Follow the ABC’s of safe sleep as closely as possible every night and for every nap: ✔️ALONE: baby sleeps in a seperate sleep space. It’s great to room-share, but never badshare. Their crib should be absolutely empty except for pacifiers — no stuffies, pillows, blankets, bumpers, positioners, etc. Ever. ✔️BACK: it’s ok if they roll on their own, but always place babies to sleep on their back initially. The “back to sleep campaign” of 1994 resulted in >50% drop in SIDS rates. ✔️CRIB: baby sleeps in a regulated crib, bassinet, or pack-n-play. Most cases of SIDS and SUIDS occur in an adult bed, a couch/sofa, or a device not meant for sleeping like a swing, infant lounger, or bouncer. Here is a full list of risk reduction strategies and protective factors (tummy time, pacifier, human milk, etc) from The Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (2022): https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 Following safe sleep ABCs reduces risk by 95%: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356149/ Lightning strike statistic rationale: ~3,400 babies die from SIDS/SUIDS each year in the United States (CDC). Only 5% of these occur without the presence of unsafe sleep factors — so about 170 babies who are sleeping safely die from SIDS/SUIDS each year (Trachtenberg et al, 2012). Meanwhile, about 270 people are struck by lightening in the United States each year. #pregnant #babiesoftiktok #safesleep #newborn #thirdtrimester #postpartum