SIDS

"Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, while crib death is sometimes used in North America. Typically the infant is found dead after having been put to bed, and exhibits no signs of having suffered.

This topic is very meaningful to me because I have young children. I have a baby that is 3 months and I was curious about what caused SIDS. My baby does sleep on his stomach but I watches him the best I can. Most SIDS is caused by children sleeping on their stomach. In the future I will try to get my baby to sleep more on his back. That kind of scares me also because I am afraid of him choking.

The influence of social and biologic factors on sudden infant death was studied in a large Chinese population. Data from all birth certificates in Taiwan from 1988 to 1992 were merged with death certificate data for post neonatal deaths from sudden infant death syndrome and suffocation. Age difference of parents of more than 10 years was associated with a relative risk (RR) of 1.8 (multivariate adjusted, 95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.3–2.3).

Personal Birthing Experience

        I remember two months ago when I gave birth to my third living son. The labor were so fast that they did not have time to give me any medicine for pain. I was at home and when I got up to use the rest room around 3 one morning my water broke. I had to wait for my mom to arrive to take me to the emergency room and I was in pain all the way there. The emergency room is about 45 minutes from my house. And my mom live about 30 minutes from my house. Soon as I arrived it was time for me to push. I was at 9 centimeters. The bad part about it is that I was going in labor 5 weeks early. I chose this one because it is amazing how I delivered 5 weeks early and my baby were more healthier than my other two babies that I delivered 3 weeks early. To me birth have a big impact on child development because some children that are pre term have problems later in life.
        Over 60% of preterm births occur in Africa and south Asia, but preterm birth is truly a global problem; countries with the highest numbers include Brazil, India, Nigeria and the United States of America. Of the 11 countries with preterm birth rates over 15%, all but two are in sub-Saharan Africa. In the poorest countries, on average, 12% of babies are born too soon compared with 9% in higher-income countries. Within countries, poorer families are at higher risk. I learned that Africa and South Asia births are majority pre term.

NAEYC and DEC

NAEYC…..

  I-1.3—To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child. If we come into a child care center with this in focus we will be able to help children develop appropriately.  Children are unique and they all learn at different levels.

I-1.4—To appreciate the vulnerability of children and their dependence on adults. Children are very vulnerable so we must be careful what we do as adults as we shape the lives of children.  Taking careful notice of their vulnerability will keep us in line.

I-1.5—To create and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity and their contributions.  Environment is so important to children’s learning.  If the environment is conducive to learning for children more creativity will happen the classroom setting.

DEC….. 

 We shall demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity, truthfulness, and honesty in all our professional activities in order to inspire the trust and confidence of the children and families and of those with whom we work.  This is vitally important to me it all speaks to have respect for oneself in turn it will cause families to gain trust.  Once trust is gained from families it becomes easier to help the children and family.

Everything that I listed have some way that children are being helped and love. This relates to my everyday life because this is what I do on a daily basis.

my boys

Additional Resources

Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (2009, 3d ed.)

http://www.naeyc.org/store/

Moving Right Along

Planning Transitions to Prevent Challenging Behavior

http://journal.naeyc.org/btj/200805/hemmeter.asp

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids (YAACK)

http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/

Course Resources

Course resources

Position Statements and Influential PracticesDevelopmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved from

 http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved from

 http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved from

 http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being
Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

Websites:

World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/

Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/

Early Childhood OrganizationsNational Association for the Education of Young Children
http://www.naeyc.org/

The Division for Early Childhood
http://www.dec-sped.org/

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/

WESTED
http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

Harvard Education Letter
http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

FPG Child Development Institute
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

Administration for Children and Families Headstart's National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

HighScope
http://www.highscope.org/

Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Center for Child Care Workforce
http://www.ccw.org/

Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

National Child Care Association
http://www.nccanet.org/

National Institute for Early Education Research
http://nieer.org/

Pre[K]Now
http://www.preknow.org/

Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

Professional Journals
YC Young Children

Childhood

Journal of Child & Family Studies

Child Study Journal

Multicultural Education

Early Childhood Education Journal

Journal of Early Childhood Research

International Journal of Early Childhood

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Developmental Psychology

Social Studies

Maternal & Child Health Journal

International Journal of Early Years Education

My family