References for Soft Toys in the Cot


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2. Kemp, J.S., Kowalski, R.M., Burch, P.M., Graham, M.A., & Thach, B.T. (1993). Unintentional suffocation by rebreathing: a death scene and physiologic investigation of a possible cause of sudden infant death. Journal of Pediatrics, 122(6), 874-80.

3. The American Academy of Pediatrics. (2005). The changing concept of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: diagnostic coding shifts, controversies regarding the sleeping environment, and new variables to consider in reducing risk. Pediatrics, 116(5)1245-55.

4. Blair, P.S., Platt, M.W., Smith, I.J., Fleming, P.J. & CESDI SUDI Research Group. (2006). Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and sleeping position in pre-term and low birth weight infants: an opportunity for targeted intervention. Archives of Disease in Childhood , 91(2), 101-106.

5. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). (2004). Toy-related deaths and injuries, Calendar year 2003. Memorandum, CPSC, Washington DC. Retrieved from https://www.cpsc.gov/Research—Statistics/Injury-Statistics#toys.

6. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). (2005). Toy-related deaths and injuries, Calendar year 2004. Memorandum, CPSC, Washington DC. Retrieved from https://www.cpsc.gov/Research—Statistics/Injury-Statistics#toys.

7. Congiu, M., Cassell, E. & Clapperton, A. (2005). Unintentional asphyxia (choking, suffocation and strangulation) in children aged 0-14 years. Hazard, 60 (Winter), 1-20.

8. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). (2002). Toy-related deaths and injuries, Calendar year 2001. Memorandum, CPSC, Washington DC. Retrieved from https://www.cpsc.gov/Research—Statistics/Injury-Statistics#toys.

9. Hanrahan, K.S. & Lofgren, M. (2004). Evidence-based practice: examining the risk of toys in the microenvironment of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Advances in Neonatal Care, 4(4),184-201.

10. Passman, R. H., and Halonen, J. S. (1979). A developmental survey of young children’s attachments to inanimate objects. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 134, 165-78.

11. Morelli, G.A., Rogoff, B., Oppenheim, D. & Goldsmith, D. (1992). Cultural variation in infants’ sleeping arrangements: Questions of independence. Developmental Psychology, 28(4), 604-613.

12. Steir, A.J. & Lehman, E.B. (2000). Attachment to transitional objects: role of maternal personality and mother-toddler interaction. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70(3), 340-50.

13. Green, K., Grovesa, M. & Teganoa, D. (2004). Parenting practices that limit transitional object use: an illustration. Early Child Development and Care , 174(5), 427-436.

14. Burnham, M.M., Goodlin-Jones, B.L., Gaylor, E.E. & Anders, T.F. (2002). Nighttime sleep-wake patterns and self-soothing from birth to one year of age: a longitudinal intervention study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 43(6), 713-73.

15. Busch, F., Nagera, H., McKnight, J. & Pezzarossi, G. (1974). Primary transitional objects. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry , 12(2), 193-214.