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While the American Academy of Pediatrics has released guidelines and recommendations for infant safe sleep, parents continue to receive conflicting information about what is best for their baby, especially on social media. While there are clear, evidence-based guidelines for infant safe sleep practices that are best practice to reduce the risk of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (...

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Saturday, February 7 th  is  National TV Safety Day. Traditionally, it’s recognized the day before the Super Bowl, and it gives you the perfect opportunity to make sure you’re keeping your family safe from TV or furniture tip-overs. It’s important to be aware of the hazards of furniture and TVs – in the U.S. a child dies every 3 weeks from a TV tipping over. Essential TV and Fu...

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With cold weather temperatures affecting the Chicagoland community, we want to ensure that infants are warm and safe during this season. During extreme weather temperatures, parents often choose to increase clothing layers , place hats on an infant’s head , use blankets , sleep sacks,  and increase indoor temperatures  to combat the cold. Although parents are concerned about kee...

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Interested in learning more about the connection between infant safe sleep and early relational health, check out Episode 1 of our video chat. Safe Sleep Chats and Early Relational Health - Episode 1 .

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