SW Virginia Alliance for Safe Babies

07/12/2019

So sad and preventable. Make sure to always check for kids in and around cars....

Smyrna police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old child Thursday night.

01/20/2018

On Oct. 24, 2017, at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting in San Francisco, a small contingent of doctors held a press conference to highlight changes to the Academy’s safe sleep recommendations to reduce the risk of SIDS and other infant sleep-related deaths. Dr. Sam Hanke, a pediatr...

10/13/2017

Approximately 3500 infants die annually in the United States from sleep-related infant deaths, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS; International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision [ICD-10], R95), ill-defined deaths (ICD-10 R99), and accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (I...

10/07/2017

Infants should always be put to sleep on their back on a firm, bare surface

10/05/2017

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/southwest-virginia/local-mother-raises-awareness-about-sids?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

A Wytheville mother is sharing her story during National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month.

09/11/2017

05/24/2017

Safe to Sleep® Public Education Campaign

11/24/2016

10/25/2016

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/10/24/infants-should-share-parents-room-1st-year-report-finds/92673778/

Doing so could lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome by 50%.

10/24/2016

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/9654208

Video on msnbc.com: Oct. 10: A pediatricians group says babies should be offered pacifiers at bedtime and should sleep in their parents’ room to lessen the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. NBC's Dawn Fratangelo reports.

10/24/2016

Most pediatricians know what makes a safe sleep environment for babies. But parents still are attracted to elaborate bedding and plush accessories — all the accoutrements experts say have no place in an infant’s crib.