Use the following resources and tools during your Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month activities and year-round. You may also want to link directly to these resources and tools to spread the word about safe infant sleep among your audiences.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- For health care providers: AAP Safe Sleep Website
- How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe: AAP Policy Explained
- Baby-Friendly USA: Exclusive Breastfeeding, Pacifiers and Safe Sleep
- B’more for Healthy Babies: Safe Sleep
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Charlie’s Kids Foundation (CKF)
- Children’s Safety Network: Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths in the United States
- Cribs for Kids®:
- First Candle:
- March of Dimes: Safe Sleep for Your Baby
- National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep (NAPPSS): Modeling Safe Practices: A Checklist for Infant Sleep & Breastfeeding Images (PDF 107 KB)
- Safe Kids Worldwide: Baby Sleep Safety and Suffocation Prevention
- U.S. Breastfeeding Committee: Safe Infant Sleep Story Collector
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Check out the recording of the 2024 SIDS Awareness Month Planning Webinar and presentation slides (PDF 7.9 MB) to learn more about resources you can use in your SIDS Awareness Month activities and year-round.