Section 1 : What do we know about safe sleeping?

Where do babies die?

  • Lower rates in sleep spaced designed for babies e.g. cots, bassinets…
  • Higher rates in other places e.g. couches, adult beds or mattresses, makeshift beds, armchairs…

Babies need a protected space wherever they sleep.*

No place guarantees safety. It needs to be made safe.
– Carpenter et al. 2004

*Byard, R. W., Beal, S., Blackbourne, B., Nadeau, J. M.,
& Krous, H. F. (2001). Specific dangers associated with infants sleeping on sofas. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 37(5), 476-478.