Sudden Infant Death Syndrome happens after the child is born, usually sometime before he or she is a year old. It is considered the most dreadful circumstance because it generally happens when a child is asleep and when the parents are not expecting it. SIDS mainly happens during the winter months at night when the child is asleep but also can happen at any point in the year without a reason why. “SIDS remains the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States;” and is also the most common effect from drinking during pregnancy (Bailey and Sokol 90). Although SIDS can happen to any child without warning and cause, it has been studied to happen to children born to mothers who drank during her pregnancy. Just like stillbirth, the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and SIDS support that alcohol exposure significantly relates to infant
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome happens after the child is born, usually sometime before he or she is a year old. It is considered the most dreadful circumstance because it generally happens when a child is asleep and when the parents are not expecting it. SIDS mainly happens during the winter months at night when the child is asleep but also can happen at any point in the year without a reason why. “SIDS remains the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States;” and is also the most common effect from drinking during pregnancy (Bailey and Sokol 90). Although SIDS can happen to any child without warning and cause, it has been studied to happen to children born to mothers who drank during her pregnancy. Just like stillbirth, the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and SIDS support that alcohol exposure significantly relates to infant