Safe Sleeping For You and Your Baby
Create a Safe Sleep Environment for Your Baby
●Place baby on their back to sleep.
● Use a firm, flat surface for sleeping.
● Keep soft materials such as quilts, comforters, bumper pads, stuffed animals and pillows out of the baby’s
sleep environment.
● Make sure your baby is not too warm. Use a light blanket or dress your baby in sleepers if the room is cool.
● Keep your baby away from cigarette smoke. If parents/caregiver smoke change clothing and wash hands well
before holding baby.
● Make sure your baby’s crib meets Health Canada’s standards.
● Keep baby in your room, when sleeping at night, for the initial 6 months.
https://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/pregnancy-and-babies/safe_sleep_for_babies
What Do the Pediatric Associations Recommend?
Both the Canadian and American Pediatric Associations recommend against bed sharing. They do; however,
recommend room sharing to decrease the incidence of SIDS. Research suggests that when an infant is in the
presence of an adult caregiver, room sharing infants are approximately half as likely to die of SIDS than infants
sleeping either alone or in the same room with siblings.
Create a Safe Sleep Environment for Your Baby
●Place baby on their back to sleep.
● Use a firm, flat surface for sleeping.
● Keep soft materials such as quilts, comforters, bumper pads, stuffed animals and pillows out of the baby’s
sleep environment.
● Make sure your baby is not too warm. Use a light blanket or dress your baby in sleepers if the room is cool.
● Keep your baby away from cigarette smoke. If parents/caregiver smoke change clothing and wash hands well
before holding baby.
● Make sure your baby’s crib meets Health Canada’s standards.
● Keep baby in your room, when sleeping at night, for the initial 6 months.
https://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/pregnancy-and-babies/safe_sleep_for_babies
What Do the Pediatric Associations Recommend?
Both the Canadian and American Pediatric Associations recommend against bed sharing. They do; however,
recommend room sharing to decrease the incidence of SIDS. Research suggests that when an infant is in the
presence of an adult caregiver, room sharing infants are approximately half as likely to die of SIDS than infants
sleeping either alone or in the same room with siblings.
