-hammering loveliness or Guy Garvey's neat band of subtle, ruined lovers. They are welcome to Coldplay, if that is what they wish.
Paul White – One Eye Open EP (One Handed)
Alright, alright, this is sort-of out already, strictly speaking. But it was not my turn, and I am so full of enthusement for Paul and his cleverness that I simply must recommend you spend your hard-earneds on him. For those who do not know, White amuses himself by chopping up soundtracks, beats and lyrical daubs like so much celery, before swizzing them up into a delicious hip-hop-based energy drink which will not give you muscles for to carry your Eastpac, but which will, more than likely, spirit you away somewhere odd, emotional, and shining with kaleidoscope colour. So despite some small misgivings about what They are calling the 'beat' scene (or at least, that portion of hip-hop which doesn't stay in any one groove or melody for very long) 'One Eye Open' turns out to be utterly glorious, despite a caveat about repeated plays rewarding the listener. Lighting up strange and dark corners with opening samples from weedy outsiders ("I'm the guy they spit upon, I'm the guy they lose") you're exposed to such an ambitious range of unlikely, eddying wild stylez and 80s early electro flourishes it's enormously hard not to surrender. AND it comes with a remix of 'Hustler' by One-Handed labelmate and fellow musical polymath Bullion (he of the glorious Dilla/Pet Sounds re-rub) which is, quite honestly, wonderful.
The Shoes/Primary 1 – 'Ho Lord' / 'People Movin' (50 Bones)
Double A-side release from Phantasy Sound's Primary 1 and remixers du jour The Shoes who are now a proper band, rather than fiddling about with bits of Esser, The Mystery Jets and Late Of The Pier. 'People Movin' sees them take on the opening lines of The Temptations' 'Ball of Confusion' but instead of developing the original theme - i.e. that of the world being eight legions up dogshit alley – they magic up a pop record which variously touches on Love Below-era OutKast, early Money Mark and even The Free Design, it being full of plaintive organs and jaunty flutes. As I am tired beyond imagining of doomy world news, this turns out to be a very good thing, and this would be Single of the Week if I were allowed two choices (- or three, were I to include Paul White). Anyhoo, as for 'Ho Lord' (ho, and indeed, ho) this sees The Shoes and Primary 1 go extremely French on our bottoms, with lines about "not needing your seester" and a great big bloody chorus which is 100% guaranteed to put a berkish grin on your face. What larks, everyone.


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SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment
Despite a major decrease in the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its recommendation in 1992 that infants be placed for sleep in a nonprone position, this decline has plateaued in recent years. Concurrently, other causes of sudden unexpected infant death that occur during sleep (sleep-related deaths), including suffocation, asphyxia, and entrapment, and ill-defined or unspecified causes of death have increased in incidence, particularly since the AAP published its last statement on SIDS in 2005. It has become increasingly important to address these other causes of sleep-related infant death. Many of the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for SIDS and suffocation are strikingly similar. The AAP, therefore, is expanding its recommendations from focusing only on SIDS to focusing on a safe sleep environment that can reduce the risk of all sleep-related infant deaths, including SIDS. The recommendations described in this policy statement include supine positioning, use of a firm sleep surface, breastfeeding, room-sharing without bed-sharing, routine immunizations, consideration of using a pacifier, and avoidance of soft bedding, overheating, and exposure to tobacco smoke, alcohol, and illicit drugs. The rationale for these recommendations is discussed in detail in the accompanying "Technical Report—SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment," which is included in this issue of Pediatrics (www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/128/5/e1341).
- sudden infant death
- infant mortality
- sleep position
- bed-sharing
- tobacco
- pacifier
- immunization
- bedding
- sleep surface
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a cause assigned to infant deaths that cannot be explained after a thorough case investigation, including a scene investigation, autopsy, and review of the clinical history.1 Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), also known as sudden unexpected death in infancy, is a term used to describe any sudden and unexpected death, whether explained or unexplained (including SIDS), that occurs during infancy. After case investigation, SUIDs can be attributed to suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, infection, ingestions, metabolic diseases, arrhythmia-associated cardiac channelopathies, and trauma (accidental or nonaccidental). The distinction between SIDS and other SUIDs, particularly those that occur during an observed or unobserved sleep period (sleep-related infant deaths), such as accidental suffocation, is challenging and cannot be determined by autopsy alone. Scene investigation and review of the clinical history are also required. Many of the modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors for SIDS and suffocation are strikingly similar. This document focuses on the subset of SUIDs that occurs during sleep.
