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Effects of Sleep Position on Infant Motor Development

A study that questioned earlier findings

Effects of Sleep Position on Infant Motor Development

Beth Ellen Davis, Rachel Y. Moon, Hari Cheryl Sachs, Su‐Ting T. Li · 1998 · PEDIATRICS

Children
About 350 babies
Where
The United States
Ages
First year
How
Parents kept a log of when their baby reached each milestone
What it found
Babies who slept on their tummies reached rolling, crawling and pulling to stand earlier than babies who slept on their backs, but they walked at the same age.
Limits
We have only read the summary, which doesn't give the size of the difference in months.

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