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Is it safer to let a baby sleep on his back than on his side?
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Yes: Back in the 90's data emerged to show belly sleeping lead to increased risk of crib death. Now decades later we have seen a decline in crib death rates among families that back sleep their babies by ~40%. Side sleeping was found to be as bad as belly sleeping in several studies.
Answered 4/8/2018
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