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Baby sleep safety: 8 Ways to make sure your baby is safe while they sleep

Science-backed advice on safe baby sleep practices that reduces the risk of SIDS

Published: June 16, 2021 17:34 Tabitha Barda, Baby & Child Editor

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baby safe sleep — BACK TO SLEEP: Always put your baby on their back for every sleep - day and night - as the chance of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is particularly high for babies who are sometimes placed on their front or side. And don’t let your mum or mum-in-law tell you any different – while you or your siblings might have been tummy-sleepers as babes, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) launched the ‘Back to Sleep’ campaign in 1994 based on strong evidence that back-sleeping greatly reduces the risk of SIDS. Image Credit: Shutterstock

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1.1186753-1313014679 — KEEP COOL: It is important to make sure that your baby’s room is not too hot or too cold. The chance of SIDS is higher in babies who get too hot. While international advice is to keep the room temperature between 16 and 20°C, this can be a challenge in the UAE. Experts recommend setting your AC to around 22°C (ensuring baby is out of the way of the direct air blast), putting babies in only two thin layers of clothing to sleep at night, and using a low-tog blanket or gro bag (around 0.5-1.5 tog). Image Credit: Corbis

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