Safe Sleep Practices For Your Baby Use a firm and flat sleep surface, such as a mattress in a safety approved crib*, covered by a fitted sheet with no other bedding or soft items in the sleep area. never place baby to sleep on soft surfaces, such as on a couch, sofa, waterbed, pillow, quilt, sheepskin, or blanket. these surfaces can be very dangerous for babies. No one knows exactly what causes sids, so there's no guaranteed way to prevent it. however, creating a safe sleep environment can help reduce your baby's risk of sids. on the other hand, we do know what causes accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed. this means parents can help prevent these accidents by following aap guidance on safe sleep. a safe sleep environment lowers the risk of.
Safe Sleep Practices For Your Baby Help the families in your practice learn how their babies can sleep safely so parents can sleep soundly. the rate of sleep related infant death declined significantly in the 1990s after the aap and others recommended that babies be placed on their backs to sleep, but rates have since plateaued, and sids remains the leading cause of postneonatal. Place your baby on his or her back for all sleep times—naps and at night. if a baby spits up during sleep, babies' anatomy and gag reflex help prevent them from choking. this is true even while baby is sleeping on their back. babies who sleep on their backs are much less likely to die of sids than babies who sleep on their sides or stomachs. The american academy of pediatrics recommends the following for reducing the risk for sleep related deaths from birth to 1 year old: know the abcs of safe baby sleep: a is for alone. put baby to sleep alone in their crib. keep soft items like toys, crib bumpers and blankets out of the crib. b is for back. A safe sleep environment for baby is: firm (returns to its original shape quickly if pressed on) flat (like a table, not a hammock) level (not at an angle or incline) and covered only with a fitted sheet. learn more about safe sleep surfaces and other features of a safe sleep environment. you can find examples and images of safe sleep areas on.
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