- No smoking…period. Not in your house, not outside the house.
- Room-sharing…but no bed-sharing. (Bed sharing can be a danger because you may be so tired you’re literally drunk with exhaustion. More about this in an article on drunk parenting.)
- Breastfeed if you can (nursing alone is can reduce SIDS by up to 50%)
- Get the routine immunizations, for you and yoru baby! (Getting influenza or whooping cough creates very serious problems for babies)
- Don’t let your baby sleep on soft surfaces (sofas, waterbeds, comforters, bean bags)
- For some unknown reason, falling asleep with a pacifier in the mouth has been shown to reduce SIDS by up to 50%.