The recommendations outlined herein were developed to reduce the risk of SIDS and sleep-related suffocation, asphyxia, and entrapment among infants in the general population. As defined by epidemiologists, risk refers to the probability that an outcome will occur given the presence of a particular factor or set of factors. Although all of the 18 recommendations cited below are intended for parents, health care providers, and others who care for infants, the last 4 recommendations are also directed toward health policy makers, researchers, and professionals who care for or work on behalf of infants. In addition, because certain behaviors, such as smoking, can increase risk for the infant, some recommendations are directed toward women who are pregnant or may become pregnant in the near future.
Table 1 summarizes the major recommendations, along with the strength of each recommendation. It should be noted that there have been no randomized controlled trials with regards to SIDS and other sleep-related deaths; instead, case-control studies are the standard.
Because most of the epidemiologic studies that established the risk factors and on which these recommendations are based include infants up to 1 year of age, these recommendations for sleep position and the sleep environment should be used consistently for infants up to 1 year of age. Individual medical conditions might warrant that a physician recommend otherwise after weighing the relative risks and benefits.
For the background literature review and data analyses on which this policy statement and recommendations are based, please refer to the accompanying "Technical Report—SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment," available in the online version of this issue of Pediatrics.2
Back to sleep for every sleep—To reduce the risk of SIDS, infants should be placed for sleep in a supine position (wholly on the back) for every sleep by every caregiver until 1 year of life.3,–,7 Side sleeping is not safe and is not advised.4,6
The supine sleep position does not increase the risk of choking and aspiration in infants, even those with gastroesophageal reflux, because they have protective airway mechanisms.8,9 Infants with gastroesophageal reflux should be placed for sleep in the supine position for every sleep, with the rare exception of infants for whom the risk of death from complications of gastroesophageal reflux is greater than the risk of SIDS (ie, those with upper airway disorders, for whom airway protective mechanisms are impaired),10 including infants with anatomic abnormalities such as type 3 or 4 laryngeal clefts who have not undergone antireflux surgery. Elevating the head of the infant's crib while the infant is supine is not recommended.11 It is ineffective in reducing gastroesophageal reflux; in addition, it might result in the infant sliding to the foot of the crib into a position that might compromise respiration.
Preterm infants are at increased risk of SIDS,12,13 and the association between prone sleep position and SIDS among low birth weight infants is equal to, or perhaps even stronger than, the association among those born at term.14 Preterm infants and other infants in the NICU should be placed in the supine position for sleep as soon as the infant is medically stable and significantly before the infant's anticipated discharge, by 32 weeks' postmenstrual age.15 NICU personnel should endorse safe-sleeping guidelines with parents of infants from the time of admission to the NICU.
There is no evidence that placing infants on the side during the first few hours of life promotes clearance of amniotic fluid and decreases the risk of aspiration. Infants in the newborn nursery and infants who are rooming in with their parents should be placed in the supine position as soon as they are ready to be placed in the bassinet.
Although data to make specific recommendations as to when it is safe for infants to sleep in the prone or side position are lacking, studies that have established prone and side sleeping as risk factors for SIDS include infants up to 1 year of age. Therefore, infants should continue to be placed supine until 1 year of age. Once an infant can roll from supine to prone and from prone to supine, the infant can be allowed to remain in the sleep position that he or she assumes.
Use a firm sleep surface—A firm crib mattress, covered by a fitted sheet, is the recommended sleeping surface to reduce the risk of SIDS and suffocation.
