At a glance
Safe sleeping tips
1. Infants shouldn't sleep with an adult or child.
2. Infants should sleep their backs, not on their stomachs.
3. Use a firm sleep surface with a fitted sheet.
4. Don't lay an infant down to sleep on an adult bed, couch or chair.
5. Don't let an infant overheat during sleep.
6. Don't put any items in the infant's sleep area.
7. Don't rely on baby monitors.
Do you need a safe place for your baby to sleep?
Bauer Family Resources is partnering with the state departments of health and child services to provide cribs and other resources to promote safe sleep. Contact Bauer at 765-742-5046 for more information.
Preventable child deaths are on the rise in Tippecanoe County, officials said Tuesday.
Thirteen deaths of children younger than 18 were reported this year, according to statistics presented by the Tippecanoe County Local Child Fatality Review Team. Six were preventable infant deaths caused by co-sleeping, bed-sharing or other improper sleeping habits.
In 2014, seven child deaths were reported, three of which were preventable, Deputy Prosecutor Jason Bliss said.
In Indiana, 51 infants died in 2013, the most recent year for which data are available, according to a report by the Indiana State Department of Health. In 67 percent of the deaths, suffocation was a leading cause, the report states, noting that the state has the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the nation.
"Which is the reason we need to deliver a call to action," Biss said.
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