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Help Spread the Word and Keep Our Babies Safe!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

The Milwaukee Health Department launched a citywide safe sleep awareness program yesterday, one day after a 2 month old died while sharing a bed with his mother and sister.  This is the third Milwaukee infant to die while co-sleeping with an adult since early March.  Some 120 Milwaukee infants died in unsafe sleeping environments between 2004 and 2007.  Of these, 72 were sharing a bed with parents, other children or a caregiver when they died.  Please watch this video and help spread the word on how to keep our babies safe while they are sleeping.