A crib, bassinet, or portable crib/play yard that conforms to the safety standards of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) is recommended.16 In addition, parents and providers should check to make sure that the product has not been recalled. Cribs with missing hardware should not be used, and the parent or provider should not attempt to fix broken components of a crib, because many deaths are associated with cribs that are broken or have missing parts (including those that have presumably been fixed). Local organizations throughout the United States can help to provide low-cost or free cribs or play yards for families with financial constraints.
Only mattresses designed for the specific product should be used. Mattresses should be firm and maintain their shape even when the fitted sheet designated for that model is used, such that there are no gaps between the mattress and the side of the crib, bassinet, portable crib, or play yard. Pillows or cushions should not be used as substitutes for mattresses or in addition to a mattress. Soft materials or objects such as pillows, quilts, comforters, or sheepskins, even if covered by a sheet, should not be placed under a sleeping infant. If a mattress cover to protect against wetness is used, it should be tightly fitting and thin.
Infants should not be placed for sleep on beds because of the risk of entrapment and suffocation.17,18 In addition, portable bed rails should not be used with infants because of the risk of entrapment and strangulation.
The infant should sleep in an area free of hazards, such as dangling cords, electric wires, and window-covering cords, because they might present a strangulation risk.
Sitting devices, such as car safety seats, strollers, swings, infant carriers, and infant slings, are not recommended for routine sleep in the hospital or at home.19,–,23 Infants who are younger than 4 months are particularly at risk, because they might assume positions that can create risk of suffocation or airway obstruction. When infant slings and cloth carriers are used for carrying, it is important to ensure that the infant's head is up and above the fabric, the face is visible, and that the nose and mouth are clear of obstructions.24 After nursing, the infant should be repositioned in the sling so that the head is up, is clear of fabric, and is not against the adult's body or the sling. If an infant falls asleep in a sitting device, he or she should be removed from the product and moved to a crib or other appropriate flat surface as soon as is practical. Car safety seats and similar products are not stable on a crib mattress or other elevated surfaces.25,–,29
Room-sharing without bed-sharing is recommended—There is evidence that this arrangement decreases the risk of SIDS by as much as 50%.5,7,30,31 In addition, this arrangement is most likely to prevent suffocation, strangulation, and entrapment that might occur when the infant is sleeping in an adult bed.
The infant's crib, portable crib, play yard, or bassinet should be placed in the parents' bedroom close to the parents' bed. This arrangement reduces SIDS risk and removes the possibility of suffocation, strangulation, and entrapment that might occur when the infant is sleeping in the adults' bed. It also allows close parental proximity to the infant and facilitates feeding, comforting, and monitoring of the infant.
Devices promoted to make bed-sharing "safe" (eg, in-bed co-sleepers) are not recommended.
Infants may be brought into the bed for feeding or comforting but should be returned to their own crib or bassinet when the parent is ready to return to sleep.6,32 Because of the extremely high risk of SIDS and suffocation on couches and armchairs,3,5,6,31,32 infants should not be fed on a couch or armchair when there is a high risk that the parent might fall asleep.
Epidemiologic studies have not demonstrated any bed-sharing situations that are protective against SIDS or suffocation. Furthermore, not all risks associated with bed-sharing, such as parental fatigue, can be controlled. Therefore, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not recommend any specific bed-sharing situations as safe. Moreover, there are specific circumstances that, in epidemiologic studies, substantially increase the risk of SIDS or suffocation while bed-sharing. In particular, it should be stressed to parents that they avoid the following situations at all times:
Bed-sharing when the infant is younger than 3 months, regardless of whether the parents are smokers or not.5,7,31,–,34
Bed-sharing with a current smoker (even if he or she does not smoke in bed) or if the mother smoked during pregnancy.5,6,34,–,36
Bed-sharing with someone who is excessively tired.
Bed-sharing with someone who has or is using medications (eg, certain antidepressants, pain medications) or substances (eg, alcohol, illicit drugs) that could impair his or her alertness or ability to arouse.7,37
Bed-sharing with anyone who is not a parent, including other children.3
Bed-sharing with multiple persons.3
Bed-sharing on a soft surface such as a waterbed, old mattress, sofa, couch, or armchair.3,5,6,31,32
Bed-sharing on a surface with soft bedding, including pillows, heavy blankets, quilts, and comforters.3,38
It is prudent to provide separate sleep areas and avoid co-bedding for twins and higher-order multiples in the hospital and at home.39
Keep soft objects and loose bedding out of the crib to reduce the risk of SIDS, suffocation, entrapment, and strangulation.
