Doctors Insisted Babies Sleep on Their Stomachs for 30 Years — SIDS Rates Showed the Cost #shorts @AaronHartmanMD
Doctors Insisted Babies Sleep on Their Stomachs for 30 Years — SIDS Rates Showed the Cost #shorts @AaronHartmanMD
Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
From the 1960s through the 1980s, most doctors insisted babies should sleep on their stomachs to prevent choking. Parents who tried back sleeping were ridiculed. SIDS rates rose. In 1992, guidelines finally changed to back sleeping. SIDS rates dropped 50% in the following six years.

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Doctors Insisted Babies Sleep on Their Stomachs for 30 Years — SIDS Rates Showed the Cost #shorts

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