Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Analysis

I enjoyed your discussion board, Ashley, as you displayed articulated and essential questions—specifically your question “What is the leading cause of death among children and how can I prevent this with my child?”—for parents of infants or toddlers. Back to the question at hand, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is currently one of the top five causes of death of infants. Essentially, this syndrome that only affects infants normally only affects infants that are under the age of one year old. According to Cashion (2016), the mortality of infants due to SIDS is at more than 3,000 deaths every year in the United States alone (p. 100). This tragic syndrome is, unfortunately, bewildering to the scientific and medical community, even with