Soft objects, such as pillows and pillow-like toys, quilts, comforters, and sheepskins, should be kept out of an infant's sleeping environment.40,–,45
Loose bedding, such as blankets and sheets, might be hazardous and should not be used in the infant's sleeping environment.3,6,46,–,51
Because there is no evidence that bumper pads or similar products that attach to crib slats or sides prevent injury in young infants and because there is the potential for suffocation, entrapment, and strangulation, these products are not recommended.52,53
Infant sleep clothing that is designed to keep the infant warm without the possible hazard of head covering or entrapment can be used.
Pregnant women should receive regular prenatal care—There is substantial epidemiologic evidence linking a lower risk of SIDS for infants whose mothers obtain regular prenatal care.54,–,57
Avoid smoke exposure during pregnancy and after birth—Both maternal smoking during pregnancy and smoke in the infant's environment after birth are major risk factors for SIDS.
Mothers should not smoke during pregnancy or after the infant's birth.1,58,–,61
There should be no smoking near pregnant women or infants. Encourage families to set strict rules for smoke-free homes and cars and to eliminate secondhand tobacco smoke from all places in which children and other nonsmokers spend time.62,63
The risk of SIDS is particularly high when the infant bed-shares with an adult smoker.5,6,34,–,36
Avoid alcohol and illicit drug use during pregnancy and after birth—There is an increased risk of SIDS with prenatal and postnatal exposure to alcohol or illicit drug use.
Breastfeeding is recommended.
Breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of SIDS.71,–,73 If possible, mothers should exclusively breastfeed or feed with expressed human milk (ie, not offer any formula or other non–human milk–based supplements) for 6 months, in alignment with recommendations of the AAP.74
The protective effect of breastfeeding increases with exclusivity.73 However, any breastfeeding has been shown to be more protective against SIDS than no breastfeeding.73
Consider offering a pacifier at nap time and bedtime—Although the mechanism is yet unclear, studies have reported a protective effect of pacifiers on the incidence of SIDS.3,7,32 The protective effect persists throughout the sleep period, even if the pacifier falls out of the infant's mouth.
The pacifier should be used when placing the infant for sleep. It does not need to be reinserted once the infant falls asleep. If the infant refuses the pacifier, he or she should not be forced to take it. In those cases, parents can try to offer the pacifier again when the infant is a little older.
Because of the risk of strangulation, pacifiers should not be hung around the infant's neck. Pacifiers that attach to infant clothing should not be used with sleeping infants.
Objects such as stuffed toys, which might present a suffocation or choking risk, should not be attached to pacifiers.
For breastfed infants, delay pacifier introduction until breastfeeding has been firmly established,74 usually by 3 to 4 weeks of age.
There is insufficient evidence that finger-sucking is protective against SIDS.
Avoid overheating—Although studies have revealed an increased risk of SIDS with overheating,75,–,78 the definition of overheating in these studies varied. Therefore, it is difficult to provide specific room-temperature guidelines for avoiding overheating.
In general, infants should be dressed appropriately for the environment, with no more than 1 layer more than an adult would wear to be comfortable in that environment.
Parents and caregivers should evaluate the infant for signs of overheating, such as sweating or the infant's chest feeling hot to the touch.
Overbundling and covering of the face and head should be avoided.79
There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend the use of a fan as a SIDS risk-reduction strategy.
Infants should be immunized in accordance with recommendations of the AAP and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—There is no evidence that there is a causal relationship between immunizations and SIDS.80 Indeed, recent evidence suggests that immunization might have a protective effect against SIDS.81,–,83 Infants should also be seen for regular well-child checks in accordance with AAP recommendations.
Avoid commercial devices marketed to reduce the risk of SIDS—These devices include wedges, positioners, special mattresses, and special sleep surfaces. There is no evidence that these devices reduce the risk of SIDS or suffocation or that they are safe.
