Care interventions:
By 35weeks Gestational Age, most infants will have developed enough maturity of their muscle tone and spontaneous movements to maintain a midline posture without positioning support – they then need the opportunity to learn through movement. Therefore positioning support should be gradually reduced then removed.
Infants will be gradually prepared for sleeping supine in line with the ‘Back to sleep guidelines’, from around 35 -37 wks onwards.
Infants should not be discharged home with positioning aids unless individually prescribed in consultation with the Medical and Therapy staff.