In the article 'Accidental suffocation a top killer of infants', the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette newspaper reports that hospital experts are strongly recommending the use of baby sleep sacks to reduce the risk of SIDS.

Expert tips for safe baby sleep include:

  • Zip babies into a sleep sack or sleeper.
  • Place babies on their back to sleep.
  • Babies should never sleep with an adult or sibling.
  • There should be nothing in a babies bed except the baby and their sleep sack.
  • No bumper pads or stuffed animals in the baby's crib.

Asphyxia is now known to be one of the leading causes of SIDS (crib death) and is usually caused by unsafe sleeping conditions. It's easy to understand how infants might suffocate, as they have little noses and little lungs and if those airways become blocked or restricted, babies can quickly breathe back in their own carbon dioxide and suffocate.

Baby sleep sacks reduce the risk of babies suffocating because they remove the need for top sheets and blankets, which can cover a baby's head.

Merino Kids baby sleep sacks have the added safety advantage of reducing the risk of babies overheating through their pioneering use of natural merino fabric.


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