The AAP concurs with the US Food and Drug Administration and Consumer Product Safety Commission that manufacturers should not claim that a product or device protects against SIDS unless there is scientific evidence to that effect.
Do not use home cardiorespiratory monitors as a strategy to reduce the risk of SIDS—Although cardiorespiratory monitors can be used at home to detect apnea, bradycardia, and, when pulse oximetry is used, decreases in oxyhemoglobin saturation, there is no evidence that use of such devices decreases the incidence of SIDS.84,–,87 They might be of value for selected infants but should not be used routinely. There is also no evidence that routine in-hospital cardiorespiratory monitoring before discharge from the hospital can identify newborn infants at risk of SIDS.
Supervised, awake tummy time is recommended to facilitate development and to minimize development of positional plagiocephaly.
Although there are no data to make specific recommendations as to how often and how long it should be undertaken, supervised, awake tummy time is recommended on a daily basis, beginning as early as possible, to promote motor development, facilitate development of the upper body muscles, and minimize the risk of positional plagiocephaly.88
Diagnosis, management, and other prevention strategies for positional plagiocephaly, such as avoidance of excessive time in car safety seats and changing the infant's orientation in the crib, are discussed in detail in the recent AAP clinical report on positional skull deformities.88
Health care professionals, staff in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care nurseries, and child care providers should endorse the SIDS risk-reduction recommendations from birth.89,–,91
Staff in NICUs should model and implement all SIDS risk-reduction recommendations as soon as the infant is clinically stable and significantly before anticipated discharge.
Staff in newborn nurseries should model and implement these recommendations beginning at birth and well before anticipated discharge.
All physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals should receive education on safe infant sleep.
All child care providers should receive education on safe infant sleep and implement safe sleep practices. It is preferable that they have written policies.
Media and manufacturers should follow safe-sleep guidelines in their messaging and advertising.
Media exposures (including movie, television, magazines, newspapers, and Web sites), manufacturer advertisements, and store displays affect individual behavior by influencing beliefs and attitudes.89,91 Media and advertising messages contrary to safe-sleep recommendations might create misinformation about safe sleep practices.92
Expand the national campaign to reduce the risks of SIDS to include a major focus on the safe sleep environment and ways to reduce the risks of all sleep-related infant deaths, including SIDS, suffocation, and other accidental deaths. Pediatricians, family physicians, and other primary care providers should actively participate in this campaign.
Public education should continue for all who care for infants, including parents, child care providers, grandparents, foster parents, and baby-sitters, and should include strategies for overcoming barriers to behavior change.
The campaign should continue to have a special focus on the black and American Indian/Alaskan Native populations because of the higher incidence of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths in these groups.
The campaign should specifically include strategies for increasing breastfeeding while decreasing bed-sharing and eliminating tobacco smoke exposure.
These recommendations should be introduced before pregnancy and ideally in secondary school curricula for both boys and girls. The importance of maternal preconceptional health and avoidance of substance use (including alcohol and smoking) should be included in this training.
Safe-sleep messages should be reviewed, revised, and reissued at least every 5 years to address the next generation of new parents and products on the market.
Continue research and surveillance on the risk factors, causes, and pathophysiological mechanisms of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths, with the ultimate goal of eliminating these deaths entirely.
Education campaigns need to be evaluated, and innovative intervention methods need to be encouraged and funded.
Continued research and improved surveillance on the etiology and pathophysiological basis of SIDS should be funded.
Standardized protocols for death-scene investigations should continue to be implemented. Comprehensive autopsies that include full external and internal examination of all major organs and tissues (including the brain), complete radiographs, metabolic testing, and toxicology screening should be performed. Training about how to conduct comprehensive death-scene investigation offered to medical examiners, coroners, death-scene investigators, first responders, and law enforcement should continue, and resources for maintaining training and conduct of these investigations need to be allocated. In addition, child death reviews, with involvement of pediatricians and other primary care providers, should be supported and funded.
Improved and widespread surveillance of SIDS and SUID cases should be implemented and funded.
Federal and private funding agencies should remain committed to all aspects of the aforementioned research.
