Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Newborns should sleep alone on their backs with nothing else in their cribs to help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Photo: freestocks-photos/Pixabay)Newborns should sleep alone on their backs with nothing else in their cribs to help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (Photo: freestocks-photos/Pixabay)

Safe Sleep

Unsafe Infant Sleep Practices Persist When the weather is cold and the nights are long, new parents can be tempted to put extra blankets in a crib or bring their infant into bed with them. Both practices can lead to death for children under a year old, who do not have the ability
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Babies should sleep flat on their backs with nothing else in their cribs, even blankets. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Back to Sleep

Keeping Your Baby Safe While Sleeping Even the most well-meaning of new parents make mistakes. Instead of walking back and forth to their baby’s crib several times a night, they bring their infant into bed with them. Or, in hopes of comforting the child, they put blankets and
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Healthcare professionals say it’s best for infants to sleep on their backs, rather than on their sides or bellies. (Photo: Natural to the Core)

Good Night

Easy Steps Can Lead to Infants’ Safe Sleep The number of infants who die each year from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has decreased in recent decades as awareness of safe sleeping habits has increased. Yet each year, babies still die from sudden, unexplained causes.
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