Romper suit to protect against SIDS

Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

Parents of newborn babies are always creeping into the nursery at night to check that their infant is still breathing. Alternatively, they might let the baby sleep in their room, hoping to notice any respiratory arrest and intervene before it is too late. A lack of answers is part of what makes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) so frightening. SIDS is the leading cause of death among infants one-month to one-year old and remains unexplained, despite years of research.

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