Simple practices help keep babies safe while sleeping

Teaching parents the safest ways for their infants to sleep is a
mission at Upstate, through its Family Birth Center, Upstate
Golisano Children‘s Hospital and its outpatient clinics. The goal
is to prevent sleep-related injuries and deaths, explains Michelle
Jeski, left, a nurse at the children‘s hospital. Among things to
avoid: sleeping in the same bed as the infant, falling asleep on a
couch with the infant or having objects in the crib, she says. The
children‘s hospital was Teaching parents the safest ways for their
infants to sleep is a mission at Upstate, through its Family Birth
Center, Upstate Golisano Children‘s Hospital and its outpatient
clinics. The goal is to prevent sleep-related injuries and deaths,
explains Michelle Jeski, left, a nurse at the children‘s hospital.
Among things to avoid: sleeping in the same bed as the infant,
falling asleep on a couch with the infant or having objects in the
crib, she says. The children‘s hospital was recently honored for
its commitment to safe infant sleep practices recently honored for
its commitment to safe infant sleep practices and provides an and
provides an online sleep safety tip sheet. online sleep safety tip
sheet.