Lead Author
Rachel Y. Moon, MD
Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, 2010–2011
Rachel Y. Moon, MD, Chairperson
Robert A. Darnall, MD
Michael H. Goodstein, MD
Fern R. Hauck, MD, MS
Marian Willinger, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development
Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza, PhD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
James Couto, MA
The task force acknowledges the contributions provided by others to the collection and interpretation of data examined in preparation of this report. The task force is particularly grateful for the report submitted by Dr Suad Wanna-Nakamura (Consumer Product Safety Commission).
This document is copyrighted and is property of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Board of Directors. All authors have filed conflict of interest statements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Any conflicts have been resolved through a process approved by the Board of Directors. The American Academy of Pediatrics has neither solicited nor accepted any commercial involvement in the development of the content of this publication.
All policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics automatically expire 5 years after publication unless reaffirmed, revised, or retired at or before that time.
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"Seinfeld" actor Jason Alexander hit a 14-year-old cyclist on Tuesday morning, according to police.
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Alexander is best known for his role as the neurotic George Costanza in "Seinfeld."
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Currently there is no menu available for Howies Restaurant and Bar in St Andrews. We are continuously adding menus, so check back soon!
In the meantime feel free to browse our other menus within St Andrews below.
|The Dining Room
|Cafes, Chinese
|Cafe In The Square
|North Point
|Craigtoun Tearooms
Below you'll find samples from menus of places nearby.
|Stovies Stove-cooked potatoes with onions,corned beef and seasoning
|Spicy Chicken Wings served with Salad Garnish
|Sun-dried Tomato Ciabatta Filled with roasted peppers and goat's cheese
|Freshly cooked Omelette 3 eggs, ham and mushroom served with small portion of French fries or portion New potatoes
|Butterfly Chicken Breast** Coated with Cajun spices and a creamy tomato sauce
|Loin of Lamb ** Pan-fried loin with a bramble and butter sauce
|Extra toppings
|Aikman's Pie ** Topped with puff pastry, the filling will vary regularly. Fisherman's, Beef and Ale, Venison & Red wine, Chicken & Leek or Lamb & rosemary. Ask for today's choice.
|Clean Here for the full menu for Aikmans Bistro
|Filled Baguettes
|Every bakery in the UK offers takeaway or sit down filled baguettes, some unusual combinations and some fairly standard, like cheese and pickle, ham salad, chicken salad. More and more bakeries however, are offering more 'exotic' filled rolls and baguettes, based on continental flavours such as salami and brie cheese, chicken with Provencale pesto, tuna nicoise with tuna, egg, anchovies, green beans and vinaigrette.
|Cafes, Bakery
|The classic and renowned Italian soup, comprising small pasta shapes, a rich chicken stock and finely diced vegetables such as celery, onions, tomatoes, carrots beans and herbs. Created in Ancient Roman times the soup is now served in many different ways, some finely and others much more chunky and hearty. A sprinkling of parmesan and a good basket of bread makes this really filling.
|Cafes, Italian
|Wow! Amazing selections of handmade quiches are always available to try, with a huge combination of flavours and pastry types. Most popular are usually the standard cheese and bacon (quiche Lorraine) or a rich roasted vegetable. Can be purchased in slices or some delis make small individual ones. They can be packed for takeaway to include a selection of salads.
|Delicatessens, Cafes
|Packet Snacks
|Many varieties of crisps or potato chips of all flavours are sold, along with chipsticks, mini crackers, Twiglets, chocolate bars, cereal bars and other sweets. Muffins such as chocolate and blueberry in packets are also readily available, and even many small pies (pork pies or chicken pies) for another savoury snack for lunch. Vegetarian options on snacks have increased over the last five to 10 years, including vegetable crisps and vegetable chews.
|Sandwich Bar, Cafes
|Caesar Salad
|Originating in New York, way back in the early 1900's this salad is served in every restaurant in the US and has become very popular in the UK over the last 20 years. Crisp Romaine lettuce is served with a parmesan and garlic mayonnaise, anchovies and croutons, with more grated fresh parmesan on the top. Some restaurants also serve this dish with a coddled egg, or serve as a Chicken Caesar Salad.
