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Helping Babies Sleep Safely

For Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month, CDC is sharing tips parents and caregivers can use to help reduce the risk of sleep-related infant deaths, including SIDS. Start by placing baby on his or her back for all sleep times—for naps and at night. And share your room with your baby, but not your bed. Learn more about these and other steps you can take to create a safe sleep area for baby in a feature from CDC: Helping Babies Sleep Safely.

Join Our Facebook Live

Our CDC experts will be talking about safe sleep for infants with a live discussion on Facebook.com/CDC, Wednesday, October 16th at 2:00pm ET.

Learn more about SIDS and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death from CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health.

Let's talk about safe sleep for infants. Join our Facebook Live demonstration with CDC experts. Wednesday , October 16, 2 p.m ET, facebook.com/cdc

Post Your #SafeSleepSnap

Spread the word about safe infant sleep! Participate in this year’s #SafeSleepSnap by posting a pic of your baby in a safe sleep space to help educate others about safe infant sleep. Tag using #SafeSleepSnap

You can also encourage your friends and followers to participate during the month of October by sharing the following sample social media post: “Do you know what a safe infant sleep environment looks like? Share this example, or take a pic of your baby, grandbaby, niece, or nephew sleeping safely and share it with your followers. Be sure to use #SafeSleepSnap in your post! Remember: safe sleep environments are firm, flat, & free of soft and loose items. Babies sleep safest on their backs! #SafeToSleep”

#safesleepsnap baby sleeping on its back

We will be posting safe sleep snaps and other safe sleep messages throughout October from @CDCChronic. Please check our feed and retweet and share!

Author: Marianne Halterman

Marianne is a member of the SafeKids Coalition of the Central Shenandoah Valley.

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