Pictures of Sleeping Babies Should Not Be Imitated

A recent study analyzed pictures of sleeping infants in many magazines with wide circulation among women of childbearing age. More than a third of the photos showed babies in unsafe sleep positions. Also, two-thirds of the sleep environments depicted in these magazines were unsafe.

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