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Infant Safe Sleep
PROTECT AND NURTURE STARTS WITH SAFE SLEEP
Welcome to our Infant Safe Sleep Resource site. We have a number of resources to help parents, providers, and tribal home visitors to follow safe sleep guidelines. This website is intended to be a resource guide for our tribal community to honor our newborn babies and prevent sudden unexpected infant deaths. Explore the links above to learn more about what you can do to be sure every baby reaches their first birthday.
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan would further like to respectfully acknowledge valuable contributions, collaboration, and support of our many partners in the development of these resources, including our fellow Indigenous wisdom-keepers, graphic artists, media specialists, Federally Recognized Tribes, partner agencies, and grant funders you see throughout this page.
Explore the resources below to learn more about what you can do to be sure every baby reaches their first birthday.
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We would like to acknowledge the work and dedication of the Michigan Public Health Institute in continuing to support our work around Infant Safe Sleep for their work in mining data, analyzing and synthesizing the data into this valuable brief.
The following four documents are information sheets referred to as, “Indigenous Infant Safe Sleep Series.” It is our intention to support Indigenous families and providers with information that promotes safe sleep for all babies while also supporting the different ways we carry and nurture our children’s development.
It should be noted, that cradleboard styles and designs vary greatly across tribes and communities. We invite anyone who would like to know more to please seek out others in your local tribe or community for more information.
Furthermore, we would like acknowledge our project partner, Wisdom-Keeper, and Indigenous Doula/Trainer, Raeanne Madison (MPH, Bois Forte Band Ojibwe Crane Clan).
Additional acknowledgement goes to Mexican Indigenous Artist living and working in Anishinaabe Territory, Celeste Contreras, for her beautiful mom and cradleboard design.
Social Media Toolkit
October is SIDS Awareness Month Social Media Toolkit
Week 1 (October 1-7)
Follow #safesleep practices by placing baby to sleep on their back to help reduce the risk of sleep-related infant death. Back to sleep for EVERY sleep. #SafeSleepMonth
#SIDSAwarenessMonth #MIMoves4SafeSleep
Week 2 (October 8-14)
A firm, flat mattress in a clutter-free crib, bassinet or pack and play will reduce your baby’s risk of sleep-related infant death. Nothing but baby for EVERY sleep. #safesleep
#CleartheCribChallenge #MIMoves4SafeSleep
Week 3 (October 15-21)
Room sharing helps reduce the risk of sleep-related infant death. Put baby in a #safesleep space (their own crib, bassinet or pack and play) next to your bed. Baby’s own sleep space for EVERY sleep.
#MIMoves4SafeSleep #SafeSleepMonth
Week 4 (October 22-28)
Breastfeeding reduces the risk of sleep-related causes of infant death. If you bring baby into your bed to #breastfeed, be sure to follow #safesleep practices when finished. Move baby to a safe sleep space EVERYTIME you breastfeed. #MIMoves4SafeSleep #SafeToSleep
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) provides the Safe to Sleep Campaign SIDS Awareness Month Toolkit. It includes: How to do #ClearTheCrib Challenge, Ready-Made Social Media Content, Planning WEbinar REcording (Will be posted)