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Doctors in Las Vegas are urging safe sleep practices after seeing a rise in sleep-related infant deaths. “When we know that many of these could be prevented by parents knowing how to safely put their kids to sleep, it makes it even harder,” said Jacob Snow, M.D., pediatric emergency physician at Pediatrix® Emergency Medicine of Nevada and Sunrise Children’s Hospital. Dr. Snow recommends parents follow the ABCs: Alone, on their Back and on a Crib.
He says a baby should be swaddled without any kind of blankets or toys around them. And while a baby could sleep in the parent’s room, they should not share a bed. Instead, he suggests putting a baby’s crib, bassinet or playpen right next to the bed – but not on it.
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