Health Tip: Putting Baby to Bed

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Sleeping on the back decreases Slow Save Sleep (Stage 3 and Stage 4 NREM sleep combined). Slow Wave Sleep (AKA Deep Sleep) is when infants die of SIDS. It's also when temporary memories are "downloaded" from the Hippocampus to the Neocortex. REM sleep is when the neocortex reorganizes or "Defrags" itself. Basically, there's nothing to defrag during REM sleep if infants aren't able to "download" anything to the Neocortex if they get little to no Slow Wave Sleep. It's sad that a well meaning health campaign has had the unexpected result of causing the autism epidemic.

Tom of NJ 5:25PM October 24, 2009

hi babywedge is awesome for helping to keep baby on its back and also to help with the rotating the head to help with the flat spots caused by "one postion" sleeping....i cant live without mine :)

Hayley 10:14PM October 19, 2009