We support the SIDs & Kids Safe Sleeping guidelines:
- Sleep baby on their back from birth, not on tummy or side.
- Sleep baby with head and face uncovered
- Keep baby smoke free before birth and after
- Provide a safe sleeping environment night and day
- Sleep baby in their own safe sleeping place in the same room as adult caregiver; for the first 6-12 months
- Breastfeed baby (if you can)
- Wrapping is a useful strategy that parents can use to help their babies to settle and sleep on their back, especially during the first 6 months of life
- Wrapping and placing babies on the back provides stability and helps to keep babies in the recommended back position
- When wrapping baby, allow for hip flexion and chest wall expansion and ensure baby is not over dressed under the wrap, has the head uncovered and does not have an infection or fever
- Babies must not be wrapped if sharing a sleep surface (including bed-sharing) with an adult
- Discontinue wrapping baby when baby is able to turn onto the tummy during sleep
SOURCE: SIDS and KIDS – www.sidsandkids.org