SIDS Risk
- Prenatal smoking (5 fold)
- Bed sharing with a smoker, up to 10 fold if both parents smoke
- Formula feeding (2 fold)
- Respiratory infections
- Baby unattended
- Overheated
- Prone position
- Day care (2 fold risk at least)
Smothering Risk
- Couches, sofas and soft reclining chairs (up to 50 fold risk)
- Alcohol or drug use
- Formula feeding parents
- Pets or siblings
- Non parent
- Overcrowded
- Obese bed partner
EVIDENCE-BASED INFANT SLEEP INFORMATION
Prof. Helen Ball, Infant Sleep Laboratory, U.Durham UK
Prof. James McKenna, Mother/Baby Sleep Laboratory UND
SWEET SLEEP Tear sheets – patient resources La Leche League International