Safe Baby Bedding

Parents should remove any quilts, stuffed animals, comforters, and other soft bedding items from your baby's crib. The cause behind this is, taht the parents should keep in mind that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) advises that "babies have been found dead on their stomachs with their faces, noses, and mouths covered by soft bedding, such as pillows, quilts, comforters and sheepskins."




When shopping for baby cribs, outfitting your nursery, and buying baby bedding, keep in mind that no pillows, quilts, comforters and sheepskins should be brought .



Instead of using these types of baby bedding, the CPSC recommends that you use "a sleeper or other sleep clothing as an alternative to blankets, with no other covering." This can include a sleep sack or wearable sleep blanket or footed sleeper.

If you do use a blanket in your baby's crib, the CPSC recommends that you put your baby's "feet at the foot of the crib. Tuck a thin blanket around the crib mattress, reaching only as far as the baby's chest," making sure that the blanket doesn't cover your baby's head.