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Safe Sleep

Each year in Michigan, nearly 150 infants die as a result of unsafe sleep environments.

These deaths are 100 percent preventable.

From sleeping with parents and siblings to cribs filled with blankets and toys, infants are put at risk of suffocation when their sleep area is not appropriate for a baby. Babies are most safe when they are placed on their backs in a crib of their own, without any items such as pillows, blankets and toys.

Video Library

• Safe Sleep "Rethink Your Position" . The safest place your baby is in their crib.

• Safe Sleep "Fight" :30 PSA Your baby should not have to fight to get a good night's sleep. Learn the rules of safe sleep at www.michigan.gov/safesleep.

• Safe Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know During this video we hear from Sue Snyder, first lady of Michigan and three families who've lost young children to unsafe sleep environments.