|Cafes, American
|English Breakfast
|The famous English breakfast – people either love it or hate it and it can vary from place to place and also in cost. A normal English breakfast consists of a couple of rashers of bacon, a couple of sausages, fried bread, 2 eggs any style, grilled tomatoes and/or baked beans. Toast will also be offered or even buttered bread. Cafes are full of people eating an early cooked breakfast, particularly in the major towns and cities before setting off for work. Manual workers will frequently ask for chips with it as well.
|Big selections of salads are available in most cafes, from simple cheese or ham salads, to Coronation chicken (very popular with its curry flavour), prawn, crab and many others. A selection of potato salads or coleslaw type dishes will be available from a salad bar from which you can help yourself, or be served at the table. Green leaves, tomatoes and cucumber are generally included on the plate.
|Afternoon Tea
|Cafes will often have a set price for afternoon tea, which will consist of a platter of sandwiches, cakes and scones and your choice of tea or coffee. Sandwiches will be very daintily cut and displayed on a platter and decorated with salad pieces. Smoked salmon and cream cheese, ham and mustard, cheese and tomato and perhaps prawn mayonnaise will be the style of sandwiches included, with small pastries or chocolate éclairs or slices of Victoria sponge. Scones will be filled with jam and cream.
|Delicious slices of bread, rubbed with garlic and tomato and seasoned before grilling. Various toppings are served, the most popular being diced tomatoes and red onion with finely chopped garlic and basil. Can also be served with a pesto topping, and sometimes with roasted aubergine and mushrooms. Usually a starter but can be purchased as a main course.
|Cafes, Italian
|Hot Soup
|A variety of hot soups are normal sold, served from large barrel shaped tureens or soup kettles placed on the counter. Soups are usually simple such as tomato and basil, mushroom or vegetable. Normal served in polystyrene cups to take away.
|Sandwich Bar, Cafes
|Bacon Sandwich
|Again, very popular in the early mornings through until lunchtime, bacon sandwiches appear on every menu. They can be toasted or plain, and served with brown or tomato sauce. Some cafes will only use sliced bread as this keeps longer, but in upmarket cafes you can usually find a choice of crusty fresh bread, baked that morning. Can be served as a BLT (bacon, lettuce and tomato) but this is more popular at lunchtimes and generally served with mayonnaise.
|Most cafes will serve omelettes on their menus, either plain or with ham, cheese, mushroom etc. and can be accompanied by salad or chips. Can be served as a 2 egg or 3 egg omelette, sometimes 4, or as an egg white omelette for the more health conscious, the latter being served with chopped chives or onion to give it flavour. Some cafes will serve souffled omelettes, which have been cooked on the top of the oven and then finished under the grill, making it slightly puffed up and a little brown on the top.
|A fresh cup of good old English tea never goes amiss. Drink in or takeaway, it still tastes good! Usually a selection of teas such as Breakfast Tea (usual English tea), Earl Grey, Lemon and other varieties such as Lapsong Suchong. Bigger bakeries will serve the tea with the pot, whereas smaller ones will serve you just a cup, or a takeway container.
|Cafes, Bakery
|Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows
|A lovely warming drink, particularly for the children! Delicious hot chocolate served with whipped cream and pink and white marshmallows is often see in cake shops. A sprinkling of chocolate on the top normally completes the drink.
|Cafes, Bakery
|Lotus Tea
|Green tea is marinated with fresh lotus leaves so that the aroma infuses into the whole drink. Vietnamese people believe that this has very health beneficial properties. Very refreshing.
|Vietnamese, Cafes
|A variety of coffees are usually available, with some upmarket cafes offering the full gambit of coffees throughout the world, Kenyan, Jamaican, Cuban etc. Coffee will also be available Italian style such as cappuccino, macchiata, or just simple coffee with milk. Iced coffee is also frequently served.
