Adult mattresses and bedding are often softer than a crib surface and can compress inward, suffocating a baby, experts warn.
Black parents were also more likely to have pillows and other soft bedding in cribs, the survey showed.
Talk to your pediatrician for more tips about prevent SIDS! Keep soft pillows, blankets, and crib bumpers out of baby's sleep area.
Second, parents and caregivers should follow the recommendations proven to reduce the risk of SIDS, King said: Place babies on their backs to sleep, avoid bed-sharing, keep soft bedding out of cribs and don't smoke.
Clean and box up items like gowns, changing pads, cloth diapers, bassinet sheets, burping cloths, clothing, bibs, bottles, soft toys, hats, bassinets, cribs, dressers, changing tables and high chairs.
His grandson was at home in his crib now, swaddled in soft things and dreaming under a lightly spinning mobile.
Mr. Dwyer said the association commissioned its own study and found that it was often unclear what caused the babies' death since there were other things crowded in the cribs, like pillows or soft toys.
And, against August's mother's objections, he'd put the soft, pug-faced shepherd mix in the crib with August — "to get acquainted," he said.
I stuck my hand into the crib and pulled out a soft white cushion with tiny pink hearts embroidered onto it.
The cargo hatch will not accept sheets of drywall, but the soft luggage and Pack 'n Play folding crib of its targeted young, upwardly mobile buyer should pose no challenge.
