Place your baby on its back to sleep, in a safe space with a firm, flat mattress, in a room with you
Do not smoke in pregnancy or let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby
Do not co-sleep with your baby if you have been drinking alcohol, taking drugs, are a smoker or your baby was born prematurely. Research shows there is a higher incidence of SIDS when these factors are present.
Never sleep with your baby on a sofa or armchair. Separate analysis of UK data indicate that sleeping with a baby on a
sofa is particularly strongly
associated with SIDS.
Do not let your baby get too
hot or too cold, and
keep your baby's
head uncovered
Breastfeeding
can reduce the
risk of SIDS.
REDUCING THE RISK OF SIDS
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No sleep environment is 100% risk-free from, however there are well known ways to reduce a baby's risk of SIDS.
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