Tips for a Safe Sleep Environment
Some friendly tips to keep your baby healthy and safe.
• Always place your baby alone and on their back to sleep. Placing
your baby to sleep on their side or on their stomach is not safe.
• Use a crib that meets current safety standards. Use a firm
mattress that fits snugly in the crib and is covered with only a
tight-fitting crib sheet.
• Do not put anything soft, loose, or fluffy in your baby's sleep space.
This includes pillows, blankets, comforters, bumper pads, stuffed
animals, toys, or any other soft items.
• Use a wearable blanket, or similar type sleeper, instead of
traditional blankets to keep your baby safe and warm.
• Room-share instead of co-sleeping. Keep your baby's sleep space
separate from, but close to, your bed. This will keep them safe, and
make feeding easier. The Owlet Monitor does not function properly
with co-sleeping. Your body will interfere with the Smart Sock's
wireless signal.
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• Avoid falling asleep with your baby in your bed, couch, or armchair.
• Never allow your baby to sleep on any soft surfaces such as adult
or child-sized beds, sofas, chairs, waterbeds, pillows, cushions,
comforters, sheepskins, or anything similar.
• Do not use pillows, wedges, or positioners to prop your baby up,
keep them on their back, or prevent them from rolling.
• Make sure your baby doesn't get too warm. Use light sleepwear on
your baby and keep the room temperature comfortable for a lightly-
clothed adult.
• Consider offering a pacifier to your baby at naptime and bedtime.
For breastfed babies, delay introducing a pacifier until 3-4 weeks of
age, when nursing is well-established.
• Educate everyone who cares for your baby about these rules for
safe sleep!