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Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is the most common cause of infant mortality and is extremely traumatic for families. Although rates of SUID have decreased since the 1990s, the practice of bed-sharing has increased during this time, and more than half of nighttime caregivers still report using soft bedding. To examine use of safe infant sleep practices in the U.S., researchers analyzed data from mothers in 29 states who participated in the 2016 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System at 2 to 9 months postpartum.
Most mothers reported putting infants to sleep on their backs (78%), but fewer stated that they room-shared without bed-sharing (57%), avoided soft bedding materials such as blankets and pillows (42%), and always or often u…