Objectives: The current study aimed to identify the mothers’ traditional practice in caring for newborns with jaundice; we want to determine the association between mothers’ practices and their demographic characteristics. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 mothers from inpatient pediatric wards of Babylon Teaching Hospital for maternal and pediatric care. They were selected by non-probability, purposive sampling method. The study data were collected by a three-part tool: demographic data sheet related to mothers and children, mothers’ knowledge concerning neonatal jaundice, and the mother’s knowledge and home practices concerning neonatal jaundice. The obtained data were analyzed using the SPSS version 22. Results: Most mothers (67%) were younger than 30 years, and 10% had college or institute educational level. Also, 87% of mothers knew that jaundice is a common problem for neonates; 25% did not know that jaundice is abnormal if it occurs within the first 36 hours. About 17% of mothers did not agree that maternal and fetal blood group differences lead to jaundice. Besides, 47% of mothers were uncertain that severe jaundice could lead to deafness, and 78% knew that phototherapy is the treatment for jaundice. Discussion: The majority of respondents in the study were aged 29 years or less. Most of them adopted breast and formula as the type of feeding. The most recognizable outcome of this study was the adequate knowledge and practices of mothers concerning traditional caring for neonates with jaundice.

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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a phenomenon of unknown cause among infants between 1 month and 1 year of age". Methodology: descriptive design conducted through September 2018 to the end of March 2019, mothers attended health centers in Al-Hilla City,who consists of (120 meters). Data were collected through using SIDS_QA-508 after doing some adjustment on the questionnaire, The questions that used in collecting data were checked out for any mistake or error and scrutinized, Data of the 120 participant's were entered and analyzedby means of the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) .The results indicated that the children age (65.0%) was less one year aged, (41.7%) mother's educational attainment with primary school. (94.2%) with pre-term pregnancy, (74.2%) were married, (77.5%) from the population present their satisfaction concerning monthly income and (55.0%) had health problems through their pregnancy. Most mothershave low knowledge regarding abrupt baby death, which correlated for mother's age, sources of knowledge as weak correlation. Recommendations: Hospital staff should instruct parents who, in turn, must emphasize to secondary caregivers that the baby must always be placed to sleep on the back and never on the tummy, since prone sleep increases the risk of SIDS.

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