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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.

Safe Sleep Videos

• Safe Sleep: What Every Parent Needs to Know with Introduction by Sue Snyder, first lady of Michigan. During this video we hear from 3 families who've lost young children to unsafe sleep environments.

• New state initiative promoting safe sleep for infants - Fox2Fox 2 News Headlines

• Unsafe Sleep: 144 MI Babies Died in 2012, WOODTV8

Safe Sleep Resources

• Safe Sleep Steps and Checklist Protect Your Baby's Life

• Infant Safe Sleep Postcard Send this postcard to friends and family to tell them about Infant Safe Sleep.

• Infant Safe Sleep Poster PDF icon

• Dos and Don'ts of Infant Safe Sleep Poster PDF icon

• Infant Safe Sleep Brochure PDF icon

• Un sueño seguro para su bebé cartel PDF icon Infant Safe Sleep Poster - Spanish

• Infant Safe Sleep Brochure (Arabic) PDF icon

• Is Your Baby's Crib Safe? How to determine if your baby's crib is safe. Also, view crib and other infant/child product recall information here.

• Contact Us For More Information List of contacts for more details and materials on Infant Safe Sleep.

• September is Infant Safe Sleep Month View Governor Rick Snyder's Proclamation

• Product Recalls by Consumer Product Safety Commission

Information for Professionals

• Safe Sleep Information for Professionals View articles and other safe sleep information for professionals.