|Tea is the traditional drink to accompany the afternoon piece of cake or pastry, and will be available as tea with milk, lemon tea, Earl Grey and Lapsang Suchong, and frequently other varieties of tea depending on the level of café (Roadside cafes serving traditional English breakfast are unlikely to have a selection). In upmarket cafes, the tea will be served in a pot for you to pour, whereas in fast turnover cafes, it will just be served to you in a cup ready to drink.
|Takeaway Food
|The Strathkinness Tavern
|Pub Food
|Cross Keys Bar
|Pub Food
|The Dining Room
|Cafes, Chinese
|The Criterion
|Pub Food
|Golden Pagoda
|Takeaway Food
|Glasshouse Restaurant
|Nahm-Jim Thai Restaurant
|Thai, Asian
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The Arizona Cardinals didn't let John Carlson leave the desert after meeting him on Thursday.
The Cardinals signed the tight end to a two-year contract, the team announced Friday.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported the deal is worth $4.65 million over two years.
Carlson, 29, was released by the Vikings last week following two meek seasons in Minnesota. The former second-round draft pick was a disappointment in the Twin Cities after coming over from the Seattle Seahawks where he had boasted three 300-plus-yard seasons, including two 50-plus-catch seasons.
On paper, a pass-catching tight end doesn't appear to mesh well with Bruce Arians' theory that, "Tight ends for me block first, catch second." (Unless for some reason Arians plans to learn some new tricks.) Carlson is average-to-below-average in both pass and run blocking.
Carlson also brings injury risks to the desert. He has suffered multiple concussions, including one that ended his 2013 season prematurely.
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Incredible forgiveness (Ann Curry, NBC anchor)
She was carefully and lovingly dressing her girl in white, even putting the cotton in her nose.
All around the family watched, crying softly, even the little children, who listened as their grandfather told them not to hate the gunman who did this.
"Forgive," he was instructing them... "forgive, as God forgives us..."
Reverend Rob Schenck, called it the most powerful moment in all his 25 years as a minister.
This forgiveness seems especially incredible, coming on the same day the coroner is being reported to have counted almost 20 bullet wounds in the body of a 7-year-old girl.
An Amish woman told me perhaps the good that might come of this tragedy is, "We can tell people about Christ and actually show you in our walk that we forgive, not just say it, but in our walk of life. You know you have to live it, you can't just say it. "
I realize I did not know what forgiveness was until now.
Ann Curry continues her reports on the deadly school shootings that took place in an Amish schoolhouse on Today all-week and on Dateline Saturday.


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moobaa necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
We are fledling gift store, that is looking to break into producing our own products. The brand name for the t-shirts is Moobaa. Initially, we are looking to launch our own range of t-shirts in the New Zealand tourist market and if succesful will be broadening the brand. These will just be sold in our little shop to start with... but it could go galactic! :)
We are fresh, simple, contemporary, funky and un-complicated.
The products are to appeal to Local and International tourists, and the icons are to be useable equally on Babies Bibs as they are on Adult T-Shirts. Simplicity is the key! For your research, we have collated some existing Kiwi Designs here: http://www.kamakura.co.nz/kiwis.pdf
For your research some of our competitive brands would be:
- Kinoo
- NZ Identity
- Babylicious
- Playhouse
- Coastlines
The scope is for 2 icons:
- Kiwi Bird (not the fruit!)
- NZ Map
You must submit both icons to win, but can submit entries individually to focus the feedback. We will provide continual ranking & feedback for designs rated 3* and over.
The icons must be monochromatic, or 2colour at best. They must be able to be adaptable into multiple design configurations (i.e. the kiwi icon could be spiralled, vector overlaid, scattered etc...).
There is to be NO TEXT in the icons, they must speak for themselves.
Simplicity & style are paramount.
We are happy to have some fun theming in the designs, some ideas we had:
- Robot Kiwi
- Kiwi Dreaming of Wings
- Kiwi vs. Dodo (NZ beating Australia)
- Kiwi from a Maori Hook insignia
For the map:
- Flared sunrise
- Ocean flow
- Deconstructed into flowing lines.
Do not be cramped by our requirements... we want something "simpy brilliant"
If the tee's take off (they WILL be produced) then expect there will be future work for the chosen designer(s).