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Safe Sleep Policy Always put infants to sleep on their backs unless you provide Form 3019, Infant Sleep Exception/Health Care Professional Recommendation, signed by the infant's health care professional [§746.2427 and §747.2327].

Kuroda reiterated that walking with an infant in your arms for five minutes continuously is crucial — then it can be followed by five to eight minutes of sitting with the child in your arms in order to "stabilize their sleep." "The first five to eight minutes of sleep is shallow sleep," she explained.

Place infants on their backs for sleep in their own sleep space with no other people. Use a crib, bassinet, or portable play yard with a firm, flat mattress and a fitted sheet. Avoid sleep on a couch or armchair or in a seating device, like a swing or car safety seat (except while riding in the car).

Place infants on their backs for sleep in their own sleep space with no other people. Use a crib, bassinet, or portable play yard with a firm, flat mattress and a fitted sheet. Avoid sleep on a couch or armchair or in a seating device, like a swing or car safety seat (except while riding in the car).

The new guidelines include quite a few changes, like not using car seats, strollers, swings and infant carriers for routine sleep. Parents are also encouraged to sleep in the same room, but not in the same bed as their baby, preferably for the first six months.

Place your baby on their back to sleep for every sleep, including naps. Use a firm, flat mattress (not inclined) with a well-fitted sheet. Feed your baby only breastmilk for six months and continue breastfeeding for at least two years. Share your room with your baby.

Infants and babies should be slept with their feet at the end of the bed, sleeping towards the end of the cot. Make sure the infant's head and face remain uncovered during sleep. An infant should NOT be put to sleep with a hat as this poses a risk for suffocation.