“When I think of a baby box, I immediately think of the efforts [especially in Europe] to make safe sleep more accessible to every family,” shares baby sleep expert Cara Dumaplin, better known as ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Cardboard boxes certainly aren't new technology. But when they're linked to a practice that started in Finland decades ago to help babies sleep safely, they're taking on a new ...

Some parents swear by them for keeping “jailbreaking” toddlers in bed at night. But are trendy products like the SlumberPod safe? When our 2-year-old daughter started trying to climb out of her crib, ...

(NEW YORK) — Alabama will give families of all newborns in the state free baby boxes in which to slumber if they take a quiz on sleep safety. The initiative, to start Wednesday, follows New Jersey and ...

For Jernica Quiñones, the reality of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, hit close to home this year when a friend woke up on New Year's Day and discovered the lifeless body of her baby girl.

The Trump administration’s decision to end the Safe to Sleep campaign comes at a particularly troubling moment, as sleep-related infant fatalities have increased by 12% between 2020 and 2022. This ...

Safe sleep practices such as placing infants on their backs, using firm flat surfaces, and avoiding bed-sharing can cut SIDS risk in half. Coordinated education, policy, and culturally aware ...

Being a new parent is thrilling, but it can also be incredibly scary. Anyone who has brought a tiny, bundled baby home and thought to themselves, “now what?” knows the combination of joy and fear I’m ...

“Isn’t the DockATot not safe for sleeping?” a friend with a newborn texted me. She followed up with multiple pictures of knockoff baby loungers, similar to the DockATot, offered by different ...