- Do not let anyone smoke in the same room as your baby
- Place your baby on the back to sleep
- Do not let your baby get too hot
- Keep baby 's head uncovered - place your baby with their feet to the foot of the cot, to prevent wriggling down under the covers
- If your baby is unwell, seek medical advice promptly
The safest place for your baby to sleep is in a cot in your room for the first six months
Do not share a bed with your baby
- if you or your partner are smokers (no matter where or when you smoke)
- if you have been drinking alcohol
- if you take medication or drugs that make you drowsy
- if you feel very tired
- or if your baby was born premature or was small at birth
Never sleep with a baby on a sofa or armchair
There is also a risk that you might roll over in your sleep and suffocate your baby, or that your baby could get caught between the wall and the bed, or could roll out of an adult bed and be injured.
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