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Safety tips for sleeping babies
June 2, 2005 03:09 PM EST | Safety & Recalls | Email to Friend | Comments (0)
If your baby is under 12 months old, you can help prevent SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), suffocation, and strangulation by following these three tips:
Baby in Crib
- Place your baby to sleep on his or her back
- Remove all soft bedding from the crib
- Put your baby to sleep in a safe crib
Why follow these tips?
- Babies who sleep on their backs have a much lower risk of dying from SIDS and suffocation. African American babies die from SIDS at more than twice the rate of other babies
- A baby can suffocate from soft bedding in a crib. Be sure to remove all pillows, quilts, comforters, and sheepskins from your crib
- A safe crib is the best place for your baby to sleep. Make sure your crib has:
- no missing or broken hardware and slats no more than 2 3/8" apart
- no corner posts over 1/16" high
- no cutout designs in the headboard or footboard
- a firm, tight-fitting mattress
- a safety certification seal (on new cribs)
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