How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe?
More than 3,500 babies in the U.S. die suddenly and unexpectedly every year while sleeping, often due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or accidental deaths from suffocation or strangulation.
What You Can Do: Recommendations for Infant Sleep Safety
- Until their first birthday, babies should sleep on their backs for all sleep times—for naps and at night.
- Use a firm sleep surface.
- Room share - keep baby's sleep area in the same room where you sleep for the first 6 months or, ideally, for the first year.
- Only bring your baby into your bed to feed or comfort.
- Never place your baby to sleep on a couch, sofa, or armchair.
- Keep soft objects, loose bedding, or any objects that could increase the risk of entrapment, suffocation, or strangulation out of the baby's sleep area.
- It is fine to swaddle your baby.
- Try giving a pacifier at nap time and bedtime.
- Do not smoke during pregnancy or after your baby is born.
- Do not use alcohol or illicit drugs during pregnancy or after the baby is born.
- Breastfed babies have a lower risk of SIDS.
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