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As parents, ensuring the safety and well- baby during the night. If you Healthy Program may provide some
being of our little ones is our utmost want to bring your baby into assistance. For more information, call
priority. When it comes to your baby’s your bed for feeding or comfort- Christa Johns at 410-479-8126 .
sleep, safety is non-negotiable. Making ing, ensure that you return them
Caroline County Health Department
sure your baby is sleeping safely is one of to their own sleep space when it’s
the easiest things you can do to protect time for you to sleep. 403 S. 7th Street
them and care for their health.
• Room Sharing, Not Bed Shar- Denton, Maryland 21629

It’s a sobering fact that in the United ing – The American Academy
States alone, there are approximately of Pediatrics recommends www.carolinehd.org
3,500 sleep-related deaths in babies room sharing with your baby caroline.request@maryland.gov

every year. Many of these tragedies for the first few months. Place
could be prevented by following safe your baby’s crib or bassinet in (410) 479-8000
sleep guidelines. Below we share some your room, ideally close to your

crucial tips to ensure your baby sleeps bed. This practice provides the

soundly and safely. benefits of proximity without the
risks associated with bed sharing.

• Back is Best – The golden rule of
It allows you to monitor your
safe baby sleep is to always place
baby’s needs and provide comfort
your baby on their back for all
while maintaining a separate,
naps and at night. Th is simple
safe sleep environment.

practice significantly reduces the
risk of suffocation. Babies should • Avoid Loose Bedding and Soft

be put to sleep on their backs Objects – Keep your baby’s sleep Trick or Treat
until they reach one year of age. area free from loose bedding, at the Mill
If your little one has mastered pillows, blankets, stuff ed toys,
the art of rolling over and back bumper pads, and similar

again, it’s perfectly okay if they objects. These items can pose Friday, Oct. 27
change positions while sleeping. a serious risk of suff ocation or 5-8 PM
strangulation. A bare sleep envi-
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