asÂ·soÂ·ciÂ·aÂ·tive property. The property of addition and multiplication which states that a difference in the grouping of numbers being added or multiplied will not change the result, as long as the order of the numbers stays the same. For example, 3 + (4 + 5) is equal to (3 + 4) + 5. See also commutative property, distributive property. 1  Facebook.
The most common recommendation is to initially place infants to sleep on their backs for the first 12 months. However, when the infant is able to roll over on their own in to the sleep position of his/her choice than it is fine to leave the baby in that position. My children are now 29, 27, 24, and 11.
The federal government, the American Academy of Pediatrics and child advocacy groups have urged parents for the last 20 years to place infants on their backs for sleep for the first year to reduce the risk of SIDS. But the new research found that nearly thirty percent of all infants do not sleep on their backs.