Resources Tips To Make Infant Safe Sleep Guidelines Work For Military Parents

Always have your baby on their back to sleep. Use a firm, flat surface for sleeping such as a crib or bassinet. Keep soft objects and loose bedding out of the sleeping area, including bumper pads and pillows. Room share, but don’t bed share, to decrease the risk of suffocation or other infant-related deaths. Don’t let your baby get overheated. Watch for flushed skin/cheeks, sweating, or a hot chest. All infants should be sleeping in their own sleep space — not bed sharing or surface sharing, such as on a couch or any other location — but Alone in their own sleep space on their Backs,” she said. “And then in a Crib or another approved firm, flat surface that’s free from other suffocation hazards like bumpers, blankets, toys, stuffed animals, that sort of thing Be planning for that safe sleep environment for any small children and infants to ensure that … they have their separate sleep space that’s safe for them,” she said. “Typically, parents think, ‘OK, I’ll just put the baby in the bed with me.’ But that’s the danger. At hotels, you often can reserve cribs, or they have a portable crib When you move to a new area, it’s just making sure to ask them and remind them, ‘Hey, so for every nap and at nighttime, we put the baby down to sleep on their backs

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